Radicals › #96 玉
玉
玉 — the “jade” radical
as 王 on the left — gems, kings 22 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 玉 radical (22)
現present, existing理logic, arrangement球ball, sphere環ring, circle王king, rule玉jewel, ball珍rare, curious琴harp, koto班squad, corps珠pearl, gem瑞congratulations玲sound of jewels琢polish琉precious stone, gem瑠lapis lazuli瑛sparkle of jewelry, crystal玖beautiful black jewel, nine琳jewel, tinkling of jewelry瑚ancestral offering receptacle, coral瑶beautiful as a jewel瑳polish, brilliant white luster of a gem璃glassy, lapis lazuli
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.