Radicals Flashcards
一
Ground
ハ
Fins
丶
Drop
丿
Slide
亅
Barb
二
Two
亠
Lid
大
Big
A really big guy with his arms stretched out nice and big.
人
Person
A stick figure is like this: 大
But this is just a person with their arms down and they are walking
入
にゅう
Enter
A beautiful NYU tent for you
力
Power
Imagine a guy flexing his arm downward to show off his steroid-pumped arm. It’s huge. It’s so full of power
勹
Prison
It is waiting to come down around you
口
Mouth
A big gaping mouth coming to swallow you
女
Woman
Two XX chromosomes
七
Seven
It’s the number 7 when you turn it upside down
十
Cross
山
Mountain
Peaks of a mountain
川
River
Water flowing through the middle of two banks
木
Tree
工
Construction
Looks like a girder used to frame buildings
九
Nine
Looks like it’s starting to spell the word nine with the curve up on the right side representing the “i” in cursive
⼚
Leaf
Like a lily pad sitting on the water
|⼀ (imagine they are attached and the vertical line is shorter)
Gun
日
Sun
ト
Toe
丨
Stick
A stick stuck in the ground
弓
Bow
刀
Sword
Looks like the hilt of the sword
Don’t confuse it with power
丁
Street (radical)
Barb holding the ground in place to create a street
儿
Legs
冂
Head
Looking like spongebob squarepants
又
Stool
Looks like a folding stool
メ
Treasure
Because “X” marks the spot
千
Thousand
小
Small
Fins + barb
It would have to be a small fish if you wanna hook it on this
子
Child (radical)
Has street radical with the barb. You don’t want your child stepping on the barb
夕
Evening
尸
Flag
彡
Hair
五
Five
天
Heaven
Two + person radical
手
Hand
Barb radical is the wrist and the fingers are coming off it
文
Writing
Writing on the stool aka a writing desk
月
Moon
Unlike Sun radical, is open at the bottom
止
Stop
Looks like a person staying stop by the stop sign
水
Water
火
Fire
A person running, it’s a fire!
犬
Dog
Big guy walking their dog, the drop is the leash
王
King
Ground radical on top acting like the crown
中
Middle
本
Book
Bookmark in the middle of turned pages
田
Rice paddy
白
White
The sun in the early morning is blinding white
目
Eye
Middle is the eye with upper and lower lids
石
Stone
Hammering on stone table
立
Stand
牛
Cow
Using the “gun” radical to kill the cow aka the cross to mark his death
匕
Spoon
夂
Winter
This radical is wearing a hat in the cold
干
Dry
Reminds me of the hand radical, your hands are dry!!!
广
Canopy
Looks like a covering
扌
Fingers
Looks like the hand radical but smaller
元
Origin
It’s like pie, the origin of the area of a circle
心
Heart
Actually looks like a heart
方
Direction
Looks like a person headed in the forward direction
毛
Fur
Hair radical attached to a tail
It’s a furry animal!
It’s not the hand radical!
父
Father
Looks like a dad sitting with his arms on the hand rests about to lecture you
古
Old
Looks like an old person doing yoga in the park
用
Task
Look at all the boxes that you have to check off in your list of things to do
矢
Arrow
Gun radical on a big radical
A big gun aka a bow and arrow
戸
Door
They hung the flag radical on the rafters
幺
Poop
Looks irregular
巾
Towel
A towel draped over the rack
生
Life
Cow radical (gun that killed the cow) on the ground radical. Wow, he lived a good life
今
Now
へ (imagine the ends are equal)
Hat
|/
Triceratops
寸
Measurement
イ
Leader
Actually means person 人
冖
Forehead
Top part of the head (冂) radical
也
Alligator
宀
Roof
弋
Ceremony
Imagine a tea ceremony