LIST OF RADICALS



STROKE#

RADICAL

MEANING

PICTOGRAM


Example

1

one, horizontal stroke, ground



 

1

Rod, be brought up and down

 

1

dot


=Round

1

Raising one’s head and standing upright, arrive

 

1

the second


 

1

Hook



 

2

two


-Mutual

2

lid, top

 

2

𠆢 

person


-Health

2

human legs


-Older brother

2

to enter


-Whole

2

eight


-Together

2

to enclose, wide, same

         

-Volumes

2

cover, crown

 

2

ice

 

2

Table, stool, wind


 

2

container, open box, cave

 

2

knife, sword

-Advantage

2

power


 

2

to wrap, to enwrap

 

2

Spoon, dagger

 

2

box


 

2

to conceal, hide

-Counter for animals

2

ten


 

2

oracle


 

2

stamp, seal, kneeling person

 

2

Cliff, to oppose

 

2

Private, I


 

2

again, right hand

-Pair

3

Mouth

Also used for abstract meanings


 

3

border, territorial boundaries

-Surround

3

earth


 

3

man, scholar, samurai


 

3

to follow, two legs and something behind, winter, late

-Strange

3

to go slowly, footprint


 

3

evening



 

3

large, big


-Center

3

woman




-Princess

3

child, son


 

3

roof, house

宿-Hotel

3

“sun” - 3.03 cm, control


 

3

 

small


 

3

Small, fire, light


 

3

lame leg


 

3

corpse, awning


 

3

sprout


 

3

mountain


 

3

winding river

-Continent

3

river

 

3

work, carpenter, skill


 

3

self


 

3

Cloth, towel

 

3

to dry, shield



 

3

young, slight

 

3

slanting roof, tent

-Store

3

to move, stretch


 

3

folded hands


 

3

A small spike, ceremony



-Ceremony

3

bow in archery


 

3

pig’s head, Hand


 

3

hair-style, light rays


-Form, shape

3

step, stride, street, to go

-Go

3

grass


-Grass

3

road, walk, to advance


-Quick

3

(on the right)

Large village, country, city


-County

3

(on the left)

hill, mound


-Institution

3

heart, mind, spirit


-Pleasant

3

hand


-To hold

3

water


-Life

3

Beast, dog


-Cat

4

heart, mind, spirit


-sorrow

4

spear, weapon


 

4

door


 

4

⼿

hand


-Plan

4

branch


 

4

activity, to strike, hit, a whip

 

4

literature, letters


 

4

big dipper, ladle, 18 liters


 

4

axe

 


 

4

direction, flag


 

4

not

 

4

sun, day, time


-Bright

4

to say


-Tune

4

moon, month, period


-Period of time

4

tree, wood


 

4

to lack, yawn, deficient

 

4

to stop


-Walk

4

death & dying, to decompose

 

4

lance shaft, action


-Steps, stairs

4

not, mother

 

4

to compare


 

4

Hair, fur


 

4

family, clan


 

4

steam, air


 

4

water


 

4

fire


 

4

Fire, claws/legs/fins


-Hot

-Fish

4

claw, nail



 

4

father


 

4

to mix


 

4

split wood, piece

 

4

split wood, fragment, one side


 

4

cow


-Pasture

4

dog


 

4

altar, festival, religious service


-God

4

net


 

4

old, old-age



 

5

darkness


 

5

Jewelry, King


 

5

tile


 

5

sweet


 

5

birth, to be born, live


 

5

to use


 

5

rice paddy, bag of feed

 

5

roll of cloth


 

5

sickness


 

5

outspread legs, departure

-Departure

5

White, bright

 

5

skin, hide


 

5

plate, bowl


 

5

eye


 

5

halberd

 

5

arrow


 

5

stone


 

5

altar, festival, religious service


 

5

footprint

 

 

 

5

grain


-Fall

5

hole, cave


 

5

to stand


 

5

fang, canine tooth

 

5

𦉰

Net, eye


 

5

clothing

-First, new

6

bamboo


 

6

Rice kernels

 

6

thread


-Green

6

Boiler


 

6

sheep

-Pretty

6

feather, wing


 

6

and also


 

6

plow


 

6

⽿

ear


 

6

writing brush


 

6

flesh, meat


-Belly

6

self


 

6

to arrive, reach

 

6

mortar, quern


 

6

tongue


 

6

Dancing legs

舞う-Dance

6

ship, boat

-Navigate

6

Boundary, northeast

 

6

color


 

6

tiger

 

6

worm, insect, bug, snake


 

6

blood


 

6

to go


 

6

Clothing, garment


-Surface

6

cover, west

 

6

melon


 

7

to see


-Outlook

7

horn, corner

 

7

words, to speak, say

 

7

valley


 

7

bean


 

7

pig


-Elephant

7

badger



 

7

shell, money


 

7

red


 

7

to run



 

7

foot, leg


 

7

body



 

7

vehicle, wheel, car



 

7

bitter



 

7

Dragon, fields



 

7

sake jar, bird


-Sake

7

to separate

 

7

village, (3.93 km)


 

7

retainer, minister


 

7

wheat


 

8

metal, gold, mineral


-Iron

8

long


 

8

gate, door

-Barrier

8

to capture, slave

 

8

small bird


 

8

rain


-Electricity

8

Blue-green


-Quiet

8

wrong, non-

 

8

food, to eat


 

8

alike


 

9

face, surface


 

9

leather


 

9

leek

 

9

sound, noise


 

9

head, sheet (paper)


-Head

9

wind


 

9

to fly


 

9

food, to eat


-Foster

9

Head, neck

 

9

scent


 

10

horse


-Stop-over

10

bone


 

10

high


 

10

long hair


 

10

fighting


 

10

⾿

herbs

 

10

tripod


 

10

demon


 

10

Tanned leather


 

11

fish


 

11

bird


 

11

salt


 

11

deer


 

11

hemp

 

11

yellow


 

11

black


 

11

turtle


 

12

millet

 

12

Embroider, sawing

 

12

tooth


-Age

13

frog

 

13

Trio, triad



 

13

drum


 

13

rat, mouse


 

14

nose


 

16

dragon


 

17

flute


 

 

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