Chinese Character Radicals
The 214 Kangxi radicals are the semantic building blocks Chinese characters are indexed by. Here are the 211 that our characters use; pick one to see every character built on it, ordered by frequency — 4,974 characters in all.
- 一one#1 · 18 characters
- 丨line#2 · 4 characters
- 丶dot#3 · 3 characters
- 丿bend#4 · 12 characters
- 乙second#5 · 8 characters
- 亅hook#6 · 3 characters
- 二two#7 · 10 characters
- 亠lid#8 · 10 characters
- 人human#9 · 200 characters
- 儿legs#10 · 18 characters
- 入enter#11 · 4 characters
- 八eight/divide#12 · 11 characters
- 冂upside down box#13 · 7 characters
- 冖cover#14 · 5 characters
- 冫ice#15 · 11 characters
- 几table#16 · 5 characters
- 凵container#17 · 5 characters
- 刀knife#18 · 53 characters
- 力power/force#19 · 26 characters
- 勹wrap#20 · 9 characters
- 匕spoon#21 · 4 characters
- 匚box#22 · 7 characters
- 匸hiding enclosure#23 · 4 characters
- 十ten#24 · 13 characters
- 卜divination#25 · 5 characters
- 卩seal#26 · 11 characters
- 厂cliff#27 · 7 characters
- 厶private#28 · 2 characters
- 又right hand#29 · 11 characters
- 口mouth#30 · 252 characters
- 囗enclosure#31 · 18 characters
- 土earth#32 · 96 characters
- 士scholar#33 · 6 characters
- 夊go slowly#35 · 2 characters
- 夕evening/sunset#36 · 9 characters
- 大big#37 · 30 characters
- 女woman#38 · 105 characters
- 子child#39 · 24 characters
- 宀roof#40 · 53 characters
- 寸thumb#41 · 11 characters
- 小small#42 · 4 characters
- 尢lame#43 · 4 characters
- 尸corpse#44 · 23 characters
- 屮sprout#45 · 1 characters
- 山mountain#46 · 47 characters
- 巛river#47 · 3 characters
- 工work#48 · 6 characters
- 己oneself#49 · 6 characters
- 巾turban/scarf#50 · 31 characters
- 干dry#51 · 6 characters
- 幺short/tiny#52 · 4 characters
- 广house on cliff#53 · 35 characters
- 廴long stride#54 · 3 characters
- 廾clasped hands#55 · 5 characters
- 弋arrow#56 · 3 characters
- 弓bow#57 · 19 characters
- 彐pig snout#58 · 3 characters
- 彡bristle/beard#59 · 9 characters
- 彳step#60 · 31 characters
- 心heart#61 · 169 characters
- 戈spear#62 · 21 characters
- 戶door/house#63 · 8 characters
- 手hand#64 · 232 characters
- 支branch#65 · 1 characters
- 攴knock#66 · 28 characters
- 文script/literature#67 · 5 characters
- 斗dipper#68 · 5 characters
- 斤axe#69 · 8 characters
- 方square/raft#70 · 11 characters
- 无have not#71 · 1 characters
- 日sun/day#72 · 63 characters
- 曰say#73 · 11 characters
- 月moon#74 · 12 characters
- 木tree#75 · 209 characters
- 欠yawn#76 · 14 characters
- 止stop#77 · 10 characters
- 歹death/decay#78 · 14 characters
- 殳weapon/lance#79 · 8 characters
- 毋do not#80 · 5 characters
- 比compare/compete#81 · 2 characters
- 毛fur/hair#82 · 4 characters
- 氏clan#83 · 4 characters
- 气steam/breath#84 · 12 characters
- 水water#85 · 269 characters
- 火fire#86 · 86 characters
- 爪claw/talon#87 · 5 characters
- 父father#88 · 4 characters
- 爻mix/twine/cross#89 · 3 characters
- 爿split wood#90 · 1 characters
- 片a slice#91 · 6 characters
- 牙fang#92 · 1 characters
- 牛cow#93 · 21 characters
- 犬dog#94 · 45 characters
- 玄dark/profound#95 · 2 characters
- 玉jade#96 · 64 characters
- 瓜melon#97 · 4 characters
- 瓦tile#98 · 6 characters
- 甘sweet#99 · 3 characters
- 生life#100 · 4 characters
- 用use#101 · 5 characters
- 田field#102 · 26 characters
- 疋bolt of cloth#103 · 3 characters
- 疒sickness#104 · 61 characters
- 癶footsteps#105 · 3 characters
- 白white#106 · 12 characters
- 皮skin#107 · 4 characters
- 皿dish#108 · 20 characters
- 目eye#109 · 60 characters
- 矛spear#110 · 2 characters
- 矢arrow#111 · 7 characters
- 石stone#112 · 56 characters
- 示sign#113 · 33 characters
- 禸track#114 · 3 characters
- 禾grain#115 · 42 characters
- 穴cave#116 · 24 characters
- 立stand erect#117 · 7 characters
- 竹bamboo#118 · 73 characters
- 米rice#119 · 26 characters
- 糸silk#120 · 120 characters
- 缶jar#121 · 7 characters
- 网net#122 · 13 characters
- 羊sheep#123 · 15 characters
- 羽feather#124 · 20 characters
- 老old#125 · 4 characters
- 而beard#126 · 3 characters
- 耒plow#127 · 6 characters
- 耳ear#128 · 19 characters
- 聿brush#129 · 5 characters
- 肉meat#130 · 95 characters
- 臣minister/official#131 · 4 characters
- 自self#132 · 3 characters
- 至arrive#133 · 4 characters
- 臼mortar#134 · 9 characters
- 舌tongue#135 · 5 characters
- 舛opposite#136 · 3 characters
- 舟boat#137 · 16 characters
- 艮stopping#138 · 3 characters
- 色color/prettiness#139 · 2 characters
- 艸grass#140 · 183 characters
- 虍tiger stripes#141 · 10 characters
- 虫insect#142 · 90 characters
- 血blood#143 · 2 characters
- 行go/do#144 · 9 characters
- 衣clothes#145 · 55 characters
- 襾west#146 · 4 characters
- 見see#147 · 11 characters
- 角horn#148 · 4 characters
- 言speech#149 · 131 characters
- 谷valley#150 · 3 characters
- 豆bean#151 · 7 characters
- 豕pig#152 · 7 characters
- 豸cat/badger#153 · 8 characters
- 貝shell#154 · 57 characters
- 赤red/bare#155 · 5 characters
- 走run#156 · 12 characters
- 足foot#157 · 60 characters
- 身body#158 · 5 characters
- 車car#159 · 40 characters
- 辛bitter#160 · 9 characters
- 辰morning#161 · 3 characters
- 辵walk#162 · 91 characters
- 邑town#163 · 29 characters
- 酉wine/alcohol#164 · 28 characters
- 釆distinguish/choose#165 · 3 characters
- 里village/mile#166 · 5 characters
- 金metal/gold#167 · 112 characters
- 長long/grow#168 · 1 characters
- 門gate#169 · 32 characters
- 阜mound/dam#170 · 47 characters
- 隶slave/capture#171 · 1 characters
- 隹small bird#172 · 19 characters
- 雨rain#173 · 31 characters
- 靑green/blue#174 · 4 characters
- 非wrong#175 · 3 characters
- 面face#176 · 3 characters
- 革leather#177 · 16 characters
- 韋tanned leather#178 · 4 characters
- 韭leek#179 · 1 characters
- 音sound#180 · 6 characters
- 頁leaf#181 · 36 characters
- 風wind#182 · 9 characters
- 飛fly#183 · 1 characters
- 食eat/food#184 · 38 characters
- 首head#185 · 1 characters
- 香fragrant#186 · 3 characters
- 馬horse#187 · 38 characters
- 骨bone#188 · 11 characters
- 高tall#189 · 1 characters
- 髟hair#190 · 10 characters
- 鬥fight#191 · 3 characters
- 鬯herbs/sacrificial wine#192 · 1 characters
- 鬲tripod/cauldron#193 · 1 characters
- 鬼ghost/demon#194 · 8 characters
- 魚fish#195 · 27 characters
- 鳥bird#196 · 35 characters
- 鹵salt#197 · 3 characters
- 鹿deer#198 · 8 characters
- 麥wheat#199 · 4 characters
- 麻hemp#200 · 3 characters
- 黃yellow#201 · 1 characters
- 黍millet#202 · 3 characters
- 黑black#203 · 13 characters
- 黽frog#205 · 1 characters
- 鼎sacrificial tripod#206 · 1 characters
- 鼓drum#207 · 3 characters
- 鼠rat/mouse#208 · 3 characters
- 鼻nose#209 · 2 characters
- 齊even/uniformly#210 · 2 characters
- 齒tooth/molar#211 · 10 characters
- 龍dragon#212 · 3 characters
- 龜turtle#213 · 1 characters