100 radicals Flashcards

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人 亻

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human, person, people
ren2
Note similarity with 八, which means eight.

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mouth, opening
kou3
Note similarity with 囗, which always encloses characters, and means enclosure.

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3
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earth
tu3
Note similarity with 士, which has a longer upper stroke and shorter bottom one, and means scholar.

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4
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woman, female

nv3

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5
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心, 忄, ⺗

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heart

xin1

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手, 扌,龵

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hand

shou3

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sun, day
ri4
Note similarity with 曰, which is broader and lower, and means to say. Also note 白 which means white.

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8
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moon, month
yue4
This radical is actually two: moon 月 and meat 肉, but in modern Chinese, they look the same in most cases。

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9
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tree
mu4
Note similarity with 禾, which means grain.

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10
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氵, 水,氺

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water
shui3
Note similarity with 冫, which means ice.

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11
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纟, 糸

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silk,

mi4

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12
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艹, 艸

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grass
cao3
Note that when the radical is on top, the traditional variant has four strokes.

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13
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讠, 言

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speech

yan2

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14
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辶, ⻍

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walk

chuo4

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15
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钅, 金

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gold, metal

jin1

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16
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刂, 刀

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knife, sword
dao1
Note similarity with 力, which means force.

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17
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roof
mian2
Note similarity with 冖, which means cover, and with 亠, which means lid.

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shell
bei4
Note similarity with 见, which means to see.

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20
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power, force
li4
Note similarity with 刀, which means knife.

21
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right, hand

you4

22
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犭,犬

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dog
quan3
Note similarity with 大, which means big.

23
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grain
he
Note similarity with 木, which means tree.

24
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⺮, 竹

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bamboo

zhu2

25
insect chong2 Even though this radical means insect, it's used for many organisms which aren't insects according to our taxonomy.
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阜, 阝left
mound, dam fu4 Note that there are two radicals which look like this. On the left, it means mound, dam, and on the right, it means city.
27
big, very | da4
28
广
house on cliff guang3 Note similarity with 厂, which means cliff (i.e. without the house).
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field | tian2
30
目, 罒
eye mu4 Note that the horizontal version can also mean net.
31
stone | shi2
32
衤, 衣
clothe yi1 Note similarity with 礻, which means sign, show or spirit.
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足, ⻊
foot | zu2
34
horse | ma3
35
leaf | ye4
36
turban, scarf | jin1
37
rice | mi3
38
cart, vehicule | che1
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eight ba1 Note similarity with 人, which means human, person.
40
corpse shi1 Note similarity with 戶, which means door, family.
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thumb, inch | cun4
42
mountain | shan1
43
攵, 攴
knock, tap pu1 Note similarity with 夊, which means to walk (slowly).