100 radicals Flashcards
人 亻
human, person, people
ren2
Note similarity with 八, which means eight.
口
mouth, opening
kou3
Note similarity with 囗, which always encloses characters, and means enclosure.
土
earth
tu3
Note similarity with 士, which has a longer upper stroke and shorter bottom one, and means scholar.
女
woman, female
nv3
心, 忄, ⺗
heart
xin1
手, 扌,龵
hand
shou3
日
sun, day
ri4
Note similarity with 曰, which is broader and lower, and means to say. Also note 白 which means white.
月
moon, month
yue4
This radical is actually two: moon 月 and meat 肉, but in modern Chinese, they look the same in most cases。
木
tree
mu4
Note similarity with 禾, which means grain.
氵, 水,氺
water
shui3
Note similarity with 冫, which means ice.
纟, 糸
silk,
mi4
艹, 艸
grass
cao3
Note that when the radical is on top, the traditional variant has four strokes.
讠, 言
speech
yan2
辶, ⻍
walk
chuo4
钅, 金
gold, metal
jin1
刂, 刀
knife, sword
dao1
Note similarity with 力, which means force.
宀
roof
mian2
Note similarity with 冖, which means cover, and with 亠, which means lid.
贝
shell
bei4
Note similarity with 见, which means to see.
一
one
yi1
力
power, force
li4
Note similarity with 刀, which means knife.
又
right, hand
you4
犭,犬
dog
quan3
Note similarity with 大, which means big.
禾
grain
he
Note similarity with 木, which means tree.
⺮, 竹
bamboo
zhu2