Radical library
The Kangxi radicals in their traditional order. Each one links to its variant shapes and the characters filed under it.
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| Radical | Pinyin | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one; a single horizontal stroke#1 · 1 stroke · 3 characters |
| 丨 | gǔn | a vertical stroke; a line drawn straight down#2 · 1 stroke · 1 characters |
| 丶 | zhǔ | a dot; the mark where the brush comes to rest#3 · 1 stroke |
| 丿 | piě | a downward-left slash; the second basic stroke#4 · 1 stroke |
| 乙 | yǐ | the second of the ten heavenly stems; a bent, hooked stroke#5 · 1 stroke · also 乚 乛 · 2 characters |
| 亅 | jué | a barbed hook; a vertical stroke that turns up at the foot#6 · 1 stroke |
| 二 | èr | two#7 · 2 strokes |
| 亠 | tóu | a lid, a top; the cap sitting on a character#8 · 2 strokes |
| 人 | rén | person, human being#9 · 2 strokes · also 亻 · 7 characters |
| 儿 | ér | legs, a person seen from below; in simplified writing also the character 儿 "child"#10 · 2 strokes · 1 characters |
| 入 | rù | to enter, to go in#11 · 2 strokes |
| 八 | bā | eight; (original sense) to divide, to separate#12 · 2 strokes · also 丷 · 1 characters |
| 冂 | jiǒng | an open frame; distant borders, the wilds beyond the city#13 · 2 strokes |
| 冖 | mì | a cover; a cloth thrown over something#14 · 2 strokes · 1 characters |
| 冫 | bīng | ice#15 · 2 strokes |
| 几 | jī | a low table, a bench; in simplified writing also 幾 jǐ "how many, a few"#16 · 2 strokes · also ⺇ |
| 凵 | kǎn | a pit dug in the ground; anything open at the top, a receptacle#17 · 2 strokes · 1 characters |
| 刀 | dāo | knife, blade#18 · 2 strokes · also 刂 ⺈ · 3 characters |
| 力 | lì | strength, power, force#19 · 2 strokes · 1 characters |
| 勹 | bāo | to wrap, to enclose; a bent, embracing arm#20 · 2 strokes |
| 匕 | bǐ | a ladle, a spoon; also read as a person turned about#21 · 2 strokes |
| 匚 | fāng | a square basket or case, open on one side#22 · 2 strokes · 1 characters |
| 匸 | xǐ | a hiding place; to conceal, tuck away#23 · 2 strokes |
| 十 | shí | ten; complete, entire#24 · 2 strokes · 2 characters |
| 卜 | bǔ | divination; to foretell, prophesy#25 · 2 strokes |
| 卩 | jié | a tally, seal of authority; a kneeling figure#26 · 2 strokes |
| 厂 | hǎn | a cliff face, an overhanging rock; in simplified writing also 廠 chǎng "a factory, a yard"#27 · 2 strokes |
| 厶 | sī | private, one’s own; to keep to oneself#28 · 2 strokes |
| 又 | yòu | a right hand; today the adverb "again, and also"#29 · 2 strokes · 2 characters |
| 口 | kǒu | mouth; an opening#30 · 3 strokes · 6 characters |
| 囗 | wéi | an enclosure, a wall running all the way round#31 · 3 strokes · 3 characters |
| 土 | tǔ | earth, soil; ground#32 · 3 strokes · 3 characters |
| 士 | shì | a scholar-official; a man of learning or standing#33 · 3 strokes |
| 夂 | zhǐ | to go, to follow on foot; to arrive from behind#34 · 3 strokes |
| 夊 | suī | to go slowly; to drag the feet#35 · 3 strokes |
| 夕 | xī | evening, dusk; nightfall#36 · 3 strokes · 1 characters |
| 大 | dà | big, large; greatly#37 · 3 strokes · 2 characters |
| 女 | nǚ | woman; female#38 · 3 strokes · 5 characters |
| 子 | zǐ | child; son; offspring#39 · 3 strokes · 3 characters |
| 宀 | mián | roof; a building, a dwelling#40 · 3 strokes · 2 characters |
| 寸 | cùn | the Chinese inch (cùn); a very small measure#41 · 3 strokes |
| 小 | xiǎo | small, little#42 · 3 strokes · also ⺌ ⺍ · 2 characters |
| 尢 | wāng | lame, crippled; a bent leg#43 · 3 strokes |
| 尸 | shī | a body; a person reclining — in ancient rites, the living stand-in for the dead#44 · 3 strokes |
| 屮 | chè | a young sprout, a blade of grass just breaking the soil#45 · 3 strokes |
| 山 | shān | mountain, hill#46 · 3 strokes · 1 characters |
| 川 | chuān | a river; a stream, a flowing waterway#47 · 3 strokes |
| 工 | gōng | work, labour; a craftsman; a carpenter’s square#48 · 3 strokes |
| 己 | jǐ | oneself, self; the sixth heavenly stem#49 · 3 strokes |
| 巾 | jīn | a cloth, a towel; a kerchief hung from the belt#50 · 3 strokes · 1 characters |
| 干 | gān | a forked shield or pole-weapon; to offend against; in simplified writing also 乾 gān "dry" and 幹 gàn "to do, a trunk"#51 · 3 strokes · 1 characters |
| 幺 | yāo | a tiny thread, a strand of silk; small, immature#52 · 3 strokes |
| 广 | yǎn | a building open at the front, a lean-to; in simplified writing also 廣 guǎng "wide, broad"#53 · 3 strokes · 1 characters |
| 廴 | yǐn | to walk far, a long stride; a stretched-out road#54 · 3 strokes |
| 廾 | gǒng | two hands raised together, holding something up#55 · 3 strokes · 1 characters |
| 弋 | yì | to shoot with a corded arrow; a stake, a dart#56 · 3 strokes |
| 弓 | gōng | a bow (for shooting arrows)#57 · 3 strokes |
| 彐 | jì | a boar’s snout; a grasping hand, seen from above#58 · 3 strokes |
| 彡 | shān | fine hair; feathers, streaks, ornamental strokes#59 · 3 strokes |
| 彳 | chì | a step taken with the left foot; going along a road#60 · 3 strokes · 1 characters |
| 心 | xīn | heart; mind, feeling#61 · 4 strokes · also 忄 ⺗ · 5 characters |
| 戈 | gē | a dagger-axe, a halberd#62 · 4 strokes · 2 characters |
| 戶 | hù | a single-leaf door; a household#63 · 4 strokes · also 户 戸 · 1 characters |
| 手 | shǒu | hand#64 · 4 strokes · also 扌 · 4 characters |
| 支 | zhī | a branch, a limb; to prop up, to support; measure word for long slender things#65 · 4 strokes |
| 攴 | pū | to tap, to rap, to strike lightly with a stick#66 · 4 strokes · also 攵 · 2 characters |
| 文 | wén | writing, a written character; pattern; culture, letters#67 · 4 strokes |
| 斗 | dǒu | a dipper, a ladle; a unit of dry measure#68 · 4 strokes |
| 斤 | jīn | an axe, an adze; the catty, a unit of weight still used in markets#69 · 4 strokes |
| 方 | fāng | square; a direction, a side; a method, a way#70 · 4 strokes |
| 无 | wú | to have none, to be without; nothing#71 · 4 strokes · also 旡 |
| 日 | rì | sun; day#72 · 4 strokes · 4 characters |
| 曰 | yuē | to say, to be called (classical Chinese)#73 · 4 strokes |
| 月 | yuè | moon; month#74 · 4 strokes · 3 characters |
| 木 | mù | tree; wood#75 · 4 strokes · 3 characters |
| 欠 | qiàn | to yawn; to owe; to lack, to be short of#76 · 4 strokes · 1 characters |
| 止 | zhǐ | a foot; to stop, to come to a halt#77 · 4 strokes |
| 歹 | dǎi | shattered bones (as a radical); read alone, dǎi "bad, wicked"#78 · 4 strokes |
| 殳 | shū | a pole weapon; to strike, to beat#79 · 4 strokes |
| 毋 | wú | do not, must not (a classical prohibition); the section also holds 母 "mother"#80 · 4 strokes · also 母 |
| 比 | bǐ | to compare, to match against; than (in comparison)#81 · 4 strokes |
| 毛 | máo | hair, fur, feather, down; a mao — one tenth of a yuan#82 · 4 strokes |
| 氏 | shì | a clan, a lineage; a surname#83 · 4 strokes |
| 气 | qì | air, vapour, breath; steam; temper, spirit#84 · 4 strokes |
| 水 | shuǐ | water#85 · 4 strokes · also 氵 氺 · 4 characters |
| 火 | huǒ | fire#86 · 4 strokes · also 灬 · 1 characters |
| 爪 | zhǎo | a claw, a talon; a hand reaching down from above#87 · 4 strokes · also 爫 |
| 父 | fù | father; an elder male relative#88 · 4 strokes · 1 characters |
| 爻 | yáo | the crossed lines of a hexagram; interchange, alternation#89 · 4 strokes |
| 爿 | pán | half of a split tree trunk; a plank, a bed#90 · 4 strokes · also 丬 |
| 片 | piàn | a thin slice, a plank; a flat piece#91 · 4 strokes |
| 牙 | yá | a molar tooth, a fang, a tusk#92 · 4 strokes |
| 牛 | niú | ox, cow, cattle#93 · 4 strokes · also 牜 ⺧ |
| 犬 | quǎn | dog#94 · 4 strokes · also 犭 |
| 玄 | xuán | profound, mysterious; dark red, black#95 · 5 strokes |
| 玉 | yù | jade; a precious stone#96 · 5 strokes · also 王 ⺩ |
| 瓜 | guā | a melon, a gourd#97 · 5 strokes |
| 瓦 | wǎ | roof tile; earthenware, pottery#98 · 5 strokes |
| 甘 | gān | sweet; pleasant-tasting#99 · 5 strokes |
| 生 | shēng | to be born, to live; to grow; raw, unprocessed#100 · 5 strokes · 1 characters |
| 用 | yòng | to use, to employ; usefulness, function#101 · 5 strokes |
| 田 | tián | a field, cultivated land#102 · 5 strokes · 3 characters |
| 疋 | pǐ | a bolt of cloth; a leg, a foot; a measure word#103 · 5 strokes |
| 疒 | nè | illness; a person lying on a sickbed#104 · 5 strokes · 1 characters |
| 癶 | bò | two feet stepping outward; to tread, to climb#105 · 5 strokes |
| 白 | bái | white; plain, blank; clear, to make clear#106 · 5 strokes · 2 characters |
| 皮 | pí | skin, hide; fur, peel#107 · 5 strokes |
| 皿 | mǐn | a dish, a vessel; a container for food or drink#108 · 5 strokes |
| 目 | mù | eye#109 · 5 strokes · 4 characters |
| 矛 | máo | a spear, a lance; a pike#110 · 5 strokes |
| 矢 | shǐ | an arrow#111 · 5 strokes · 1 characters |
| 石 | shí | stone, rock; (read dàn) a dry measure of grain#112 · 5 strokes · 1 characters |
| 示 | shì | an altar; a sign or omen from the spirits; to show, to indicate#113 · 5 strokes · also 礻 ⺬ |
| 禸 | rǒu | an animal’s track, a footprint; a paw print#114 · 5 strokes |
| 禾 | hé | a standing cereal plant, grain in the ear#115 · 5 strokes |
| 穴 | xué | a cave, a hole; a pit-dwelling#116 · 5 strokes · 1 characters |
| 立 | lì | to stand; to set up, to establish#117 · 5 strokes · 1 characters |
| 竹 | zhú | bamboo#118 · 6 strokes · also ⺮ · 1 characters |
| 米 | mǐ | uncooked rice; grain#119 · 6 strokes |
| 糸 | mì | silk; thread#120 · 6 strokes · also 纟 糹 · 1 characters |
| 缶 | fǒu | an earthenware jar; a pottery urn#121 · 6 strokes |
| 网 | wǎng | a net; a mesh for catching fish or birds#122 · 6 strokes · also 罒 |
| 羊 | yáng | sheep, goat#123 · 6 strokes · also ⺷ |
| 羽 | yǔ | a feather; plumage, wings#124 · 6 strokes |
| 老 | lǎo | old, aged; long-standing; venerable#125 · 6 strokes · also 耂 · 1 characters |
| 而 | ér | beard, whiskers (original sense); used today as the connective "and, yet"#126 · 6 strokes |
| 耒 | lěi | a plough; a wooden farming tool with a forked handle#127 · 6 strokes |
| 耳 | ěr | ear#128 · 6 strokes · 1 characters |
| 聿 | yù | a writing brush; to write#129 · 6 strokes |
| 肉 | ròu | meat, flesh#130 · 6 strokes · also ⺼ 月 |
| 臣 | chén | a minister, a court official; a subject of the ruler#131 · 6 strokes |
| 自 | zì | self, oneself; from, since; naturally#132 · 6 strokes |
| 至 | zhì | to arrive, to reach; extremely, utmost#133 · 6 strokes |
| 臼 | jiù | a mortar; a stone or wooden bowl for pounding grain#134 · 6 strokes |
| 舌 | shé | the tongue; taste, speech#135 · 6 strokes |
| 舛 | chuǎn | to oppose, to be contrary; crossed, in error#136 · 6 strokes |
| 舟 | zhōu | a boat; a vessel, a ship#137 · 6 strokes |
| 艮 | gèn | to stop, to halt; stubborn, tough (of food or character)#138 · 6 strokes |
| 色 | sè | colour; countenance, expression; hue#139 · 6 strokes |
| 艸 | cǎo | grass, herbs, plants#140 · 6 strokes · also 艹 · 3 characters |
| 虍 | hū | a tiger’s stripes; the pattern atop tiger-related characters#141 · 6 strokes |
| 虫 | chóng | an insect, a bug; a worm, a small creature#142 · 6 strokes |
| 血 | xiě | blood; bloodline, kinship#143 · 6 strokes |
| 行 | xíng | to walk, to go; to be all right, to do; (háng) a row, a line; a trade, a firm#144 · 6 strokes |
| 衣 | yī | clothing, a garment; the upper garment#145 · 6 strokes · also 衤 |
| 襾 | yà | a covering, a wrapper; related to 西, west#146 · 6 strokes · also 覀 |
| 見 | jiàn | to see; to meet; to appear#147 · 7 strokes · also 见 · 1 characters |
| 角 | jué | a horn; an angle, a corner#148 · 7 strokes |
| 言 | yán | speech; word, to say#149 · 7 strokes · also 讠 訁 · 10 characters |
| 谷 | gǔ | a valley; a ravine, a gorge#150 · 7 strokes |
| 豆 | dòu | a bean, a pea; a stemmed ritual vessel#151 · 7 strokes |
| 豕 | shǐ | a pig, a boar; a swine#152 · 7 strokes |
| 豸 | zhì | a clawed, long-backed beast; a badger, a wildcat#153 · 7 strokes |
| 貝 | bèi | cowrie shell; money, wealth#154 · 7 strokes · also 贝 |
| 赤 | chì | red; crimson, bare, naked#155 · 7 strokes |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk, to go#156 · 7 strokes · 2 characters |
| 足 | zú | foot, leg; enough, sufficient#157 · 7 strokes · also ⻊ · 2 characters |
| 身 | shēn | the body; oneself, in person#158 · 7 strokes |
| 車 | chē | a cart, a carriage; any wheeled vehicle; a machine#159 · 7 strokes · also 车 · 1 characters |
| 辛 | xīn | bitter, pungent; suffering, hardship#160 · 7 strokes |
| 辰 | chén | the fifth earthly branch; a celestial time, dawn#161 · 7 strokes |
| 辵 | chuò | to walk on and stop, to go along a road; movement, travel#162 · 7 strokes · also 辶 ⻌ · 4 characters |
| 邑 | yì | a walled settlement, a town; a district#163 · 7 strokes · also 阝 · 1 characters |
| 酉 | yǒu | a wine vessel; fermented drink, the tenth earthly branch#164 · 7 strokes |
| 釆 | biàn | to distinguish, to discern; a paw print, a scattering of grain#165 · 7 strokes |
| 里 | lǐ | a village, a neighbourhood; the li, a traditional unit of distance#166 · 7 strokes |
| 金 | jīn | metal; gold#167 · 8 strokes · also 钅 釒 |
| 長 | cháng | long; length; (zhǎng) to grow, elder, head of something#168 · 8 strokes · also 长 镸 · 1 characters |
| 門 | mén | a double gate, a doorway; a family, a school of thought#169 · 8 strokes · also 门 · 1 characters |
| 阜 | fù | a mound, a bank of earth; a hill terraced in steps#170 · 8 strokes · also 阝 ⻖ · 1 characters |
| 隶 | dài | to seize, to catch up with; a subordinate, a servant#171 · 8 strokes |
| 隹 | zhuī | a short-tailed bird; a small bird#172 · 8 strokes |
| 雨 | yǔ | rain#173 · 8 strokes · also ⻗ |
| 青 | qīng | blue-green; young, nature’s fresh colour#174 · 8 strokes |
| 非 | fēi | not, wrong; to oppose, to negate#175 · 8 strokes |
| 面 | miàn | the face; surface, side; a flour noodle#176 · 9 strokes |
| 革 | gé | hide with the hair removed; leather, to reform#177 · 9 strokes |
| 韋 | wéi | soft, tanned leather; to go around, against#178 · 9 strokes · also 韦 |
| 韭 | jiǔ | the leek; chives, a perennial garden vegetable#179 · 9 strokes |
| 音 | yīn | sound; tone, music, a syllable#180 · 9 strokes |
| 頁 | yè | a head (original sense); a page, a leaf of a book (modern sense)#181 · 9 strokes · also 页 |
| 風 | fēng | wind; a manner, a style, a custom#182 · 9 strokes · also 风 |
| 飛 | fēi | to fly#183 · 9 strokes · also 飞 · 1 characters |
| 食 | shí | food; to eat#184 · 9 strokes · also 饣 飠 |
| 首 | shǒu | the head; first, chief, leader#185 · 9 strokes |
| 香 | xiāng | fragrant, aromatic; incense#186 · 9 strokes |
| 馬 | mǎ | horse#187 · 10 strokes · also 马 · 1 characters |
| 骨 | gǔ | bone; a skeleton, character, backbone#188 · 10 strokes |
| 高 | gāo | tall, high; height; of a high degree#189 · 10 strokes · 1 characters |
| 髟 | biāo | long, flowing hair; hair worn loose#190 · 10 strokes |
| 鬥 | dòu | to fight, to struggle; combat, a contest#191 · 10 strokes |
| 鬯 | chàng | sacrificial wine; a ladle for libation wine#192 · 10 strokes |
| 鬲 | lì | a three-legged cooking cauldron; a tripod vessel#193 · 10 strokes |
| 鬼 | guǐ | a ghost, a spirit; a demon#194 · 10 strokes |
| 魚 | yú | a fish#195 · 11 strokes · also 鱼 |
| 鳥 | niǎo | bird#196 · 11 strokes · also 鸟 · 1 characters |
| 鹵 | lǔ | salt; a salt marsh, brine#197 · 11 strokes · also 卤 |
| 鹿 | lù | a deer, a stag#198 · 11 strokes |
| 麥 | mài | wheat; barley, cereal grain#199 · 11 strokes · also 麦 |
| 麻 | má | hemp, flax; numb, tingling#200 · 11 strokes |
| 黃 | huáng | yellow#201 · 12 strokes · also 黄 |
| 黍 | shǔ | broomcorn millet; a grain used for wine and porridge#202 · 12 strokes |
| 黑 | hēi | black; dark, evil, secret#203 · 12 strokes |
| 黹 | zhǐ | embroidery; fine needlework#204 · 12 strokes |
| 黽 | mǐn | a frog, a toad; an amphibian#205 · 13 strokes · also 黾 |
| 鼎 | dǐng | a bronze ritual tripod; a cauldron of state#206 · 13 strokes |
| 鼓 | gǔ | a drum; to beat, to strike up, to rouse#207 · 13 strokes |
| 鼠 | shǔ | a rat, a mouse; a rodent#208 · 13 strokes |
| 鼻 | bí | a nose; the sense of smell#209 · 14 strokes |
| 齊 | qí | even, level, uniform; to align, to put in order#210 · 14 strokes · also 齐 |
| 齒 | chǐ | a tooth; age; to rank, to classify among#211 · 15 strokes · also 齿 |
| 龍 | lóng | a dragon; imperial, majestic; the largest and most powerful#212 · 16 strokes · also 龙 |
| 龜 | guī | a turtle, a tortoise#213 · 16 strokes · also 龟 |
| 龠 | yuè | an ancient multi-piped wind instrument; a unit of dry or liquid measure#214 · 17 strokes |