The 214 traditional radicals, arranged according to stroke count, along
with their Japanese names and the English names commonly associated with
them (with thanks to Prof. David M. Mosher):
Is a "radical" the same thing as a "component"? Find
the answer here.
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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 2nd 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)