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The 214 kanji radicals

Radicals are the parts that repeat across kanji. Once you know them, a new character stops being a pile of strokes and becomes a few familiar pieces.

Each radical shows 8 sample kanji — tap “See them all in the dictionary” for the rest.

1 stroke6

2 strokes29

3 strokes36

4 strokes42

5 strokes26

6 strokes29

7 strokes23

8 strokes13

9 strokes10

10 strokes9

11 strokes8

12 strokes3

13 strokes1

14 strokes1