Chinese Radical Table
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214 radicals
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| Pinyin | Radical | Variant (Simplified) | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| yī | one single, alone | ||
| shù | line vertical stroke | ||
| diǎn | dot point | ||
| piě | 乀 乁 | slash sloping stroke | |
| yǐ | 乚 乛 | second second heavenly stem | |
| gōu | hook barb | ||
| èr | two twice | ||
| tóu | lid head | ||
| rén | 亻 | person man, people | |
| ér | legs son, child | ||
| rù | enter come in, join | ||
| bā | 丷 | eight divide | |
| jiǒng | down box borders | ||
| mì | cover crown | ||
| bīng | ice frozen | ||
| jī, jǐ | table small table, how many | ||
| qǔ | open box receptacle | ||
| dāo | 刂 | knife blade, old coin | |
| lì | power capability, influence | ||
| bāo | wrap enfold, envelop | ||
| bǐ | ladle spoon, dagger | ||
| fāng | right open box box, basket | ||
| xǐ | hiding enclosure conceal | ||
| shí | ten complete, perfect | ||
| bǔ | divination fortune telling, prophesy | ||
| jié | seal kneeling person | ||
| hàn | cliff factory, workshop | ||
| sī | private secret | ||
| yòu | again also, right hand | ||
| kǒu | mouth opening, entrance | ||
| wéi | enclosure border, surround | ||
| tǔ | earth soil | ||
| shì | scholar gentleman, soldier | ||
| zhī | go follow | ||
| suī | go slowly drag the feet | ||
| xī | night evening, dusk | ||
| dà | big great, vast | ||
| nǚ | woman girl, feminine | ||
| zǐ | child offspring, seed | ||
| mián | roof house, cover | ||
| cùn | inch small, tiny | ||
| xiǎo | small tiny, insignificant | ||
| yóu | 尣 | lame weak, crooked | |
| shī | corpse body, preside | ||
| chè | sprout young plant | ||
| shān | mountain hill, peak | ||
| chuān | 巛 巜 | river stream, flow | |
| gōng | work labor | ||
| jǐ | oneself personal, private | ||
| jīn | towel kerchief, turban | ||
| gān | dry shield, stem | ||
| yāo | thread tiny, small | ||
| guǎng | shelter wide, broad | ||
| yǐn | stride go | ||
| gǒng | hands joined two hands | ||
| yì | shoot with a bow catch, arrest | ||
| gōng | bow curved, arched | ||
| jì | 彑 | snout hand | |
| shān | hair bristles, feathers | ||
| chì | step walk slowly | ||
| xīn | 忄 | heart mind, intelligence, soul | |
| gē | spear halberd, lance | ||
| hù | door household, family | ||
| shǒu | 扌 | hand palm, to hold | |
| zhī | branch support, pay | ||
| pū | 攵 | rap tap lightly | |
| wén | script writing, literature | ||
| dǒu | dipper unit of volume | ||
| jīn | axe catty, shrewd | ||
| fāng | square rectangle, region | ||
| wú | not negative, without | ||
| rì | sun day | ||
| yuē | say speak, called | ||
| yuè | moon month | ||
| mù | tree wood, lumber | ||
| qiàn | lack owe, be deficient | ||
| zhǐ | stop halt, desist, detain | ||
| dǎi | death bad, wicked | ||
| shū | weapon halberd shaft, kill | ||
| mǔ | 母 | mother do not | |
| bǐ | compare liken, than | ||
| máo | fur hair, feathers | ||
| shì | clan family, lineage | ||
| qì | steam vapor | ||
| shuǐ | 氵 | water liquid, juice | |
| huǒ | 灬 | fire flame, burn, anger | |
| zhǎo | 爫 | claw nail, talon | |
| fù | father elder male relative | ||
| yáo | lines on a trigram divination diagrams | ||
| qiáng | half of a tree trunk split wood | ||
| piàn | slice splinter, strip | ||
| yá | tooth molars, fang | ||
| niú | 牜 | cow ox, bull | |
| quǎn | 犭 | dog hound | |
| xuán | profound deep, abstruse | ||
| yù | 王 | jade precious stone, gem | |
| guā | melon gourd, cucumber | ||
| wǎ | tile earthenware, pottery | ||
| gān | sweet tasty, sweetness | ||
| shēng | life living, birth | ||
| yòng | use employ, apply | ||
| tián | field arable land, farmland | ||
| pǐ | cloth bolt of cloth, foot | ||
| bìng | ill sick | ||
| bō | foot steps legs | ||
| bái | white pure, bright | ||
| pí | skin hide, fur | ||
| mǐn | dish shallow container | ||
| mù | eye look, see | ||
| máo | spear lance | ||
| shǐ | arrow dart, vow | ||
| shí | stone rock, mineral | ||
| shì | 礻 | spirit show, manifest | |
| róu | track rump | ||
| hé | grain rice plant | ||
| xuè | cave den, hole | ||
| lì | stand establish, set | ||
| zhú | bamboo flute | ||
| mǐ | rice hulled rice | ||
| sī | (纟) | silk thread, fine silk | |
| fǒu | jar earthen crock | ||
| wǎng | 罒 | net network, web | |
| yáng | sheep goat | ||
| yǔ | feather plume, wings | ||
| lǎo | old aged, experienced | ||
| ér | and and yet, but | ||
| lěi | plow plow handle | ||
| ěr | ear handle | ||
| yù | brush pencil | ||
| ròu | meat flesh | ||
| chén | minister statesman, official | ||
| zì | oneself self, from | ||
| zhì | arrive reach, utmost | ||
| jiù | mortar joint socket | ||
| shé | tongue clapper of bell | ||
| chuǎn | contrary oppose, deviate | ||
| zhōu | boat ship | ||
| gèn | mountain stopping | ||
| sè | color hue, appearance | ||
| cǎo | (艹) | grass plants, vegetation | |
| hǔ | tiger tiger stripes | ||
| chóng | insect worms | ||
| xuè | blood | ||
| xíng | walk go, move, travel | ||
| yī | 衤 | clothes garment, cover | |
| xī | 覀 | west occident | |
| jiàn | (见) | see observe, perceive | |
| jiǎo | horn angle, corner, point | ||
| yán | (讠) | speech words, speak, say | |
| gǔ | valley gorge, ravine | ||
| dòu | bean peas | ||
| shǐ | pig boar | ||
| zhì | badger legless insect, worm | ||
| bèi | (贝) | shell money, currency | |
| chì | red bare | ||
| zǒu | walk go on foot, run | ||
| zú | foot leg, enough | ||
| shēn | body trunk, hull | ||
| chē | (车) | cart vehicle | |
| xīn | bitter pungent, toilsome | ||
| chén | morning early morning | ||
| chuò | walk walking, movement | ||
| yì | 阝 | city town, district | |
| yǒu | wine wine vessel | ||
| biàn | distinguish separate | ||
| lǐ | village lane, unit of distance | ||
| jīn | (钅) | metal gold, money | |
| cháng | (长) | long length, elder | |
| mén | (门) | gate door, entrance, opening | |
| fù | 阝 | mound hill, abundant | |
| lì | slave servant, subservient | ||
| zhuī | short-tailed bird bird | ||
| yǔ | rain rainy | ||
| qīng | blue green, young | ||
| fēi | wrong not, non- | ||
| miàn | face surface, side | ||
| gé | leather animal hides | ||
| wěi | (韦) | soft leather tanned leather | |
| jiǔ | leek scallion | ||
| yīn | sound tone, pitch, pronunciation | ||
| yè | (页) | page sheet, leaf | |
| fēng | (风) | wind air, custom | |
| fēi | (飞) | fly soar, dart | |
| shí | 飠 (饣) | eat meal, food | |
| shǒu | head first, chief | ||
| xiāng | fragrant sweet-smelling, incense | ||
| mǎ | (马) | horse | |
| gǔ | bone skeleton, frame | ||
| gāo | high tall, lofty, elevated | ||
| biāo | long hair hair | ||
| dòu | (斗) | fight struggle, contend | |
| chàng | sacrificial wine unhindered | ||
| lì | cauldron tripod cauldron | ||
| guǐ | ghost spirit of the dead, devil | ||
| yú | (鱼) | fish | |
| niǎo | (鸟) | bird fowl | |
| lǔ | (卤) | salty saline soil, rock salt | |
| lù | deer | ||
| mài | (麦) | wheat barley, oats | |
| má | hemp jute, flax | ||
| huáng | yellow | ||
| shǔ | millet glutinous millet | ||
| hēi | black dark, sinister | ||
| zhǐ | embroidery needlework | ||
| mǐn | (黾) | frog toad, to strive | |
| dǐng | tripod three-legged cauldron | ||
| gǔ | drum beat, strike | ||
| shǔ | rat mouse | ||
| bí | nose first | ||
| qí | (齐) | even uniform, of equal length | |
| chǐ | (齿) | tooth teeth, age | |
| lóng | (龙) | dragon | |
| guī | (龟) | turtle tortoise | |
| yuè | flute pipe, ancient measure |
Decompositions from the CJKVI IDS database, itself derived from the CHISE project (GPLv2). Readings, glosses, and the common-use ordering from the Unicode Unihan database, © Unicode, Inc.