100 most common radicals

Question 1

meaning and pinyin of: 人

Answer 1

Simplified: 人 Traditional: 人 Variant: 亻 Meaning: person Pinyin: rén

Question 2

meaning and pinyin of: 口

Answer 2

Simplified: 口 Traditional: 口 Variant: none Meaning: Mouth, opening Pinyin: kǒu Notes: Note similarity with 囗, which always encloses characters, and means enclosure.

Question 3

meaning and pinyin of: 土

Answer 3

Simplified: 土 Traditional: 土 Variant: none Meaning: earth Pinyin: tǔ Notes: Note similarity with 士, which has a longer upper stroke and shorter bottom one, and means scholar.

Question 4

meaning and pinyin of: 女

Answer 4

Simplified: 女 Traditional: 女 Variant: none Meaning: woman, female Pinyin: nǚ

Question 5

Meaning and pinyin of: 心/忄/ ⺗

Answer 5

Simplified: 心 Traditional: 心 Variant: 忄, ⺗ Meaning: heart Pinyin: xīn

Question 6

Meaning and pinyin of: 手/扌/ 龵

Answer 6

Simplified: 手 Traditional: 手 Variant: 扌, 龵 Meaning: hand Pinyin: shǒu

Question 7

Meaning and pinyin of: 日

Answer 7

Simplified: 日 Traditional: 日 Variant: none Meaning: sun, day Pinyin: rì Notes: Note similarity with 曰, which is broader and lower, and means to say. Also note 白 which means white.

Question 8

Meaning and pinyin of: 月

Answer 8

Simplified: 月 Traditional: 月 Variant: none Meaning: moon, month Pinyin: yuè Notes: This radical is actually two: moon 月 and meat 肉, but in modern Chinese, they look the same in most cases。

Question 9

Meaning and pinyin of: 木

Answer 9

Simplified:木 Traditional:木 Variant: none Meaning: tree Pinyin: mù Notes: Note similarity with 禾, which means grain.

Question 10

Meaning and pinyin of: 氵/水/氺

Answer 10

Simplified: 氵Traditional: 氵Variant: 水/氺 Meaning: water Pinyin: shuǐ Notes: Note similarity with 冫, which means ice.