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Kanji radicals are graphemes, or graphical parts, that are used in organizing Japanese kanji in dictionaries. They are
derived from the 214 Chinese Kangxi radicals.
Contents
1 Table key
2 Table of radicals
2.1 Kanji radicals not recognized by Kangxi
2.2 Other possible radical candidates
3 Position of radical within character
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
Table key
The following table shows the 214 Kangxi radicals, which are derived from 47,035 characters.
The frequency list is derived from the 47,035 characters in the Chinese language.
The Jy frequency is from the set of 2,136 Jy kanji.[1]
Top 25% means that this radical represents 25% of Jy kanji. Top 50% means that this radical plus the Top 25% represent
50% of Jy kanji. Top 75% means that this radical plus the Top 50% represent 75% of Jy kanji.[2]
Many radicals are not commonly written by themselves so people wouldn't know the technical Hiragana reading given here.
The simplified table of Japanese kanji radicals page only lists common readings.
Table of radicals
No.
Edit links
[ edit ]
Radical
(variants)
1
2
3
[ edit ]
Stroke
count
1
1
1
Meaning and reading

one ( ichi?)
Frequency
Jy
freq
42
50
Examples
line (
b?)
21
dot (
ten?)
10
no?)
bend (
33
5 ( )
second, latter ( otsu?)
42
hook ( haneb?)
19
two ( futa?)
29
38
nabebuta?)
lid (
9 ( , )
human ( hito?)
794
legs ( ninny?)
52
28
44
10
11 ( )
enter (
iru?)
hachigashira?)
83
12 ()
eight (
13
upside down box (

makigamae?)
50
14
cover ( wakanmuri?)
30
115
15
16
ice (
nisui?)
tsukue?)
desk, table (
38
17
container, open mouth (

ukebako?)
23
18 (,)
knife, sword ( katana?)
377
37
Group
Top
25%
Top
75%
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19
power, force ( chikara?)
163
20
wrap, embrace (
tsutsumigamae?)
64
21
spoon ( sajinohi?)
19
22
box ( hakogamae?)
64
23 ()
dead, gone (
kakushigamae?)
17
24
ten, complete ( j?)
55
25 ( ,)
divination ( bokunoto?)
45
26 ()
seal ( fushidzukuri?)
40
129
40
91
27
28
2
2
cliff (
private (
gandare?)
mu?)
mata?)
35
29
again, right hand (
30
mouth, opening ( kuchi?)
31
enclosure ( kunigamae?) 118
32
earth ( tsuchi?)
580
33
scholar, bachelor (
samurai?)
24
34
winter ( fuyugashira?)
34
1,146
100
42
Top
75%
Top
75%
Top
25%
Top
75%
Top
50%
suinyou?)
35
winter variant (
36
evening, sunset ( ybe?)
34
37
big, very ( dai?)
132
Top
75%
38
woman, female ( onna?)
681
Top
50%
39
child, seed ( ko?)
83
40
roof ( ukanmuri?)
246
41
sun (unit of measurement) (

sun?)
42 (, )
43 (,)
31
Top
50%
40
Top
75%
small, insignificant (
chsai?)
41
lame ( mageashi?)
66
44
corpse ( shikabane?)
148
45
sprout ( tetsu?)
38
46
mountain ( yama?)
636
47 (,)
river ( kawa?)
26
17
20
48
work (
takumi?)
onore?)
37
Top
75%
49 (,)
oneself (
50
turban, scarf ( haba?)
295
51
dry ( hoshi?)
52
short thread (
itogashira?)
50
Top
75%
Top
75%
dotted cliff ( madare?)
54
long stride (
inny?)
55
56
53
15
two hands, twenty (

nijashi?)
50
ceremony, shoot, arrow (

shikigamae?)
15
57
bow ( yumi?)
165
58 ()
pig's head ( keigashira?) 25
59
hair, bristle, stubble, beard (

sandzukuri?)
62
60
step ( gyouninben?)
215
Top
75%
61 (,)
heart ( risshinben?)
1,115
Top
25%
62
spear, halberd (
kanohoko?)
116
63 (,)
door, house (
tobiranoto?)
44
64 (, )
hand ( te?)
1,203
65
branch (
66 ()
67
shiny?)
67
68
(
)
26
strike, whip ( nobun?)
296
script, literature ( bun?)
26
68
dipper, measuring scoop (

tomasu?)
32
69
axe ( ono?)
55
70
way, square, raft ( h?)
92
71 ()
have not ( muny?)
12
72
sun, day ( nichi?)
453
73
say ( iwaku?)
37
74 ()
moon, month; body, flesh (

tsuki?)
69
47
75
tree ( ki?)
1,369
86
76
yawn, lack ( akubi?)
235
77
stop ( tomeru?)
99
78 ()
death, decay (
gatsuhen?)
231
79
weapon, lance (
hokotsukuri?)
93
80 (, )
do not; mother (-nakare;

16
haha?)
81
compare, compete (
kuraberu?)
21
82
fur, hair ( ke?)
211
83
clan ( uji?)
10
84
steam, breath (
kigamae?)
17
85 (,)
water ( mizu?)
1,595
51
Top
75%
Top
25%
Top
75%
Top
50%
98
Top
50%
( )
Top
25%
Top
25%
86 ()
fire ( hi?)
639
( )
87 (,, )
claw, nail, talon ( tsume?)
36
88
father ( chichi?)
10
16
89
90 ()
91
92
mix, twine, cross (
k?)
shhen?)
split wood (
48
(a) slice (
kata?)
77
fang (
kibahen?)
ushi?)
233
93 (, )
cow (
94 ()
dog ( inu?)
444
95
dark, profound ( gen?)
king; ball, jade (-; tama?) 473
melon ( uri?)
55
174
22
22
10
96
( , ,
97
kawara?)
98
tile (
99
sweet ( amai?)
100
life ( umareru?)
mochru?)
101 ()
use; (throw) (
102
field ( ta?)
192
103 ()
bolt of cloth ( hiki?)
15
104
sickness ( yamaidare?)
526
105
footsteps (
hatsugashira?)
15
106
white ( shiro?)
109
94
129
647
65
64
107
108
109
110
5
5
5
5
skin (
dish (
eye (
kegawa?)
sara?)
me?)
spear, pike (
munohoko?)
ya?)
Top
75%
Top
75%
Top
75%
Top
75%
Top
75%
111
arrow (
112
stone ( ishi?)
499
Top
75%
113 ()
altar, display ( shimesu?)
213
Top
75%
114
track ( gnoashi?)
12
nogi?)
115
two-branch tree (
431
116
cave ( ana?)
298
117
stand, erect ( tatsu?)
101
118 ()
bamboo ( take?)
953
119
rice ( kome?)
318
120 ()
thread, string ( ito?)
823
121
can, earthenware jar ( kan?)
77
net ( amigashira?)
163
sheep ( hitsuji?)
156
220
22
22
122
( , , ,
)
123 (,)
124
125 (, )
126
6
4
6
feather, wing (
old (
hane?)
r?)
rake, beard (
shikashite?)
49
Top
75%
Top
50%
127
128
6
6
plow ( raisuki?)
ear (
mimi?)
fudedzukuri?)
129 ()
brush (
130 (,)
meat ( niku?)
131
minister, official ( shin?)
132
133
134
135
136
6
6
6
6
7
oneself (
mizukara?)
itaru?)
arrive (
84
172
19
674
16
34
24
mortar (
usu?)
71
tongue (
shita?)
31
10
opposite (
masu?)
fune?)
137
boat (
197
138
stopping ( ushitora?)
139
colour, prettiness ( iro?)
21
140 (,)
grass, vegetation ( kusa?)
1,902
141
tiger stripes (
torakanmuri?)
114
142
insect ( mushi?)
1,067
143
blood ( chi?)
60
53
144
145 ()
146 (,)
147
6
6
6
7
go, do (
gy?)
clothes (
koromo?)
(37)
607
( )
west (
nishi?)
29
see (
miru?)
161
158
tsuno?)
148
horn (
149 ()
speech ( koto?)
861
150
valley ( tani?)
54
mame?)
54
151
bean (
68
152
pig ( inoko?)
148
153
cat, badger ( mujina?)
140
154
shell ( kai?)
277
155
red, bare ( aka?)
31
hashiru?)
285
580
97
156 ()
157 ()
158
159
160
7
7
7
7
run (
foot (
ashi?)
body (
mi?)
cart, car (
kuruma?)
32
361
spicy, bitter (
karai?)
36
shinnotatsu?)
15
Top
50%
( )
Top
50%
Top
50%
Top
50%
161
morning (
162 (,)
walk ( shinny?)
381
38
Top
50%
163 (,)
town ( right) ( mura?)
350
30
Top
50%
( )
164
sake (rice-based alcoholic

beverage) ( tori?)
290
Top
75%
165
divide, distinguish, choose (

14
nogome?)
166
village, mile ( sato?)
14
167 ()
metal, gold ( kane?)
806
168 ()
long, grow; leader (-nagai;

chy?)
55
169
gate ( mon?)
246
170 (,)
mound, dam ( left) (

gifunofu?)
348
171
slave, capture (
reidzukuri?)
12
172
old bird ( furutori?)
233
173 ()
rain ( ame?)
298
174 ()
green, blue ( ao?)
17
175
wrong ( arazu?)
25
176 ()
face ( men?)
66
177
leather, rawhide (
kakunokawa?)
305
178
10
tanned leather (
nameshigawa?)
100
179
leek ( nira?)
20
180
sound ( oto?)
43
372
182
181
182 ( )
183
184 ()
185
186
big shell (
kaze?)
9
9
9
9
wind (
fly (
gai?)
tobu?)
eat, food (
30
92
shyoku?)
403
kubi?)
20
37
neck, head (
fragrant (
nioik?)
uma?)
187
10
horse (
472
188
10
bone ( hone?)
185
189 ()
10
tall, high ( takai?)
190
10
34
hair (
kamigashira?)
243
tgamae?)
23
191
10
fight (
192
10
herbs, sacrificial wine (

chy?)
193
10
tripod, cauldron ( kanae?)
73
141
571
194
10
ghost, demon (
uo?)
195
11
fish (
196
11
bird ( tori?)
197
198
11
11
salt (
oni?)
750
ro?)
deer (
shika?)
mugi?)
44
104
wheat (
131
11
hemp, flax ( asa?)
34
201 ()
11
yellow ( kro?)
42
millet (
kibi?)
46
kuro?)
172
203 ()
11
black (
204
12
embroidery, needlework (
futsu?)
205
13
frog, amphibian ( ben?)
40
14
46
206
207
13
sacrificial tripod (
13
tsudzumi?)
drum (
kanae?)
Top
75%
200
12
Top
50%
( )
199 ()
202
Top
50%
208
209
210
211 ()
212 ()
13
rat, mouse ( nezumi?)
92
14
hana?)
49
18
162
14
24
19
14
even, uniformly (
12
ha?)
10
213 ()
11
214
nose (
17
tooth, molar (
dragon (
ry?)
turtle, tortoise (
flute (
sei?)
kame?)
yaku?)
Kanji radicals not recognized by Kangxi [ edit ]

These radicals are either listed as variants or not listed at all in the kangxi radical table.
The 214 Kangxi radicals are technically classifiers as they are not always etymologically correct,[3] but since linguistics uses
that word in the sense of "classifying" nouns (such as in counter words) dictionaries commonly call the kanji components
radicals. As dictionaries have moved from textbooks to interactive screens the term "radicals" seems to now be used for any
kanji component used in a visual search.
New radical Stroke count
Kanji note
Variant of
Some dictionaries use .
( )
Variant of /
Katakana -ma.
Japanese nine, -ky.
Katakana -yu.
From .
Variant of
Variant of .
Variant of .
Variant of .
From .
From .
= + + .
From .
Variant of .
Variant of .
Variant of .
Variant of .
Variant of .
From .
= ++
From .
Variant of .
Japanese five.
From //
From /
Variant of
Variant of .
Modern form of , from + .
From + .
Modern form of , from . ( )
Variant of .
From + .
=++
=+++
Variant of .
Variant of .
11
= + + ( + )
12
Variant of .
Other possible radical candidates [ edit ]

New radical Stroke count
Kanji note
Variant of or
Variant of
Variant of
and ( to a lesser extent) are only used in their original form when representing the original meanings. As
components of jouyou kanji they always appear as and .
Position of radical within character
[ edit ]
There are fourteen different radical positions, seven basic types and seven variant. The following table lists radical types with
Japanese name and position in red and indicate how Kanji is formed by radical with example.
Position
Japanese
name
Chinese
Meaning
Example
hen (?)
Left sided
element
tsukuri (?)
Right
accompanying consists of Radical 74 and .
element
consists of Radical 102 and .
consists of Radical 77 and , consist of Radical 102 and

.
kanmuri
(?)
Crown element Note that single radical (e.g., Radical 102 ) is used for other type
as well, and lesser strokes simple Kanji works as a radical, like is
also Radical 19.
consists of Radical 61 and , consists of Radical 102
and .
ashi (?)
Foot element
Also note that single radical is interchangeably used for other type
as well, and is Radical 106 too, but not used as crown type for .
Top and
bottom
element
Center
element
consists of Radical 72 with upper and lower .
Dangle / left
shoulder
element
(?)
Surround / left
and bottom
element
kamae (?)
Posture (box,
enclosure)
element
Box, bottom
open
Box, top open
ashi variant
tare (?)
ny
kamae variant
Box, right open consists of Radical 22 and .

Right shoulder consists of Radical 56 and .
Left and right

sided
See also
[ edit ]
Simplified table of Japanese kanji radicals

http://www.amazon.com/Narrative-Approach-Multi-Keyword-Japanese-Radicals/dp/1329169557/ref=sr_1_1?
s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1440496672&sr=1-1&keywords=1329169557
References
[ edit ]
1. ^ http://kanjidamage.com/articles/most-common-radicals
2. ^ http://www.kanji-link.com/en/kanji/intro/
3. ^ http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/kanji-radical-dictionary.cfm
External links
[ edit ]
http://nihonshock.com/2012/02/kanji-radicals-and-components/
http://www.hadamitzky.de/english/lp_radical_tables.htm
http://kanjialive.com/214-traditional-kanji-radicals/
http://www.joyokanji.com/radical-notes
All (CJK) Unicode Han characters
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&fieldkeywords=1329169557
Wikibooks has a book on

the topic of: Kanji
Wikiversity has learning
materials about Kanji
Wikivoyage has a travel
guide for Japanese
phrasebook.
Categories: Kanji
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Table of Japanese kanji radicals

Meaning and reading

second, latter ( otsu?)

upside down box (

container, open mouth (

knife, sword ( katana?)

power, force ( chikara?)

ten, complete ( j?)

again, right hand (

mouth, opening ( kuchi?)

enclosure ( kunigamae?) 118

evening, sunset ( ybe?)

big, very ( dai?)

woman, female ( onna?)

child, seed ( ko?)

sun (unit of measurement) (

turban, scarf ( haba?)

dotted cliff ( madare?)

two hands, twenty (

ceremony, shoot, arrow (

pig's head ( keigashira?) 25

hair, bristle, stubble, beard (

strike, whip ( nobun?)

script, literature ( bun?)

dipper, measuring scoop (

way, square, raft ( h?)

have not ( muny?)

sun, day ( nichi?)

moon, month; body, flesh (

yawn, lack ( akubi?)

do not; mother (-nakare;

fur, hair ( ke?)

claw, nail, talon ( tsume?)

mix, twine, cross (

dark, profound ( gen?)

king; ball, jade (-; tama?) 473

bolt of cloth ( hiki?)

altar, display ( shimesu?)

stand, erect ( tatsu?)

thread, string ( ito?)

can, earthenware jar ( kan?)

minister, official ( shin?)

colour, prettiness ( iro?)

grass, vegetation ( kusa?)

cat, badger ( mujina?)

red, bare ( aka?)

town ( right) ( mura?)

sake (rice-based alcoholic

divide, distinguish, choose (

village, mile ( sato?)

metal, gold ( kane?)

long, grow; leader (-nagai;

mound, dam ( left) (

old bird ( furutori?)

green, blue ( ao?)

tall, high ( takai?)

herbs, sacrificial wine (

tripod, cauldron ( kanae?)

hemp, flax ( asa?)

frog, amphibian ( ben?)

rat, mouse ( nezumi?)