Dictionary

Chinese Radicals

Radicals are the meaning-building blocks of Chinese characters. Browse them by stroke count — pick any radical to see the characters built from it.

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1 stroke8 radicals

一yī丿piě丨gǔn亅jué丶zhǔ乚yǐ乙yǐ乛yǐ

2 strokes31 radicals

亻rén讠yán阝fù刂dāo力lì又yòu十shí人rén厂chǎng儿ér冫bīng八bā二èr亠tóu刀dāo凵kǎn厶sī丷bā几jǐ冖mì匸xǐ冂jiōng入rù卩jié勹bāo匕bǐ㔾jié⺀bīng卜bǔ⺊bǔ匚fāng

3 strokes43 radicals

扌shǒu口kǒu氵shuǐ辶chuò纟sī土tǔ宀mián艹cǎo忄xīn女nǚ大dà巾jīn广guǎng彳chì囗wéi门mén犭quǎn饣shí尸shī子zǐ寸cùn马mǎ弓gōng山shān工gōng夕xī廾gǒng彡shān小xiǎo士shì⺌xiǎo幺yāo彐jì干gān夂zhǐ尢wāng夊suī己jǐ廴yǐn飞fēi弋yì丬pán巳sì

4 strokes45 radicals

木mù心xīn⺼ròu日rì贝bèi火huǒ攵pū王wáng车chē欠qiàn灬huǒ戈gē月yuè方fāng户hù礻shì曰yuē见jiàn手shǒu牛niú止zhǐ歹dǎi父fù气qì水shuǐ斤jīn片piàn斗dǒu比bǐ耂lǎo毛máo殳shū犬quǎn爫zhǎo风fēng文wén长cháng爪zhǎo支zhī旡jì牙yá无wú攴pū肀yù爻yáo

5 strokes31 radicals

钅jīn目mù禾hé石shí田tián皿mǐn疒nè立lì衤yī穴xué白bái罒wǎng示shì鸟niǎo矢shǐ母mǔ甘gān用yòng生shēng禸róu瓦wǎ氺shuǐ民mín龙lóng皮pí癶bō瓜guā疋pǐ玄xuán玉yù矛máo

6 strokes30 radicals

⺮zhú页yè米mǐ糸sī衣yī耳ěr舌shé虫chóng舟zhōu行xíng羊yáng羽yǔ肉ròu色sè自zì而ér至zhì西xī老lǎo网wǎng覀xī齐qí缶fǒu舛chuǎn血xuè艮gèn臣chén虍hǔ竹zhú耒lěi

7 strokes14 radicals

足zú走zǒu酉yǒu里lǐ身shēn角jiǎo言yán豕shǐ辛xīn釆biàn豆dòu豸zhì谷gǔ麦mài

8 strokes8 radicals

雨yǔ非fēi青qīng鱼yú隹zhuī金jīn虎hǔ齿chǐ

9 strokes8 radicals

食shí革gé面miàn音yīn首shǒu香xiāng骨gǔ鬼guǐ

10 strokes2 radicals

高gāo鬲lì

11 strokes1 radicals

麻má

12 strokes2 radicals

黑hēi黄huáng

13 strokes2 radicals

鼓gǔ鼠shǔ

14 strokes1 radicals

鼻bí