Chinese Radicals
Chinese radicals are the building blocks of Chinese characters. Understanding radicals helps in recognizing, memorizing, and looking up characters in dictionaries.
1(5 radicals)
2(25 radicals)
3(33 radicals)
口
Mouth
kǒu
囗
Enclosure
wéi
土
Earth
tǔ
士
Scholar
shì
夂
Go
zhǐ
夊
Slow
suī
夕
Evening
xī
大
Big
dà
女
Woman
nǚ
子
Child
zǐ
宀
Roof
mián
寸
Inch
cùn
小
Small
xiǎo
尢
Lame
yóu
尸
Corpse
shī
屮
Sprout
chè
山
Mountain
shān
巛
River
chuān
工
Work
gōng
己
Self
jǐ
巾
Cloth
jīn
干
Dry
gān
幺
Short Thread
yāo
广
House on Cliff
yǎn
廴
Long Stride
yǐn
廾
Arch
gǒng
弋
Arrow
yì
弓
Bow
gōng
彐
Snout
jì
彡
Bristle
shān
彳
Step
chì
犭
Dog (Radical)
quǎn
艹
Grass (Radical)
cǎo
4(41 radicals)
心
Heart
xīn
忄
Heart (Radical)
xīn
戈
Dagger-Axe
gē
戶
Door
hù
户
Door
hù
手
Hand
shǒu
扌
Hand (Radical)
tíshǒu
支
Branch
zhī
攵
Rap
pū
文
Script
wén
斗
Dipper
dǒu
斤
Axe
jīn
方
Square
fāng
无
Not
wú
日
Sun
rì
曰
Say
yuē
月
Moon
yuè
木
Tree
mù
欠
Owe
qiàn
止
Stop
zhǐ
歹
Death
dǎi
殳
Weapon
shū
毋
Do Not
wú
比
Compare
bǐ
毛
Fur
máo
氏
Clan
shì
气
Steam
qì
水
Water
shuǐ
氵
Water (Radical)
shuǐ
火
Fire
huǒ
灬
Fire (Radical)
biāo
爪
Claw
zhǎo
父
Father
fù
爻
Trigrams
yáo
爿
Half of Tree Trunk
qiáng
片
Slice
piàn
牙
Tooth
yá
牛
Cow
niú
犬
Dog
quǎn
王
King
wáng
月
Moon/Meat (Radical)
yuè