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List of Chinese Radicals

Chinese characters can be decomposed into components called radicals or bushou. The most commonly accepted table of radicals for traditional Chinese characters consists of 214 entries. These 214 radicals were popularized back in the reign of Qing emperor Kangxi, who commissioned what is now known as the Kangxi Zidian, a character dictionary listing over 47,000 entries. Tables with fewer or greater number of radicals have been devised for simplified characters. Being able to recognize the common radicals helps in the learning and recognition of new characters. Some but not all radical are complete characters in their own right. Some radicals have more than one form. Finally, simplified characters have resulted in additional variants.

In the following table, the English names were taken from the Unihan database, a database of international characters. The stroke count refer to the main form of the radical only.

Do some radicals look very similar? We have compiled another table of similar looking radicals.
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No. Radical Variants Simplified Radical Chinese Name English Name Stroke Count
1
 一     yi1 one
1
2
 丨     gun3 line
1
3
 丶     zhu3 dot
1
4
 丿 乀(fu2), 乁(yi2)   pie1 slash
1
5
 乙 乚(yin3), 乛   yi4 second
1
6
 亅     jue2 hook
1
7
 二     er4 two
2
8
 亠     tou2 lid
2
9
 人 亻   ren2 man
2
10
 儿     ren2 legs
2
11
 入     ru4 enter
2
12
 八 丷   ba1 eight
2
13
 冂     jiong3 down box
2
14
 冖     mi4 over
2
15
 冫     bing1 ice
2
16
 几     ji1 table
2
17
 凵     qu3 open box
2
18
 刀 刂   dao1 knife
2
19
 力     li4 power
2
20
 勹     bao1 wrap
2
21
 匕     bi3 spoon
2
22
 匚     fang1 right open box
2
23
 匸     xi3 hiding enclosure
2
24
 十     shi2 ten
2
25
 卜     bu3 Mysticism
2
26
 卩     jie2 seal
2
27
 厂     han4 cliff
2
28
 厶     si1 private
2
29
 又     you4 again
2
30
 口     kou3 mouth
3
31
 囗     wei2 enclosure
3
32
 土     tu3 earth
3
33
 士     shi4 scholar
3
34
 夂     sui1 (bottom) go
3
35
 夊     zhi (top) go slowly
3
36
 夕     xi4 evening
3
37
 大     da4 big
3
38
 女     nü3 woman
3
39
 子     zi3 child
3
40
 宀     mian2 roof
3
41
 寸     cun4 inch
3
42
 小     xiao3 small
3
43
 尢 尣   wang1 lame
3
44
 尸     shi1 corpse
3
45
 屮     che4 sprout
3
46
 山     shan1 mountain
3
47
 川 巛, 巜 (gui4)   chuan1 river
3
48
 工     gong1 work
3
49
 己     ji3 oneself
3
50
 巾     jin1 turban
3
51
 干     gan1 dry
3
52
 幺     yao1 short thread
3
53
 广     yan3 dotted cliff
3
54
 廴     yin3 long stride
3
55
 廾     gong3 two hands
3
56
 弋     yi4 shoot
3
57
 弓     gong1 bow
3
58
 彐 彑   ji4 snout
3
59
 彡     shan1 bristle
3
60
 彳     chi4 step
3
61
 心 忄   xin1 heart
4
62
 戈     ge1 halberd
4
63
 戶     hu4 door
4
64
 手 扌   shou3 hand
4
65
 支     zhi1 branch
4
66
 攴 攵   pu1 rap
4
67
 文     wen2 script
4
68
 斗     dou3 dipper
4
69
 斤     jin1 axe
4
70
 方     fang1 square
4
71
 无     wu2 not
4
72
 日     ri4 sun
4
73
 曰     yue1 say
4
74
 月     yue4 moon
4
75
 木     mu4 tree
4
76
 欠     qian4 lack
4
77
 止     zhi3 stop
4
78
 歹     dai3 death
4
79
 殳     shu1 weapon
4
80
 毋     mu2 do not
4
81
 比     bi3 compare
4
82
 毛     mao2 fur
4
83
 氏     shi4 clan
4
84
 气     qi4 steam
4
85
 水 氵   shui3 water
4
86
 火 灬   huo3 fire
4
87
 爪 爫   zhao3 claw
4
88
 父     fu4 father
4
89
 爻     yao2 double x
4
90
 爿 丬   qiang2 half tree trunk
4
91
 片     pian4 slice
4
92
 牙     ya2 fang
4
93
 牛 牜   niu2 cow
4
94
 犬 犭   quan3 dog
4
95
 玄     xuan2 profound
5
96
 玉 王   yu4 jade
5
97
 瓜     gua1 melon
5
98
 瓦     wa3 tile
5
99
 甘     gan1 sweet
5
100
 生     sheng1 life
5
101
 用     yong4 use
5
102
 田     tian2 field
5
103
 疋     pi3 bolt of cloth
5
104
 疒     chuang2 sickness
5
105
 癶     bo4 dotted tent
5
106
 白     bai2 white
5
107
 皮     pi2 skin
5
108
 皿     min3 dish
5
109
 目     mu4 eye
5
110
 矛     mao2 spear
5
111
 矢     shi3 arrow
5
112
 石     shi2 stone
5
113
 示 礻   shi4 spirit
5
114
 禸     rou3 track
5
115
 禾     he2 grain
5
116
 穴     xue4 cave
5
117
 立     li4 stand
5
118
 竹 ⺮   zhu2 bamboo
6
119
 米     mi3 rice
6
120
 糸   纟 mi4 silk
6
121
 缶     fou3 jar
6
122
 网 罒   wang3 net
6
123
 羊     yang2 sheep
6
124
 羽     yu3 feather
6
125
 老     lao3 old
6
126
 而     er2 and
6
127
 耒     lei3 plow
6
128
 耳     er3 ear
6
129
 聿     yu4 brush
6
130
 肉     rou4 meat
6
131
 臣     chen2 minister
6
132
 自     zi4 self
6
133
 至     zhi4 arrive
6
134
 臼     jiu4 mortar
6
135
 舌     she2 tongue
6
136
 舛     chuan3 oppose
6
137
 舟     zhou1 boat
6
138
 艮     gen4 stopping
6
139
 色     se4 color
6
140
 艸 艹   cao3 grass
6
141
 虍     hu1 tiger
6
142
 虫     chong2 insect
6
143
 血     xue3 blood
6
144
 行     xing2 walk enclosure
6
145
 衣 衤   yi1 clothes
6
146
 襾 覀   ya4 west
6
147
 見   见 jian4 see
7
148
 角     jue2 horn
7
149
 言   讠 yan2 speech
7
150
 谷     gu3 valley
7
151
 豆     dou4 bean
7
152
 豕     shi3 pig
7
153
 豸     zhi4 badger
7
154
 貝   贝 bei4 shell
7
155
 赤     chi4 red
7
156
 走     zou3 run
7
157
 足     zu2 foot
7
158
 身     shen1 body
7
159
 車   车 che1 cart
7
160
 辛     xin1 bitter
7
161
 辰     chen2 morning
7
162
 辵 辶   chuo4 walk
7
163
 邑 阝(right)   yi4 city
7
164
 酉     you3 wine
7
165
 釆     bian4 distinguish
7
166
 里     li3 village
7
167
 金     jin1 gold
8
168
 長   长 chang2 long
8
169
 門   门 men2 gate
8
170
 阜 阝(left)   fu4 mound
8
171
 隶     dai4 slave
8
172
 隹     zhui1 short tailed bird
8
173
 雨     yu3 rain
8
174
 青     qing1 blue
8
175
 非     fei1 wrong
8
176
 面     mian4 face
9
177
 革     ge2 leather
9
178
 韋   韦 wei2 tanned leather
9
179
 韭     jiu3 leek
9
180
 音     yin1 sound
9
181
 頁   页 ye4 leaf
9
182
 風   风 feng1 wind
9
183
 飛   飞 fei1 fly
9
184
 食 飠 饣 shi2 eat
9
185
 首     shou3 head
9
186
 香     xiang1 fragrant
9
187
 馬   马 ma3 horse
10
188
 骨     gu3 bone
10
189
 高     gao1 tall
10
190
 髟     biao1 hair
10
191
 鬥     dou4 fight
10
192
 鬯     chang4 sacrificial wine
10
193
 鬲     li4 cauldron
10
194
 鬼     gui3 ghost
10
195
 魚   鱼 yu2 fish
11
196
 鳥   鸟 niao3 bird
11
197
 鹵     lu3 salt
11
198
 鹿     lu4 deer
11
199
 麥   麦 mai4 wheat
11
200
 麻     ma2 hemp
11
201
 黃     huang2 yellow
12
202
 黍     shu3 millet
12
203
 黑     hei1 black
12
204
 黹     zhi3 embroidery
12
205
 黽   黾 min3 frog
13
206
 鼎     ding3 tripod
13
207
 鼓     gu3 drum
13
208
 鼠   鼡 shu3 rat
13
209
 鼻     bi2 nose
14
210
 齊   齐 qi2 even
14
211
 齒   齿 chi3 tooth
15
212
 龍   龙 long2 dragon
16
213
 龜   龟 gui1 turtle
16
214
 龠     yue4 flute
17


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