List of kanji radicals

List of kanji radicals ordered by number of strokes

Every kanji character can be decomposed in one or multiple components. Each one of those components are called "radicals" 部首. They help to identify a specific character in Japanese dictionaries. For example, the character 安 is formed by two different radicals: 宀 and 女.

Sometimes these radicals have some meaning related to the final meaning of the kanji, but that's not always the case.

Where to look for a radical

Inside the character, the radical can be found in 7 different positions:

Position	Name	Example
Left side	へん hen
Right side	つくり tsukuri
Top	かんむり kanmuri
Bottom	あし ashi
Top left side	たれ tare
Bottom left side	にょう nyou
Enclosure Also:	かまえ kamae

Japanese kanji radicals list

#	Radical	Other forms	Stroke count	Tags	Meaning
1	一		1 stroke	important radical	one; a horizontal stroke
2	丨	｜｜	1 stroke	important radical	a vertical stroke
3	丶		1 stroke	important radical	a dot
4	丿	ノノ	1 stroke	important radical	a stroke curved to the left
5	乙	乚, ⺄, 乛乚⺄乛	1 stroke		a bend stroke; the second of celestial stems
6	亅		1 stroke		a hook
7	二		2 strokes		two; two horizontal strokes
8	亠		2 strokes	important radical	head, above, lid
9	人	亻, ⺅, 𠆢亻⺅𠆢	2 strokes	important radical	man, a person
10	儿		2 strokes		legs; man, a person (at the bottom of a character)
11	入		2 strokes		entering, starting
12	八	ハハ	2 strokes	important radical	eight; to part, to divide
13	冂		2 strokes		down box, wilderness
14	冖		2 strokes		cover
15	冫		2 strokes		two dots; ice, cold
16	几		2 strokes		small table
17	凵		2 strokes		container, wide opened mouth
18	刀	刂, ⺉, ⺈刂⺉⺈	2 strokes	important radical	knife, sword, cutting, separating
19	力		2 strokes	important radical	strength, force
20	勹		2 strokes		wrap, embrace
21	匕		2 strokes		spoon, ladle
22	匚		2 strokes		square box
23	亡	匸匸	3 strokes		round box
24	十		2 strokes	important radical	ten; two crossed strokes
25	卜	⼘, ⺊⼘⺊	2 strokes		divining
26	卩	㔾㔾	2 strokes		seal, stamp
27	厂		2 strokes	important radical	cliff
28	厶		2 strokes		self, private
29	又		2 strokes		grasping, further, again
30	口	品品	3 strokes	important radical	mouth, opening, sounding
31	囗		3 strokes	important radical	enclosure
32	土		3 strokes	important radical	earth, soil
33	士		3 strokes		official, scholar
34	夂		3 strokes		walking slowly
35	夊		3 strokes		overtaking
36	夕		3 strokes		evening
37	大		3 strokes		big, large
38	女		3 strokes	important radical	woman, female
39	子	孑孑	3 strokes		child, son, seed; the first of terrestrial branches
40	宀		3 strokes	important radical	roof, cover
41	寸		3 strokes		inch
42	小	⺌, ⺍⺌⺍	3 strokes	important radical	small
43	尢	尤, 尣尤尣	3 strokes		lame
44	尸		3 strokes	important radical	corpse, body
45	屮		3 strokes		sprout
46	山		3 strokes	important radical	mountain, cliff
47	巛	川, 巜川巜	3 strokes		river, stream
48	工		3 strokes		work
49	已	己, 巳己巳	3 strokes		self, own; the sixth of celestial stems
50	巾		3 strokes	important radical	towel, napkin, turban
51	干		3 strokes		dried
52	幺	乡乡	3 strokes		short, tiny
53	广		3 strokes	important radical	house built at a slope, dotted cliff
54	廴		3 strokes		walking a long distance
55	廾	廿廿	3 strokes		two hands (at bottom of character); twenty
56	弋		3 strokes		shoot; arrow
57	弓		3 strokes	important radical	bow
58	彐	ヨ, 彑ヨ彑	3 strokes		pig head
59	彡		3 strokes		hair, feather
60	彳		3 strokes	important radical	walking slowly
61	心	忄, ⺗忄⺗	4 strokes	important radical	heart, feeling
62	戈		4 strokes		axe, halberd
63	戸	戶, 户戶户	4 strokes		house, door
64	手	扌, 龵扌龵	4 strokes	important radical	hand, actions
65	支		4 strokes		branch
66	攵	攴攴	4 strokes	important radical	whip
67	文		4 strokes		word, literature
68	斗		4 strokes		a kind of volume measure
69	斤		4 strokes		a kind of weight measure; axe
70	方		4 strokes		square, direction, locality
71	无	旡, 無旡無	4 strokes		do not, no
72	日		4 strokes	important radical	sun, clear
73	曰		4 strokes		speaking
74	月	⺝⺝	4 strokes		moon, month
75	木		4 strokes	important radical	tree, wood
76	欠		4 strokes		yawn, lack
77	止		4 strokes		stopping
78	歹	歺歺	4 strokes		dead, decay
79	殳		4 strokes		halberd
80	毋	母, ⺟母⺟	4 strokes		mother
81	比		4 strokes		side by side, comparing
82	毛		4 strokes		hair, feather
83	氏		4 strokes		clan
84	气		4 strokes		air, breath
85	水	氵, 氺氵氺	4 strokes	important radical	water
86	火	灬灬	4 strokes	important radical	fire
87	爪	爫, ⺥, ⺤爫⺥⺤	4 strokes		claw, hand
88	父		4 strokes		father
89	爻		4 strokes		mix, twine, cross
90	爿	丬丬	4 strokes		half of a tree trunk, split wood
91	片		4 strokes		slice, piece
92	牙		5 strokes		fang
93	牛	牜, ⺧牜⺧	4 strokes	important radical	cow, ox
94	犬	犭犭	4 strokes	important radical	dog, dog-like animals
95	玄		5 strokes		black, dark, profound
96	王	玉, 玊, ⺩玉玊⺩	4 strokes	important radical	jade, stone, king, ball
97	瓜		6 strokes		pumpkin, melon
98	瓦		5 strokes		tile, earthenware
99	甘		5 strokes		sweet
100	生		5 strokes		giving birth, live
101	用	甩甩	5 strokes		using
102	田		5 strokes	important radical	field
103	疋	⺪⺪	5 strokes		roll, bolt of cloth
104	疒		5 strokes	important radical	sickness
105	癶		5 strokes		footsteps
106	白		5 strokes		white
107	皮		5 strokes		leather, skin
108	皿		5 strokes	important radical	dish, plate
109	目		5 strokes	important radical	eye
110	矛		5 strokes		spear, pike
111	矢		5 strokes		arrow
112	石		5 strokes	important radical	stone, rock
113	示	礻礻	5 strokes	important radical	altar, display, spiritual, ancestor
114	禸		5 strokes		rump, track
115	禾		5 strokes	important radical	grain, ear
116	穴		5 strokes		hollow, hole, hidden
117	立		5 strokes	important radical	stand, erect
118	竹	⺮⺮	6 strokes	important radical	bamboo
119	米		6 strokes	important radical	rice
120	糸	糹糹	6 strokes	important radical	thread, fabric
121	缶		6 strokes		tin, can, jar
122	罒	网, 罓, ⺲, ⺳网罓⺲⺳	5 strokes		net
123	羊	⺶, ⺷⺶⺷	6 strokes		sheep, goat
124	羽		6 strokes		wings, feather
125	耂	老, ⺹老⺹	6 strokes		old
126	而		6 strokes		moustache, beard; but, and
127	耒		6 strokes		handle of a plough
128	耳		6 strokes	important radical	ear
129	聿	肀, ⺻肀⺻	6 strokes		ink brush
130	肉	⺼, 月⺼月	6 strokes	important radical	meat, organs of the body
131	臣		7 strokes		minister, official
132	自		6 strokes		nose, oneself
133	至		6 strokes		arrive
134	臼		6 strokes		mortar
135	舌		6 strokes		tongue
136	舛		7 strokes		lying side by side, opposite
137	舟		6 strokes	important radical	boat, ship
138	艮		6 strokes		stopping
139	色		6 strokes		color, outlook
140	艹	艸, ⺾, 䒑, 丷艸⺾䒑丷	6 strokes	important radical	grass, herb, plant
141	虍		6 strokes		tiger
142	虫		6 strokes	important radical	insect, creeping animal
143	血		6 strokes		blood
144	行		6 strokes		walk, row, line, journey
145	衣	衤衤	6 strokes	important radical	clothing
146	西	襾, 覀襾覀	6 strokes		cover, west
147	見		7 strokes	important radical	see
148	角		7 strokes		horn; a kind of volume measure
149	言	訁訁	7 strokes	important radical	speaking, speech
150	谷		7 strokes		valley
151	豆		7 strokes		bean; a kind of vessel
152	豕		7 strokes		pig
153	豸		7 strokes		small hairy animals (cat, badger)
154	貝		7 strokes	important radical	shell
155	赤		7 strokes		red, bare
156	走	赱赱	7 strokes		run
157	足	⻊⻊	7 strokes	important radical	foot, leg, walking
158	身		7 strokes		body
159	車		7 strokes	important radical	cart, car
160	辛		7 strokes		bitter; the eighth of celestial stems
161	辰		7 strokes		morning; the fifth of terrestrial branches
162	辶	辶, ⻌, ⻍, 辵辶⻌⻍辵	4 strokes	important radical	stamping on the earth, going
163	⻏	阝, 邑阝邑	3 strokes	important radical	village, town
164	酉		7 strokes		sake, wine, jar; the tenth of terrestrial branches
165	釆		7 strokes		distiguishing, separating
166	里		7 strokes		mile, village, hamlet
167	金	釒釒	8 strokes	important radical	metal, gold
168	長	镸镸	8 strokes		long, hair
169	門		8 strokes	important radical	door, gate
170	⻖	阝, 阜阝阜	3 strokes	important radical	hill, dam
171	隶		8 strokes		slave, reaching, catching
172	隹		8 strokes	important radical	small bird
173	雨	⻗⻗	8 strokes	important radical	rain
174	青	靑靑	8 strokes		blue, green
175	非		8 strokes		wrong
176	面	靣靣	9 strokes		face
177	革		9 strokes		skin, leather, changing
178	韋		10 strokes		tanned leather
179	韭		9 strokes		chives, scallion
180	音		9 strokes		sound
181	頁		9 strokes	important radical	big shell
182	風		9 strokes		wind
183	飛		9 strokes		fly
184	食	飠飠	9 strokes	important radical	eat, food
185	首		9 strokes		neck, head
186	香		9 strokes		odor, perfume
187	馬		10 strokes	important radical	horse
188	骨		10 strokes		bone
189	高	髙髙	10 strokes		tall, high
190	髟		10 strokes		long hair
191	鬥		10 strokes		fight, battle
192	鬯		10 strokes		sacrificial wine
193	鬲		10 strokes		tripod, cauldron
194	鬼		10 strokes		ghost, spirit
195	魚		11 strokes	important radical	fish
196	鳥		11 strokes	important radical	bird
197	鹵		11 strokes		salt
198	鹿		11 strokes		deer
199	麦	麥麥	7 strokes		wheat
200	麻		11 strokes		hemp
201	黄	黃黃	11 strokes		yellow
202	黍		12 strokes		millet
203	黒	黑黑	11 strokes		black
204	黹		12 strokes		needlework
205	黽		13 strokes		frog, amphibian
206	鼎		13 strokes		sacrificial tripod, three-legged cauldron
207	鼓		13 strokes		drum
208	鼠		13 strokes		mouse, rat
209	鼻		14 strokes		nose, self
210	斉	齊齊	8 strokes		equal, alike
211	歯	齒齒	12 strokes		teeth
212	竜	龍龍	10 strokes		dragon
213	亀	龜龜	11 strokes		turtle
214	龠		17 strokes		flute

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