Radical

What does the radical 亠 mean?

The radical 亠 means lid stroke, a top shape with no meaning of its own; it has 2 strokes.

Quick facts
Meaninglid stroke, a top shape with no meaning of its own
Strokes2
Kanji using it178
2 strokes178 kanji

lid stroke, a top shape with no meaning of its own

Stroke order · 2 strokes

  • 1
  • 2

Kanji using this radical

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Radicals and components: KRADFILE — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), EDRDG licence. Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel), licensed CC BY-SA 3.0. Radical names translated by GoMe.