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    Basic Common Chinese
    Radicals
    Radicals (bù shǒu) are common "components"
    used in Chinese characters. Rather than
    remembering all the strokes of a Chinese
    character, it's sometimes easier to remember
    the radicals, which are frequently used as
    components in Chinese characters. As you study
    Chinese, you will notice a repeating pattern of
    radicals being used.

    The following table lists some commonly used


    basic radicals (parantheses denotes traditional
    character used in Hong Kong and Taiwan):

    Radical Meaning Pīnyīn Example

    1 亻 person rén 你 you (nǐ)

    road, 街 street (jiē), 往


    2 ⼻ walking
    chì
    toward (wǎng)

    河 river (hé), 洗
    3 氵 water shuǐ
    wash (xǐ)

    冰 ice (bīng), 冻
    4 冫 ice bīng
    freeze (dòng)

    fire / 灯 lamp (dēng),


    5 ⽕ burning
    huǒ
    烧 burn (shāo)
    fire / fire 蒸 steam (zhēng),
    6 灬 from huǒ
    热 hot (rè)
    below

    day, sun, 时 time (shí), 晴


    7 ⽇ time
    rì
    sunny (qíng)

    明 tomorrow
    moon,
    8 ⽉ month
    yuè (míng), 服 clothes
    (fú)

    ⻔ 间 room (jiān), 闭
    9 door mén
    (⾨) shut (bì)

    female, 好 good (hǎo), 妈


    10 ⼥ woman
    nǚ
    mother (mā)

    孩 child (hái), 孙
    11 ⼦ child zǐ
    grandchild (sūn)

    推 push (tuī), 拉
    12 扌 hand shǒu
    pull (lā)

    讠 word,
    说 say (shuō), 语
    13 language, yán
    (訁) speech language (yǔ)

    花 flower (huā),
    14 ⺾ grass cǎo
    菜 vegetable (cài)
    earth, 地 ground (dì), 場
    15 ⼟ soil
    tǔ
    field (chǎng)

    钅 银 silver (yín), 铁
    16 metal jīn
    (釒) iron (tiě)

    饣 饭 rice/meal (fàn),
    17 food, eat shí
    (⻟) 饮 drink (yǐn)

    tree, 林 forest (lín), 树


    18 ⽊ wood
    mù
    tree (shù)

    笔 pen (bǐ), 简
    19 ⺮ bamboo zhú
    simple (jiǎn)

    踢 kick (tī), 跑 run


    20 ⻊ foot zú
    (pǎo)
    walk,
    chuò
    action, 進 enter (jìn), 远
    21 ⻌ period of
    /
    far (yuǎn)
    zouzhi
    time

    纟 silk, 线 thread (xiàn),


    22 thread, mì
    (⺯) string 丝 silk (sī)

    家 home/family
    23 宀 roof mián (jiā), 室 room
    (shì)

    mouth, 唱 sing (chàng),


    24 ⼝ opening
    kǒu
    和 and (hé)

    boundary, 国 country (guó),


    25 ⼞ enclosure
    wéi
    园 garden (yuán)
    裙 skirt (qún), 衫
    26 衤 clothes yī
    shirt (shān)

    病 disease (bìng),
    27 ⽧ sickness nè
    痛 pain (tòng)
    部
    terrain,
    department/section
    28 ⻖ hill, city, yì
    (bù), 都 both
    town
    (bōu)

    factory, 厅 hall (tīng), ⼚


    29 ⼚ yard
    hàn
    factory (chǎng)

    wide, 店 shop (diàn), 府


    30 ⼴ shelter
    yǎn
    mansion (fǔ)

    想 want (xiǎng),
    31 ⼼ heart xīn
    忘 forget (wàng)
    feeling, 情 emotion (qíng),
    32 忄 mental xīn
    忙 busy (máng)
    activities
    strength,
    助 help (zhù), 加
    33 ⼒ power, lì
    add (jiā)
    force

    ⻋ car,
    ⻋ car (chē), 軌
    34 vehicle, chē
    (⾞) cart rail/track (guǐ)

    ⻥ 鲜 fresh (xiān), 鮑
    35 fish yú
    (⿂) abalone (bào)

    If you have mastered these basic radicals,


    please try the more advanced radical list here

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