Kangxi Radicals

Chinese radicals are the parts of written Chinese characters and that may indicate the meaning and pronunciation of the word, and are used to locate the words in a dictionary. When the radical indicates the meaning of the word, it is often placed on the top or on the left side of the word, whereas when the radical is used to indicate the pronunciation, it is often found on the right or bottom of the word. Over 80% of Chinese characters are like this, with one component of the word indicating a meaning and another component suggesting the sound. Knowing these radicals will help you more easily break down and recognise these complex logograms. Click on the radical to see examples of words using it.

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Position	Radical	Pinyin	Meaning	Position	Radical	Pinyin	Meaning
1	一	yī	one	2	丨	gǔn	line
3	丶	zhǔ	dot	4	丿	piě	slash
5	乙	yǐ	second	6	亅	jué	hook
7	二	èr	two	8	亠	tóu	lid
9	人	rén	man	10	儿	ér	legs
11	入	rù	enter	12	八	bā	eight
13	冂	jiōng	down box	14	冖	mì	cover
15	冫	bīng	ice	16	几	jī	table
17	凵	qū	open box	18	刀	dāo	knife
19	力	lì	power	20	勹	bāo	wrap
21	匕	bǐ	spoon	22	匚	fāng	right open box
23	匸	xǐ	hiding enclosure	24	十	shí	ten
25	卜	bǔ	divination	26	卩	jié	seal
27	厂	hàn	cliff	28	厶	sī	private
29	又	yòu	again	30	口	kǒu	mouth
31	囗	wéi	enclosure	32	土	tǔ	earth
33	士	shì	scholar	34	夂	zhǐ	go
35	夊	suī	go slowly	36	夕	xī	evening
37	大	dà	big	38	女	nǚ	woman
39	子	zǐ	child	40	宀	mián	roof
41	寸	cùn	inch	42	小	xiǎo	small
43	尢	wāng	lame	44	尸	shī	corpse
45	屮	chè	sprout	46	山	shān	mountain
47	巛	chuān	river	48	工	gōng	work
49	己	jǐ	oneself	50	巾	jīn	turban
51	干	gān	dry	52	幺	yāo	short thread
53	广	guǎng	dotted cliff	54	廴	yǐn	long stride
55	廾	gǒng	two hands	56	弋	yì	shoot
57	弓	gōng	bow	58	彐	jì	snout
59	彡	shān	bristle	60	彳	chì	step
61	心	xīn	heart	62	戈	gē	halberd
63	戶	hù	door	64	手	shǒu	hand
65	支	zhī	branch	66	攴	pū	rap
67	文	wén	script	68	斗	dǒu	dipper
69	斤	jīn	axe	70	方	fāng	square
71	无	wú	not	72	日	rì	sun
73	曰	yuē	say	74	月	yuè	moon
75	木	mù	tree	76	欠	qiàn	lack
77	止	zhǐ	stop	78	歹	dǎi	death
79	殳	shū	weapon	80	毋	wú	do not
81	比	bǐ	compare	82	毛	máo	fur
83	氏	shì	clan	84	气	qì	steam
85	水	shuǐ	water	86	火	huǒ	fire
87	爪	zhǎo	claw	88	父	fù	father
89	爻	yáo	double x	90	爿	qiáng	half tree trunk
91	片	piàn	slice	92	牙	yá	fang
93	牛	niú	cow	94	犬	quǎn	dog
95	玄	xuán	profound	96	玉	yù	jade
97	瓜	guā	melon	98	瓦	wǎ	tile
99	甘	gān	sweet	100	生	shēng	life
101	用	yòng	use	102	田	tián	field
103	疋	pǐ	bolt of cloth	104	疒	nè	sickness
105	癶	bō	dotted tent	106	白	bái	white
107	皮	pí	skin	108	皿	mǐn	dish
109	目	mù	eye	110	矛	máo	spear
111	矢	shǐ	arrow	112	石	shí	stone
113	示	shì	spirit	114	禸	róu	track
115	禾	hé	grain	116	穴	xué	cave
117	立	lì	stand	118	竹	zhú	bamboo
119	米	mǐ	rice	120	纟	mì	silk
121	缶	fǒu	jar	122	网	wǎng	net
123	羊	yáng	sheep	124	羽	yǔ	feather
125	老	lǎo	old	126	而	ér	and
127	耒	lěi	plow	128	耳	ěr	ear
129	聿	yù	brush	130	肉	ròu	meat
131	臣	chén	minister	132	自	zì	self
133	至	zhì	arrive	134	臼	jiù	mortar
135	舌	shé	tongue	136	舛	chuǎn	oppose
137	舟	zhōu	boat	138	艮	gēn	stopping
139	色	sè	color	140	艸	cǎo	grass
141	虍	hū	tiger	142	虫	chóng	insect
143	血	xuè	blood	144	行	xíng	walk enclosure
145	衣	yī	clothes	146	襾	xī	west
147	见	jiàn	see	148	角	jiǎo	horn
149	讠	yán	speech	150	谷	gǔ	valley
151	豆	dòu	bean	152	豕	shǐ	pig
153	豸	zhì	badger	154	贝	bèi	shell
155	赤	chì	red	156	走	zǒu	run
157	足	zú	foot	158	身	shēn	body
159	车	chē	cart	160	辛	xīn	bitter
161	辰	chén	morning	162	辵	chuò	walk
163	邑	yì	city	164	酉	yǒu	wine
165	釆	biàn	distinguish	166	里	lǐ	village
167	钅	jīn	gold	168	长	cháng	long
169	门	mén	gate	170	阜	fù	mound
171	隶	lì	slave	172	隹	zhuī	short-tailed bird
173	雨	yǔ	rain	174	青	qīng	blue
175	非	fēi	wrong	176	面	miàn	face
177	革	gé	leather	178	韦	wéi	tanned leather
179	韭	jiǔ	leek	180	音	yīn	sound
181	页	yè	leaf	182	风	fēng	wind
183	飞	fēi	fly	184	饣	shí	eat
185	首	shǒu	head	186	香	xiāng	fragrant
187	马	mǎ	horse	188	骨	gǔ	bone
189	高	gāo	tall	190	髟	biāo	hair
191	鬥	dòu	fight	192	鬯	chàng	sacrificial wine
193	鬲	lì	cauldron	194	鬼	guǐ	ghost
195	鱼	yú	fish	196	鸟	niǎo	bird
197	卤	lǔ	salt	198	鹿	lù	deer
199	麦	mài	wheat	200	麻	má	hemp
201	黃	huáng	yellow	202	黍	shǔ	millet
203	黑	hēi	black	204	黹	zhǐ	embroidery
205	黾	mǐn	frog	206	鼎	dǐng	tripod
207	鼓	gǔ	drum	208	鼠	shǔ	rat
209	鼻	bí	nose	210	齐	qí	even
211	齿	chǐ	tooth	212	龙	lóng	dragon
213	龟	guī	turtle	214	龠	yuè	flute