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 1 一　いち one

 2 (a vertical line, as in 弔)　ぼう rod, stick, line

 3 丶　てん dot, point, Japanese coma

 4 丿 の, のかんむり kana no (can be of varying lengths)

 5 乙 (also as in the right-side of 乱)　おつ,れ,つりばり 2^nd in order, fishhook

 6 亅(as in the bottom of 了)　はねぼう, かぎばり feathered stick, barb/crochet-hook

 

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 7 二　に two

 8 亠　なべぶた, てんいち, けいさんかんむり kettle lid, dot + one,

 9 人 (as in 今; variant as in the left-side of 仏) ひと, にんべん, ひと(やね), ひとがしらん man (at top: "roof")

10 儿　ひとあし man’s legs, legs

11 入　いる, いりやね, いりがしら ‘entering roof’(low frequncy)

12 八 (as in 六, 公) はち, はちがしら eight

13 冂　えん/どう/まき/けいがまえ upside-down box

14 冖　わ/べきかんむり (Crown-shaped) wa, “covering” crown

15 冫　にすい, こり two-stroke water, ice

16 几　つくえ, きにょう, かぜがまえ table, table enclosure

17 凵　うけばこ, かんがまえ open-box enclosure, can enclosure

18 刀 (also as in the right-side of 刈)  かたな, りっとう sword, standing sword

   刃　やいば（ことえり）blade, cutting tool

19 力　ちから strength, strong

20 勹　つつみがまえ wrapping enclosure

   ク　く (ことえり) kana ku

21 匕　さじ(のひ), ひ spoon, kana hi

22 匚　はこがまえ box-on-side enclosure, box

23 匸　かくしがまえ hiding enclosure, hiding (a rare variant of #22))

24 十　じゅう cross

25 卜　ぼくのと, うらない, と divination, kana to

26 卩 (as in 印、variant as in bottom of 危)　ふしづくり, (まげ)わりふ right-side joint, (crooked) seal

27 厂(as in 歴) )　がん/いちだれ (trailing)cliff, trailing one; trailing goose

28 厶　む kana mu

29 又　また again

　 マ　ま (ことえり) kana ma

　 乃　ない, すなわち namely, that is to say, (also=possessive の)

 

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30 口　くち, くちへん mouth

31 enclosure as in囲　くに/くちがまえ country/mouth enclosure, box

32 土　つち(へん) earth

33 士　さむらい samurai

34 夂 (as in 夏) ふゆ/なつあし winter (crown), summer legs

35 夊すい/ /ゆく/しにょう (a rare variant of #34)

36 夕　ゆうべ, た evening, kana ta

37 大 (as in 奔) だい, だいがしら big, large

38 女　おんな(へん) woman

39 子　こ(へん) child

40 宀 (as in 宅) うかんむり kanja u(crown)

41 寸　すん(づくり) inch

42 小 (as in 尚) ちいさい、しょう, なおがしら little, small

   学　つ (=name for 3 dots, prob. kana-tsu c.f. #87)

43 尢　(だいの)まげあし; もっとも crooked-leg, crooked big; just, right, reasonable, natural

44 尸　(し)かばね corpse, flag

45 屮　てつ、ふるくさ old grass (c.f. #140 くさ grass) low frequency

46 山　やま(へん) mountain

47 川, 　巛　さんぼん/まがりがわ 3-stroke river; curving river

48 工　たくみ(へん), え carpenter’s square, kana e

49 己 (also 巳) おのれ, すでに, み self, already, snake

50 巾　はば(へん), きん(へん), きれ width, cloth

51 干　ほす, かん, いちじゅう dry, one ten

52 幺　いとがしら, ようへん (c.f. #120) thread top, young, short thread

53 广　ま/てんいちだれ (c.f. #27 hemp enclosure; trailing dotted cliff

54 廴(as in 延)えん/いんにょう, いんにゅう long-stride, stretching

55 廾 にじゆうあしtwenty legs, letter H, var. 十十

56 弋　しきがまえ ceremony enclosure, ceremony

57 弓　ゆみ(へん) bow

58ヨ (as in 尋) varient: 彑 けい/いのかしら, よ kana yo, pig’s head

59 彡　さんづくり、かみかざり right-hand three, hair ornament, short hair

60 彳　ぎょうにんべん (=#140 var.) going man (historically = #140 var.)

 

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61 心　(var. as in bottom of 忝,left-side of 忙) (した)ごころ, りっしんべん heart,

62 戈　(as in 域, 威 )ほこ(づくり/がまえ), かのほこ tasseled spear

63 戸　とびらのと, と, とがしら/だれ (hanging/trailing)door

64 手　(also as in 打) て(へん) hand

65 支　し, えだ, じゅうまた, しん/えだにょう branch(enclosure), ten plus mata

66 攴, 攵(as in 故) とまた, ぼく(にょう), のへん/ぶん to plus mata, bun (#67) plus kana no, folding chair

67 文　ぶん　literature, literary

68 斗　とます, と, ます, とづくり ten masu (1.8 liter X 10 = 18 l.), dots & crosses

69 斤　きん, おの(づくり) a Japanese pound, ax

70 方　ほう(へん), かた(へん) direction, side person

71 无 (as in 既) む(みょう), なし, すでつくり crooked heaven

72 日　にち, ひ/にちへん (N.#73曰)  day,  sun

73 曰　いわく, ひらび to speak, flattened/flat sun (low frequency var. of #72)

74 月　つき, つきへん, げつ moon  (N.=#130 肉 var.)

75 木　き(へん) tree

76 欠　あくび, けん, けつ, かける yawn, lacking

77 止　とめる, とめへん to stop

78 歹　いちた(へん), がつ(へん), しにがまえ one plus ta, dried bones, death

79 殳　るまた kana ru plus again, windy again

80 毋, 母　はは, かんのはは, なかれ mother; like the top of kan慣

81比　くらべる(ひ) to compare

82 毛　け hair (of animals), fur  (enclosure var. 毬)

83 氏　うじ surname, clan

84 气　きがまえ vapor enclosure, steam

85 水 (also as in 求, 汽) (した)みず, すい, さんずい water
86火 (variant as in the bottom of 点)ひ(へん),か,よつてん,れんが,れっか fire, left fire, four dots, fire in a row

87 爪 (as in the top of 受) つめ(かんむり), のつ nail, claw; kana no plus tsu

88 父　ちち father

89 爻　みじわる, めめ to mix, double x (old, low-freq.)

90 爿 しょうへん (variant: left-side of 寝）

91 片 (as in 版) かた,"right side"

92 牙　きば(へん) tusk

93 牛　うし(へん) cow

94 犬(variant as in the left-side of 猛) いぬ, けものへん dog, wild animal

　 

 

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 95 玄　げん blackness, dark (c.f. #203 黒)

 96 玉, 王(as in 現)　たま(へん), おう(へん); jewel, king

　　　　  (壬 at bottom of old forms)

 97 瓜　うり melon

 98 瓦 かわら tile (enclosure)(瓩 = キログラム)

 99 甘　あまい sweet

100 生　うまれる to be born

101 用　もちいる to use

102 田　た(へん), でん rice field

103 疋 (as in the left-side of 疎) ひき(へん) animal counter (= alt. k. for 匹)

104 the enclosure in 症　やまえだれ trailing sickness

105 as in the top of 発　はつがしら to depart, dotted tent

106 白　しろ(い) white

107 皮　けがわ, ひのかわ animal hide, leather/skin written with hi (vs. 革), skin

108 皿　さら, したざら (bottom) dish

109 目　め(へん) eye

110 矛　(むの)ほこ spear (cf.#62戈)

111 矢　や(へん) arrow

112 石　いし(へん) stone

113 示 (variant as in 社)　しめす(へん), ねへん to show, left-side kana ne (cf.ネ)

114 禽　じゅう, あしあとfootprint (禽=kin, tori: bird) low frequency

　 variant is 禹　ぐのあし silly/stupidity/folly legs (c.f. 配偶者, 隅, 愚か) (ことえり)

115 禾　のぎ(へん) kana no plus tree two-branched tree (cf. #75 & 127)

116 穴　(as in 空、あなかんむり) hole , cave

117 立　たつ(へん) to stand

 

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118 竹　たけ(かんむり) bamboo (crown)

119 米　こめ(へん) rice

120 糸　いと(へん) (long) thread  (cf.#52)

121 缶　みずがめ, ほとぎ(へん) jar, left-side earthen jar

122 网 (var. as in top of 置) あみがしら/め, よこめ, め/よんがしらnet crown, net shaped like eye, sideways eye

123 羊 (as in 羚, 着)　ひつじ(へん) sheep

124 羽　はね(かんむり) wing

125 老 (as in 考, 者） おい(かんむり/がしら), ろう(がしら) old man(crown)

126 而　しかして rake

127 耒 (var. as in 耕) らいすき, すきへん plow

128 耳　みみ(へん) ear

129 聿 (as in 津, 書) ふで(つくり) brush

130 肉 (as in 月, 肌) にく(づき) meat  (Nelson places all nikuzuki compounds. here)

131 臣　しん, けらい (N=6画) retainer, minister (of state), subject

132 自　みずから oneself, dotted eye

133 至　いたる to arrive, arriving

134 臼　うす mortar

135 舌　した(へん) tongue

136 舛 (as in 舞) ます, まいあし square wooden measuring 1.8 liter cup, dancing legs

137舟　ふね(へん) ship

138 艮 (as in 根, 即) こん, ねづくり root, good

139 色　いろ color

140 艸 (variant as in top of 花） くさ(かんむり), そうこうgrass (cf.#55)

141 虍　とら(がしら/かんむり) tiger (top), (but really an enclosure)

142 虫　むし(へん)　insect, bug

143 血　ち(へん) blood, dotted dish (cf.#108)

144行　ぎょう(がまえ), ゆきがまえ going (enclosure)

145 衣 (variant as in the left-side of 補) ころも(へん) clothes, clothing

146 西 (as in 要) 襾　にし west

　  丘　きゅう, おか (ことえり) hill

 

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147 見　みる to see, seeing

148 角　つの(へん) horn

149 言 (as in 語) ことば, ごんべん word, speaking

150 谷　たに(へん) valley

151 豆 (as in 頭) まめ(へん) bean

152 豕 (as in 象, 豚)　いのこ(へん), ぶた pig

153 豸 (as in 貉, 狢) むじな(へん), あしなきむし badger, clawed dog, reptiles (cf.#89, 94)

154 貝　かい(へん), こがい shell, small shell (cf.#181)

155 赤　あか red

156 走(as in 起) はしる、そうにょう to run, running enclosure

157 足(as in 跳) あし(へん) leg, foot

158 身　み(へん) body

159 車　くるま(へん) vehicle, car

160 辛　からい bitter

161 辰　しん(の)たつ, たつ dragon (vs.竜・龍), (small) dragon

162 as in 進 (variant as in 辷) しんにゅう shinnyuu, advance, road, travel

163 邑 (as in the right-side of 郵) むら, おおざと(づくり) large village

164 酉　(さけの)とり, さけづくり, ひよみのとり hen, zodiac bird, sake

165 釆(as in 釈) のごめ(へん) kana no plus kome, topped rice

166 里　さと(へん), り village, 2 1/2 miles (cf.#163)

 

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167 金　かね(へん) metal, money, gold

168 長　ながい(へん) long

169 門　もん(がまえ), かど(がまえ) gate (enclosure)

170 阜 (variant as in the left sideof 防, 阪) ぎふのふ,こざと Gifu/small village

171 隶(as in 隷) れいづくり right-hand element of rei=servant, slave

172 隹　ふるとり old bird (cf.#164, #196)

173 雨　あめ(かんむり) rain

174 青(as in 靜) あお blue

175 非　あらず, ひ not, not so, negative

 

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176 面　めん face, mask

177 革　かくの/つくりかわ tanned hide, kawa (cf.#107)

178 韋　なめしがわ tanned leather, different (as in 違う)

179 韭　にら leak (cf. 韮)(low frequency)

180 音　おと(へん) sound, noisy

181 頁　おおがい, いちのかい, ページ big shell, one + kana no + kai, page

182 風　かぜ, ふうにょう wind (enclosure) (cf.#16)

183 飛　とぶ to fly, flying

184 食 (as in 飮) しょく(へん) food

185 首　くび neck

186 香　におい(こう), かおり odor, fragrance, perfume

 

 

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187 馬　うま(へん) horse

188 骨　ほね(へん) bone

189 高　たかい high

190 髟 (as in 髪) かみ(がしら/かんむり) (long) hair (cf.#59)

191 鬥　とう(がまえ), たたかい(がまえ) fighting, broken gate ; low frequency)

192 鬯　かおりぐさ, ちょう (fragrant) herbs

193 鬲　あしかまえ, かく tripod 

194 鬼　おに, きにょう devil (enclosure)

 

 

 

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195 魚　うお(へん)、さかな fish

196 鳥　とり bird

197 鹵, 鹽 ろ, しお salt (cf.鹽à塩) low-frequency

198 鹿 (as in 麒) しか(へん) deer (cf. 麒麟 kirin, giraffe)

199 麦 (as in 麺) むぎ, ばくにょう wheat (enclosure)

200 麻 (as in 磨) あさ(かんむり) hemp (top/enclosure)

 

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201 黄　きいろ(い) yellow 

202 黍　きび millet (cf. 黍団子 millet dumplings)

203 黒 (as in 黙） くろ(い) black (黥=いれずみ, tattoo) (cf.#95)

204 黹　ぬう, ふつ to embroider, sew, sewing; low frequency

 

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205 黽　べん, あおがえる (tree) frog cf. 鼈甲(べっこう, tortoise shell); low frequency

206 鼎　かなえ (three-legged) kettle;low frequency

207 鼓　つづみ hand-drum, drum

208 鼠, 鼬 ねずみ,  rat (cf. 鼬 いたち, weasel)

 

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209 鼻　はな nose

210 齊, 斉 さい, せい, ひとしい alike, equal

 

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211 齒, 歯 は tooth

 

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212 龍　たつ, りゅう (big) dragon (cf.#161)

 

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213 龜, 亀 かめ turtle; low frequency

214 龠　ふえ, やく flute; low frequency

 

Seven Basic Radical Positions

(1) 偏　へん left radical

(2) 旁　つくり right radical

(3) 冠, 頭 かんむり, かしら top radical

(4) 足、脚、下 あし,したfoot, base

(5) 構え かまえ outside, frame

    囲　い かこい enclosure

(6) 垂れ たれ hanging, trailing

(7) 繞　にょう、(にゅう) L-shaped