Radicals
The 214 Kangxi radicals
A radical is the part a dictionary files a character under. There are 214 of them, fixed since the Kangxi dictionary of 1716, and they are still how paper dictionaries and most indexes are organised. A radical is not the same thing as a component: a component is a building block of the shape, and a character usually has several.
1 strokes
2 strokes
- 7 二 two 8
- 8 亠 lid 10
- 9 人 man 90
- 10 儿 legs 14
- 11 入 enter 2
- 12 八 eight 15
- 13 冂 down box 5
- 14 冖 cover 7
- 15 冫 ice 15
- 16 几 table 6
- 17 凵 open box 6
- 18 刀 knife 28
- 19 力 power 22
- 20 勹 wrap 7
- 21 匕 spoon 4
- 22 匚 right open box 6
- 23 匸 hiding enclosure 2
- 24 十 ten 14
- 25 卜 divination 7
- 26 卩 seal 9
- 27 厂 cliff 11
- 28 厶 private 4
- 29 又 again 14
- 54 廴 long stride 3
3 strokes
- 30 口 mouth 140
- 31 囗 enclosure 16
- 32 土 earth 51
- 33 士 scholar 7
- 34 夂 go 3
- 35 夊 go slowly 1
- 36 夕 evening 5
- 37 大 big 23
- 38 女 woman 50
- 39 子 child 12
- 40 宀 roof 39
- 41 寸 inch 10
- 42 小 small 8
- 43 尢 lame 2
- 44 尸 corpse 19
- 45 屮 sprout 1
- 46 山 mountain 26
- 47 巛 river 3
- 48 工 work 7
- 49 己 oneself 4
- 50 巾 turban 20
- 51 干 dry 4
- 52 幺 short thread 3
- 53 广 dotted cliff 24
- 55 廾 two hands 4
- 56 弋 shoot 1
- 57 弓 bow 13
- 58 彐 snout 2
- 59 彡 bristle 6
- 60 彳 step 15
4 strokes
- 61 心 heart 61
- 62 戈 halberd 11
- 63 戶 door
- 64 手 hand 80
- 65 支 branch 1
- 66 攴 rap 5
- 67 文 script 3
- 68 斗 dipper 3
- 69 斤 axe 6
- 70 方 square 6
- 71 无 not 1
- 72 日 sun 35
- 73 曰 say 6
- 74 月 moon 41
- 75 木 tree 111
- 76 欠 lack 8
- 77 止 stop 7
- 78 歹 death 7
- 79 殳 weapon 3
- 80 毋 do not 2
- 81 比 compare 3
- 82 毛 fur 3
- 83 氏 clan 3
- 84 气 steam 5
- 85 水 water 57
- 86 火 fire 37
- 87 爪 claw 4
- 88 父 father 4
- 89 爻 double x 1
- 90 爿 丬half tree trunk
- 91 片 slice 2
- 92 牙 fang 1
- 93 牛 cow 10
- 94 犬 dog 21
- 98 瓦 tile 3
5 strokes
- 95 玄 profound 2
- 96 玉 jade 18
- 97 瓜 melon 1
- 99 甘 sweet 3
- 100 生 life 1
- 101 用 use 3
- 102 田 field 15
- 103 疋 bolt of cloth
- 104 疒 sickness 17
- 105 癶 dotted tent 1
- 106 白 white 6
- 107 皮 skin 2
- 108 皿 dish 13
- 109 目 eye 20
- 110 矛 spear 1
- 111 矢 arrow 5
- 112 石 stone 17
- 113 示 spirit 12
- 114 禸 track 2
- 115 禾 grain 21
- 116 穴 cave 11
- 117 立 stand 8
6 strokes
- 118 竹 bamboo 11
- 119 米 rice 7
- 120 糸 纟silk 28
- 121 缶 jar 2
- 122 网 net 3
- 123 羊 sheep 5
- 124 羽 feather 3
- 125 老 old 3
- 126 而 and 3
- 127 耒 plow 4
- 128 耳 ear 11
- 129 聿 brush 1
- 130 肉 meat 19
- 131 臣 minister 2
- 132 自 self 2
- 133 至 arrive 2
- 134 臼 mortar 2
- 135 舌 tongue 2
- 136 舛 oppose
- 137 舟 boat 8
- 138 艮 stopping 1
- 139 色 color 2
- 140 艸 grass 21
- 141 虍 tiger 5
- 142 虫 insect 17
- 143 血 blood 2
- 144 行 walk enclosure 3
- 145 衣 clothes 16
- 146 襾 west 1
7 strokes
- 147 見 见see
- 148 角 horn 1
- 149 言 讠speech 5
- 150 谷 valley 1
- 151 豆 bean 1
- 152 豕 pig 2
- 153 豸 badger 2
- 154 貝 贝shell
- 155 赤 red 2
- 156 走 run 9
- 157 足 foot 5
- 158 身 body 3
- 159 車 车cart
- 160 辛 bitter 2
- 161 辰 morning 2
- 162 辵 walk 2
- 163 邑 city 10
- 164 酉 wine 6
- 165 釆 distinguish 1
- 166 里 village 3
8 strokes
- 167 金 钅gold 17
- 168 長 长long
- 169 門 门gate
- 170 阜 mound 21
- 171 隶 slave 1
- 172 隹 short tailed bird 2
- 173 雨 rain 2
- 174 靑 blue
- 175 非 wrong 1
9 strokes
- 176 面 face 1
- 177 革 leather 1
- 178 韋 韦tanned leather
- 179 韭 leek 1
- 180 音 sound 1
- 181 頁 页leaf
- 182 風 风wind
- 183 飛 飞fly
- 184 食 饣eat 3
- 185 首 head 1
- 186 香 fragrant 1
- 188 骨 bone 1
- 194 鬼 ghost 1
10 strokes
- 187 馬 马horse 1
- 189 高 tall 1
- 190 髟 hair
- 191 鬥 fight
- 192 鬯 sacrificial wine
- 193 鬲 cauldron
11 strokes
- 195 魚 鱼fish
- 196 鳥 鸟bird
- 197 鹵 卤salt
- 198 鹿 deer 1
- 199 麥 麦wheat
- 200 麻 hemp 1
12 strokes
- 201 黃 黄yellow
- 202 黍 millet
- 203 黑 black
- 204 黹 embroidery
- 206 鼎 tripod
13 strokes
- 205 黽 黾frog
- 207 鼓 drum
- 208 鼠 rat
14 strokes
- 209 鼻 nose
- 210 齊 齐 斉even
15 strokes
- 211 齒 齿 歯tooth
16 strokes
- 212 龍 龙 竜dragon
17 strokes
- 214 龠 flute
18 strokes
- 213 龜 龟 亀turtle
Radical numbers and forms from the Unicode Character Database; stroke counts from the stroke-order data.