Chinese Radicals List - All Radicals with Meanings & Characters

Q: What are Chinese radicals?

Chinese radicals are the semantic components of Chinese characters. Each character has one radical that hints at its meaning category. There are 214 traditional Kangxi radicals, but most modern characters use around 80-100 common radicals.

Q: How many Chinese radicals are there?

Our database covers 57 radicals with 30+ characters each. The traditional Kangxi system has 214 radicals, but many are rare. We focus on the most common radicals that appear frequently in HSK vocabulary.

Q: Why learn characters by radical?

Learning characters grouped by radical is an effective strategy. Characters sharing the same radical often have related meanings, making them easier to remember together. Radicals also help you look up characters in dictionaries.

氵 Water 377 chars 口 Mouth 369 chars 艹 Grass 360 chars 木 Wood 317 chars 扌 Hand 276 chars 钅 Metal 222 chars 亻 Person 218 chars 虫 Insect 167 chars 土 Earth 157 chars 讠 Speech 143 chars 纟 Silk 141 chars 女 Woman 135 chars 忄 Heart 135 chars 月 Moon 131 chars 阝 Mound 130 chars 辶 Walk 105 chars 石 Stone 104 chars 竹 Bamboo 104 chars 火 Fire 103 chars 疒 Sickness 102 chars 足 Foot 99 chars 日 Sun 96 chars 山 Mountain 91 chars 王 King 91 chars 目 Eye 88 chars 犭 Animal 78 chars 鱼 Fish 78 chars 心 Heart 77 chars 鸟 Bird 73 chars 贝 Shell 69 chars 衤 Garment 60 chars 酉 Wine 58 chars 宀 Roof 57 chars 车 Vehicle 55 chars 刂 Knife 54 chars 禾 Grain 52 chars 马 Horse 52 chars 门 Door 48 chars 广 Broad 44 chars 米 Rice 44 chars 页 Page 43 chars 饣 Food 43 chars 巾 Turban 42 chars 田 Field 41 chars 大 Big 39 chars 穴 Cave 36 chars 力 Power 35 chars 尸 Corpse 35 chars 礻 Spirit 34 chars 雨 Rain 34 chars 彳 Step 33 chars 舟 Boat 33 chars 一 One 32 chars ⺼ Flesh 31 chars 人 Person 30 chars 囗 Enclosure 30 chars 戈 Spear 30 chars

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