Kanji - Level 16 - Radicals

Question 1

付

Answer 1

Attach
This radical is the same as the kanji. It means attach.

Question 2

壴

Answer 2

Drum
This radical is made up of samurai and beans. Samurai used to put beans in drums so they could tap and shake them to make noise. Can you imagine shaking and tapping this drum radical?

Question 3

面

Answer 3

Face
You have a leaf, a mouth, and an eye. Those are all things you’ll find on a face! Wait, you don’t have a leaf growing out of your face? Huh… well just imagine you have a normal human face with a leaf on there somewhere, ya weirdo.

Question 4

谷

Answer 4

Valley
This radical is the same as the kanji. It means valley.

Question 5

袁

Answer 5

Zombie
This radical has a figure reaching out both hands at you with some dirt on his head. This is a zombie, and he must have just recently dug himself out of the grave by the looks of it.