All Japanese radicals and components
To search for kanji using radicals / components,
go to Kanji Search and
click on the '部 Components' button on the left of the search bar to open the component builder. You can also click
here to go directly to the component builder. You can read more about the
component builder in our detailed how to guide.
Click on one of the three collections to display it:
Components used in the Jōyō kanji
Standard 214 radicals (and their variants)
All components and radicals
About the three component and radical collections
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These three collections show details of the components that make up every kanji.
For more information about how Japanese kanji are composed of components and radicals,
see here. To start with only the most common components,
see the 50 most commmon components.
These three collections correspond to the three choices used in the
Kanshudo component builder to help you look up kanji by component / radical:
- Components used in the Jōyō kanji
The first collection (the default list in the component builder) contains all radicals and components which are used in at least 4 Jōyō kanji, or which themselves are Jōyō kanji. Using components in the default list, you can find all Jōyō kanji which are made up of components, as well as many others. - Standard 214 Japanese radicals
The second collection contains just the standard 214 Japanese radicals (plus variants). Some of these radicals are actually no longer used in any Jōyō kanji. Additionally, many kanji contain components which have not historically been classified as radicals. This specific set of 214 radicals is therefore more useful for historical purposes, and for comparing data in multiple sources. - All components and radicals
The third collection includes all components and radicals used at least once in any of the kanji in the Kanshudo system (which currently includes about 13000 kanji, of which about 5000 have been indexed for components).
Each collection includes all variants of a component that are used.
Each variant of a component appears in the appropriate stroke count section.
So for example 艹 (the usual component
form of 'grass') appears in the 3 stroke section, but 艸 (the original component form, and the kanji form)
appears in the 6 stroke section. Variants are listed together each time one appears, so you can quickly
see the alternative forms.
The numbers next to the meanings are the standard radical numbers -
if not present, the component is not a historical radical.
1 stroke
一
1. one
丨
2. stick
丶
3. dot
𠃊
shelf
2 strokes
亠
8. lid
儿
10. legs
入
11. enter
冖
14. cover; covered
凵
17. open box
力
19. effort
勹
20. wrap
匕
21. spoon
匚
22. side open box
匸
23. hiding box
又
29. again
丂
reach
丆
whereupon one
九
nine
七
seven
丁
block
3 strokes
千
1000
口
30. mouth
囗
31. box; enclosure
土
32. ground; earth
士
33. samurai
夂
34. go
夕
36. night
大
37. big
女
38. woman; female
宀
40. roof
寸
41. inch
尸
44. corpse
山
46. mountain
川
47. river
工
48. work
己
49. self
巾
50. turban
干
51. dry / drying frame
广
53. stony cliff
廴
54. long stride
弋
56. shoot
弓
57. bow
彡
59. fur
彳
60. step
丌
table
三
three
上
above
丸
round; circle
凡
simple
于
from
勺
ladle
也
to be
4 strokes
卆
nine out of ten
戈
62. spear; javelin
支
65. support
文
67. literature
斗
68. Big Dipper
斤
69. axe
方
70. way
欠
76. lack
殳
79. lance shaft
比
81. compare
毛
82. fur
氏
83. family
父
88. father
片
91. right side
𠫓
private lidded
⺧
whereupon by the ground
卬
high-priced; expensive; lofty
开
start; initiate
巴
comma
化
change
夭
calamity
五
five
中
middle
今
now
公
official
六
six
元
origin; original
夫
husband
反
anti
友
friend
区
ward
云
say
匂
fragrant
尺
shaku
凶
villain
勿
not
廿
twenty; 20
天
heaven
分
divide
5 strokes
必
certainly
牙
92. tusk
玄
95. mystery
玉
96. jewel
瓦
98. tile
甘
99. sweet
生
100. life
用
101. to use
疒
104. ill; illness
癶
105. hairy legs
白
106. white
皮
107. skin
皿
108. dish
目
109. eye
矛
110. halberd
矢
111. arrow
石
112. stone
禸
114. tracks
禾
115. grain
穴
116. hole
立
117. stand
𡗗
three men
电
electricity
乍
although
圣
ground again
可
good; possible
央
centre; center
出
go out
冋
wide mouth
氐
first family
市
market
付
put in place
古
old
台
pedestal; platform
未
not yet
去
leave
司
administer
兄
elder brother; brother
令
order; command
句
verse
包
wrap
占
occupy
召
summon
且
and another; another
由
reason
正
correct
旦
dawn
卯
hare
戊
five
6 strokes
亦
again; also
䏍
private month
米
119. rice
羽
124. feather
而
126. rake
耳
128. ear
自
132. self
至
133. reach
舌
135. tongue
舟
137. boat
色
139. color
虍
141. tiger
血
143. blood
行
144. to go
𢦏
ten spears
亥
sign of the hog; hog
尗
younger brother
刖
the body part and the sword
合
fit
同
same
有
possess
百
hundred; 100
早
early; fast
交
mix; mixed
再
again
寺
temple
曲
melody; curve
兆
sign
旨
content; purport
圭
jewel
戌
dog
次
next
各
each; every
7 strokes
系
system
舛
136. oppose
見
147. see
角
148. corner
谷
150. valley
豆
151. bean
豕
152. pig
貝
154. shellfish
赤
155. red
走
156. run
身
158. body
車
159. car
辛
160. spicy
辰
161. dragon
酉
164. sake flask
釆
165. topped rice
里
166. village
甫
first time; the first time
冏
bright
㦮
three spears
我
I; myself
束
bundle
肖
resemble
8 strokes
直
honest
門
169. gate
隹
172. little bird
非
175. mistake
咅
standing mouths
奇
strange
𠦝
ten times earlier
東
east
京
capital
昔
ancient; old
果
result; fruit; bear fruit
其
that
9 strokes
爰
claw your one friend
面
176. mask
革
177. leather
音
180. sound
頁
181. page
風
182. wind
飛
183. fly
香
186. fragrance
复
make the man go all day
壴
ten beans
昜
glorious
臤
hard
禺
long-tailed monkey; monkey
重
heavy
品
goods
畐
fill
10 strokes
兼
double
冓
together again
韋
178. tanned leather
馬
187. horse
骨
188. bone
鬼
194. ogre
員
employee
莫
must not
11 strokes
鹿
198. deer
麻
200. flax; flux
啇
old trader
商
trader
責
torture; blame
12 strokes
尞
complementary
13 strokes
鼓
207. hand drum
喿
goods in the tree
辟
rule
14 strokes
鼻
209. nose
15 strokes
監
keep watch