List of Chinese Radicals

List of Chinese Radicals Chinese characters can be decomposed into components called radicals or bushou. The most commonly accepted table of radicals for traditional Chinese characters consists of 214 entries. These 214 radicals were popularized back in the reign of Qing emperor Kangxi, who commissioned what is now known as the Kangxi Zidian, a character dictionary listing over 47,000 entries. Tables with fewer or greater number of radicals have been devised for simplified characters. Being able to recognize the common radicals helps in the learning and recognition of new characters. Some but not all radical are complete characters in their own right. Some radicals have more than one form. Finally, simplified characters have resulted in additional variants. In the following table, the English names were taken from the Unihan database, a database of international characters. The stroke count refer to the main form of the radical only. No. Radical Variants Simplified Radical Chinese Name English Name Stroke Count 1 一yi1 one 1 2 丨gun3 line 1 3 丶zhu3 dot 1 4 丿乀(fu2), 乁(yi2) pie3 slash 1 5 乙乚(yin3), 乛yi4 second 1 6 亅jue2 hook 1 7 二er4 two 2 8 亠tou2 lid 2 9 人亻ren2 man 2 10 儿ren2 legs 2 11 入ru4 enter 2 12 八丷ba1 eight 2 13 冂jiong3 down box 2 14 冖mi4 over 2 15 冫bing1 ice 2 16 几ji1 table 2 17 凵qu3 open box 2 18 刀刂dao1 knife 2 19 力li4 power 2 20 勹bao1 wrap 2 21 匕bi3 spoon 2 22 匚fang1 right open box 2 23 匸xi3 hiding enclosure 2 24 十shi2 ten 2 25 卜bu3 Mysticism 2 26 卩jie2 seal 2 27 厂han4 cliff 2 28 厶si1 private 2 29 又you4 again 2 30 口kou3 mouth 3 31 囗wei2 enclosure 3 32 土tu3 earth 3 33 士shi4 scholar 3 34 夂zhi3 (top) go 3 35 夊sui1 (bottom) go slowly 3 36 夕xi4 evening 3 37 大da4 big 3 38 女nü3 woman 3 39 子zi3 child 3 40 宀mian2 roof 3 41 寸cun4 inch 3 42 小xiao3 small 3 43 尢尣wang1 lame 3 44 尸shi1 corpse 3 45 屮che4 sprout 3 46 山shan1 mountain 3 47 川巛, 巜(gui4) chuan1 river 3 48 工gong1 work 3 49 己ji3 oneself 3 50 巾jin1 turban 3 51 干gan1 dry 3 52 幺yao1 short thread 3 53 广yan3 dotted cliff 3 54 廴yin3 long stride 3 55 廾gong3 two hands 3 56 弋yi4 shoot 3 57 弓gong1 bow 3 58 彐彑ji4 snout 3 59 彡shan1 bristle 3 60 彳chi4 step 3 61 心忄xin1 heart 4 62 戈ge1 halberd 4 63 戶hu4 door 4 64 手扌shou3 hand 4 65 支zhi1 branch 4 66 攴攵pu1 rap 4 67 文wen2 script 4 68 斗dou3 dipper 4 69 斤jin1 axe 4 70 方fang1 square 4 71 无wu2 not 4 72 日ri4 sun 4 73 曰yue1 say 4 74 月yue4 moon 4 75 木mu4 tree 4 76 欠qian4 lack 4 77 止zhi3 stop 4 78 歹dai3 death 4 79 殳shu1 weapon 4 80 毋mu2 do not 4 81 比bi3 compare 4 82 毛mao2 fur 4 83 氏shi4 clan 4 84 气qi4 steam 4 85 水氵shui3 water 4 86 火灬huo3 fire 4 87 爪爫zhao3 claw 4 88 父fu4 father 4 89 爻yao2 double x 4 90 爿丬qiang2 half tree trunk 4 91 片pian4 slice 4 92 牙ya2 fang 4 93 牛牜niu2 cow 4 94 犬犭quan3 dog 4 95 玄xuan2 profound 5 96 玉王yu4 jade 5 97 瓜gua1 melon 5 98 瓦wa3 tile 5 99 甘gan1 sweet 5 100 生sheng1 life 5 101 用yong4 use 5 102 田tian2 field 5 103 疋pi3 bolt of cloth 5 104 疒chuang2 sickness 5 105 癶bo4 dotted tent 5 106 白bai2 white 5 107 皮pi2 skin 5 108 皿min3 dish 5 109 目mu4 eye 5 110 矛mao2 spear 5 111 矢shi3 arrow 5 112 石shi2 stone 5 113 示礻shi4 spirit 5 114 禸rou3 track 5 115 禾he2 grain 5 116 穴xue4 cave 5 117 立li4 stand 5 118 竹⺮ zhu2 bamboo 6 119 米mi3 rice 6 120 糸纟mi4 silk 6 121 缶fou3 jar 6 122 网罒wang3 net 6 123 羊yang2 sheep 6 124 羽yu3 feather 6 125 老lao3 old 6 126 而er2 and 6 127 耒lei3 plow 6 128 耳er3 ear 6 129 聿yu4 brush 6 130 肉rou4 meat 6 131 臣chen2 minister 6 132 自zi4 self 6 133 至zhi4 arrive 6 134 臼jiu4 mortar 6 135 舌she2 tongue 6 136 舛chuan3 oppose 6 137 舟zhou1 boat 6 138 艮gen4 stopping 6 139 色se4 color 6 140 艸艹cao3 grass 6 141 虍hu1 tiger 6 142 虫chong2 insect 6 143 血xue3 blood 6 144 行xing2 walk enclosure 6 145 衣衤yi1 clothes 6 146 襾覀ya4 west 6 147 見见jian4 see 7 148 角jue2 horn 7 149 言讠yan2 speech 7 150 谷gu3 valley 7 151 豆dou4 bean 7 152 豕shi3 pig 7 153 豸zhi4 badger 7 154 貝贝bei4 shell 7 155 赤chi4 red 7 156 走zou3 run 7 157 足zu2 foot 7 158 身shen1 body 7 159 車车che1 cart 7 160 辛xin1 bitter 7 161 辰chen2 morning 7 162 辵辶chuo4 walk 7 163 邑阝(right) yi4 city 7 164 酉you3 wine 7 165 釆bian4 distinguish 7 166 里li3 village 7 167 金jin1 gold 8 168 長长chang2 long 8 169 門门men2 gate 8 170 阜阝(left) fu4 mound 8 171 隶dai4 slave 8 172 隹zhui1 short tailed bird 8 173 雨yu3 rain 8 174 青qing1 blue 8 175 非fei1 wrong 8 176 面mian4 face 9 177 革ge2 leather 9 178 韋韦wei2 tanned leather 9 179 韭jiu3 leek 9 180 音yin1 sound 9 181 頁页ye4 leaf 9 182 風风feng1 wind 9 183 飛飞fei1 fly 9 184 食飠饣shi2 eat 9 185 首shou3 head 9 186 香xiang1 fragrant 9 187 馬马ma3 horse 10 188 骨gu3 bone 10 189 高gao1 tall 10 190 髟biao1 hair 10 191 鬥dou4 fight 10 192 鬯chang4 sacrificial wine 10 193 鬲li4 cauldron 10 194 鬼gui3 ghost 10 195 魚鱼yu2 fish 11 196 鳥鸟niao3 bird 11 197 鹵lu3 salt 11 198 鹿lu4 deer 11 199 麥麦mai4 wheat 11 200 麻ma2 hemp 11 201 黃huang2 yellow 12 202 黍shu3 millet 12 203 黑hei1 black 12 204 黹zhi3 embroidery 12 205 黽黾min3 frog 13 206 鼎ding3 tripod 13 207 鼓gu3 drum 13 208 鼠鼡shu3 rat 13 209 鼻bi2 nose 14 210 齊齐qi2 even 14 211 齒齿chi3 tooth 15 212 龍龙long2 dragon 16 213 龜龟gui1 turtle 16 214 龠yue4 flute 17