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Radical/strokes lookup (笔划检字表)Help

The radical table contains both traditional and simplified radicals, some radicals appear multiple times due to different stroke count of variants.

For more information on radicals, please read Radical (Chinese character) on Wikipedia.

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StrokesRadicalChinese nameEnglish name
1 Stroke
1one
gǔnline
zhǔdot
丿piěslash
乙/乚second
亅/了juéhook
2 Strokes
2èrtwo
tóulid
人/亻rénman
rénlegs
enter
eight
jiōngdown box
cover
bīngice
table
open box
刀/刂dāoknife
power
bāowrap
spoon
fāngright open box
hiding enclosure
shíten
divination
jiéseal
hǎncliff
private
yòuagain
yánspeech
3 Strokes
3kǒumouth
wéienclosure
earth
shìscholar
zhǐgo
suīgo slowly
evening
big
woman
子/孑child
miánroof
cùninch
xiǎosmall
wānglame
shīcorpse
chèsprout
shānmountain
巛/川chuānriver
gōngwork
己/已/巳oneself
jīnturban
gāndry
幺/乡yāoshort thread
广yǎnshelter
yǐnlong stride
gǒngtwo hands
shoot
gōngbow
彐/彑snout
shānbristle
chìstep
心/忄xīnheart
手/扌shǒuhand
水/氵/氺shuǐwater
犬/犭quǎndog
艸/艹cǎograss
辵/辶chuòwalk
邑/阝(on right side)city
阜/阝(on left side)mound
silk
méngate
fēifly
shíeat
horse
4 Strokes
4心/忄xīnheart
spear
戶/户door
手/扌shǒuhand
zhībranch
攴/攵rap
wénscript
dǒudipper
jīnaxe
fāngsquare
without
sun
yuēsay
yuèmoon
tree
qiànowe
zhǐstop
dǎievil
shūweapon
毋/母do not
compare
máofur
shìclan
steam
水/氵/氺shuǐwater
火/灬huǒfire
爪/爫zhǎoclaw
father
yáoline
qiángpiece of wood
piànslice
tooth
牛/牜niúcow
犬/犭quǎndog
玉/玊/王jade
示/礻shìspirit
网/罒/罓wǎngnet
老/耂lǎoold
艸/艹cǎograss
辵/辶chuòwalk
jiànsee
bèishell
chēcart
wéisoft leather
fēngwind
5 Strokes
5毋/母do not
水/氵/氺shuǐwater
xuánprofound
玉/玊/王jade
guāmelon
tile
gānsweet
shēnglife
yònguse
田/由/甲/申tiánfield
shūfoot
chuángsick
legs
báiwhite
skin
mǐndish
eye
máospear
shǐarrow
shístone
示/礻shìspirit
róutrack
grain
xuécave
stand
网/罒/罓wǎngnet
衣/衤clothing
jīngold
chánglong
niǎobird
lóngdragon
6 Strokes
6zhúbamboo
rice
糸/糹silk
fǒujar
网/罒/罓wǎngnet
yángsheep
feather
老/耂lǎoold
érand
lěiplough
ěrear
brush
肉/月ròumeat
chénminister
self
zhìreach
jiùmortar
shétongue
chuǎnoppose
zhōuboat
gènstop and stare
color
艸/艹cǎograss
tiger
chónginsect
xiěblood
xíngwalk
衣/衤clothing
襾/西/覀xiàcover
page
neat
7 Strokes
7jiànsee
jiǎohorn
言/訁yánspeech
valley
dòubean
shǐa pig, boar
zhìfierce animal
bèishell
chìred
zǒurun
foot
shēnbody
chēcart
xīnbitter
chénmorning
辵/辶chuòwalk
邑/阝(on right side)city
yǒuwine vessel
biàndiscern
village
salt
màiwheat
guīturtle
8 Strokes
8金/釒jīngold
chánglong
méngate
阜/阝(on left side)mound
dàislave
zhuīshort-tailed bird
rain
qīnggreen
fēiwrong
fish
mǐnfrog
齿chǐteeth
9 Strokes
9miànface
leather
wéisoft leather
jiǔleek
yīnsound
page
fēngwind
fēifly
食/飠shíeat
shǒuhead
xiāngfragrant
10 Strokes
10horse
bone
gāotall
biāohair
dòufight
chàngsacrificial wine
cauldron
guǐghost
11 Strokes
11fish
niǎobird
salt
鹿deer
màiwheat
hemp
huángyellow
12 Strokes
12huángyellow
shǔmillet
hēiblack
zhǐembroider
13 Strokes
13mǐnfrog
dǐngtripod
drum
shǔrat
14 Strokes
14nose
neat
15 Strokes
15chǐteeth
16 Strokes
16lóngdragon
guīturtle
17 Strokes
17yuèflute


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