100 radicals

Question 1

人 亻

Answer 1

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

Question 2

口

Answer 2

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

Question 3

土

Answer 3

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

Question 4

女

Answer 4

woman, female

nv3

Question 5

心, 忄, ⺗

Answer 5

heart

xin1

Question 6

手, 扌,龵

Answer 6

hand

shou3

Question 7

日

Answer 7

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

Question 8

月

Answer 8

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

Question 9

木

Answer 9

tree
mu4
Note similarity with 禾, which means grain.

Question 10

氵, 水，氺

Answer 10

water
shui3
Note similarity with 冫, which means ice.

Question 11

纟， 糸

Answer 11

silk，

mi4

Question 12

艹, 艸

Answer 12

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

Question 13

讠, 言

Answer 13

speech

yan2

Question 14

辶, ⻍

Answer 14

walk

chuo4

Question 15

钅, 金

Answer 15

gold, metal

jin1

Question 16

刂, 刀

Answer 16

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

Question 17

宀

Answer 17

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

Question 18

贝

Answer 18

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

Question 19

一

Answer 19

one

yi1

Question 20

力

Answer 20

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

Question 21

又

Answer 21

right， hand

you4

Question 22

犭，犬

Answer 22

dog
quan3
Note similarity with 大, which means big.

Question 23

禾

Answer 23

grain
he
Note similarity with 木, which means tree.

Question 24

⺮, 竹

Answer 24

bamboo

zhu2

Question 25

虫

Answer 25

insect
chong2
Even though this radical means insect, it’s used for many organisms which aren’t insects according to our
taxonomy.

Question 26

阜, 阝left

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

大

Answer 27

big, very

da4

Question 28

广

Answer 28

house on cliff
guang3
Note similarity with 厂, which means cliff (i.e. without the house).

Question 29

田

Answer 29

field

tian2

Question 30

目, 罒

Answer 30

eye
mu4
Note that the horizontal version can also mean net.

Question 31

石

Answer 31

stone

shi2

Question 32

衤, 衣

Answer 32

clothe
yi1
Note similarity with 礻, which means sign, show or spirit.

Question 33

足, ⻊

Answer 33

foot

zu2

Question 34

马

Answer 34

horse

ma3

Question 35

页

Answer 35

leaf

ye4

Question 36

巾

Answer 36

turban, scarf

jin1

Question 37

米

Answer 37

rice

mi3

Question 38

车

Answer 38

cart, vehicule

che1

Question 39

八

Answer 39

eight
ba1
Note similarity with 人, which means human, person.

Question 40

尸

Answer 40

corpse
shi1
Note similarity with 戶, which means door, family.

Question 41

寸

Answer 41

thumb, inch

cun4

Question 42

山

Answer 42

mountain

shan1

Question 43

攵, 攴

Answer 43

knock, tap
pu1
Note similarity with 夊, which means to walk (slowly).