Kangxi radicals or (indexing components) are the most popular system
of radicals to order traditional Chinese characters.
Radicals in this list are used for indexing traditional
characters. Some of these radicals (especially ones with more strokes)
have simplified forms today. For example, radical no. 147 見 has been
simplified to 见. On the other hand, some traditional characters has
been simplified to characters that happen to be a Kangxi radical. For
example, the traditional character 兒 has been simplified to 儿, which
happens to be the Kangxi radical no. 10. This doesn’t mean that some
Kangxi radicals are created via simplification of traditional
characters.
Legend:
- R: Radical
- V: Variants as whole character and/or as component
- S: Simplified form of the character and/or its component form
- P: Pinyin
- E: English
- D: Associated indexing components
1 stroke
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 1 |
一 |
|
|
yī |
one |
|
|
| 2 |
丨 |
|
|
gǔn |
line |
|
|
| 3 |
丶 |
|
|
zhǔ |
dot |
|
|
| 4 |
丿 |
乀 |
|
piě |
slash/bend |
乀 乁 |
乀 is both a variant and derivation. |
| 5 |
乙 |
⺄ |
|
yǐ |
second |
乚 乛 |
|
| 6 |
亅 |
|
|
jué |
hook |
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|
2 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 7 |
二 |
|
|
èr |
two |
|
|
| 8 |
亠 |
|
|
tóu |
lid |
|
|
| 9 |
人 |
亻 |
|
rén |
man |
|
|
| 10 |
儿 |
|
|
ér |
son/legs |
|
|
| 11 |
入 |
|
|
rù |
enter |
|
|
| 12 |
八 |
丷 |
|
bā |
eight |
|
|
| 13 |
冂 |
⺆ |
|
jiōng |
wide |
|
|
| 14 |
冖 |
|
|
mì |
cover |
|
|
| 15 |
冫 |
⺀ |
|
bīng |
ice |
|
⺀ is also used to designate repetition as in 枣, which is simplified form of 棗. |
| 16 |
几 |
⺇ |
|
jī |
table |
|
|
| 17 |
凵 |
|
|
kǎn |
receptacle |
|
|
| 18 |
刀 |
⺈ 刂 |
|
dāo |
knife |
刁 |
|
| 19 |
力 |
|
|
lì |
power |
|
|
| 20 |
勹 |
|
|
bāo |
wrap |
|
|
| 21 |
匕 |
|
|
bǐ |
spoon |
|
|
| 22 |
匚 |
|
|
fāng |
box |
|
|
| 23 |
匸 |
|
|
xì |
hiding/enclosure |
|
|
| 24 |
十 |
|
|
shí |
ten |
|
|
| 25 |
卜 |
⺊ |
|
bǔ |
divination |
|
|
| 26 |
卩 |
㔾 |
|
jié |
seal |
|
|
| 27 |
⺁ |
厂 |
|
hǎn |
cliff |
|
|
| 28 |
ㄙ |
|
|
sī |
private |
|
|
| 29 |
又 |
|
|
yòu |
right hand |
|
|
3 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 30 |
口 |
|
|
kǒu |
mouth |
|
|
| 31 |
囗 |
|
|
wéi |
enclosure |
〇 |
|
| 32 |
土 |
|
|
tǔ |
earth |
|
|
| 33 |
士 |
|
|
shì |
scholar/bachelor |
|
|
| 34 |
夂 |
|
|
zhǐ |
go |
|
|
| 35 |
夊 |
|
|
suī |
go slowly |
|
|
| 36 |
夕 |
|
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xī |
evening/sunset |
|
|
| 37 |
大 |
|
|
dà |
big/very |
夨 |
|
| 38 |
女 |
|
|
nǚ |
woman/female |
|
|
| 39 |
子 |
|
|
zǐ |
child/seed |
孑 孒 孓 |
|
| 40 |
宀 |
|
|
mián |
roof |
|
|
| 41 |
寸 |
|
|
cùn |
thumb/inch |
|
|
| 42 |
小 |
⺌ ⺍ |
|
xiǎo |
small/insignificant |
|
|
| 43 |
尢 |
⺑ |
|
wāng |
lame |
⺎ ⺏ |
|
| 44 |
尸 |
|
|
shī |
corps |
|
|
| 45 |
屮 |
⼬ |
|
chì |
sprout |
|
|
| 46 |
山 |
|
|
shān |
mountain |
|
|
| 47 |
巛 |
川 |
|
chuān |
river |
巜 (-1 stroke) |
|
| 48 |
工 |
|
|
gōng |
work |
|
|
| 49 |
己 |
|
|
jǐ |
oneself |
已 巳 |
|
| 50 |
巾 |
|
|
jīn |
turban/scarf |
|
|
| 51 |
干 |
|
|
gān |
oppose/dried |
|
|
| 52 |
幺 |
么 |
|
yāo |
short/tiny |
|
|
| 53 |
广 |
|
|
yǎn |
house on cliff |
|
|
| 54 |
廴 |
|
|
yǐn |
long stride |
|
|
| 55 |
廾 |
|
|
gǒng |
two hands/arch |
|
|
| 56 |
弋 |
|
|
yì |
shoot/arrow |
|
|
| 57 |
弓 |
|
|
gōng |
bow |
|
|
| 58 |
彐 |
彑 ⺕ |
|
jì |
pig snout |
|
|
| 59 |
彡 |
|
|
shān |
bristle/beard |
|
|
| 60 |
彳 |
|
|
chì |
step |
|
|
4 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 61 |
心 |
忄 ⺗ |
|
xīn |
heart |
|
|
| 62 |
戈 |
|
|
gē |
halberd/spear |
|
|
| 63 |
戶 |
户 |
|
hù |
door/house |
|
|
| 64 |
手 |
扌 龵 |
|
shǒu |
hand |
才 |
|
| 65 |
支 |
|
|
zhī |
branch |
|
|
| 66 |
攴 |
攵 |
|
pū |
rap |
|
|
| 67 |
文 |
|
|
wéi |
script/literature |
|
|
| 68 |
斗 |
|
|
dǒu |
dipper |
|
|
| 69 |
斤 |
|
|
jīn |
axe |
|
|
| 70 |
方 |
|
|
fāng |
square |
|
|
| 71 |
无 |
|
|
wú |
negative/no/not |
旡 |
|
| 72 |
日 |
⺜ |
|
rì |
sun/day |
|
|
| 73 |
曰 |
|
|
yuē |
say |
|
|
| 74 |
月 |
⺝ |
|
yuè |
moon/month |
|
|
| 75 |
木 |
|
|
mù |
tree |
朩 |
|
| 76 |
欠 |
|
|
qiàn |
owe/lack/yawn |
|
|
| 77 |
止 |
|
|
zhǐ |
stop |
|
|
| 78 |
歹 |
歺 |
|
dǎi |
death/decay |
|
|
| 79 |
殳 |
|
|
shū |
weapon/lance |
|
|
| 80 |
毋 |
|
|
wú |
do not |
毌 |
Chinese characters with a similar component 母 (mother, +1 stroke) may also be classified under this radical. |
| 81 |
比 |
|
|
bǐ |
compare/compete |
|
|
| 82 |
毛 |
|
|
máo |
fur/hair |
|
|
| 83 |
氏 |
|
|
shì |
clan |
|
|
| 84 |
气 |
|
|
qì |
steam/air |
|
|
| 85 |
水 |
氺 氵 |
|
shuǐ |
water |
|
|
| 86 |
火 |
灬 |
|
huǒ |
fire |
|
|
| 87 |
爪 |
⺥ 爫 ⺤ |
|
zhǎo/zhuǎ |
claw |
|
|
| 88 |
父 |
|
|
fù |
father |
|
|
| 89 |
爻 |
|
|
yáo |
Tiagrams |
|
|
| 90 |
爿 |
丬 |
|
qiáng |
half of tree trunk |
|
|
| 91 |
片 |
|
|
piàn |
slice |
|
|
| 92 |
⽛ |
牙 |
|
yá |
tooth/fang |
|
|
| 93 |
牛 |
牜 ⺧ |
|
niú |
cow |
|
|
| 94 |
犬 |
犭 |
|
quǎn |
dog |
|
|
5 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 95 |
玄 |
|
|
zuán |
dark/profound |
|
|
| 96 |
玉 |
⺩ |
|
yù |
jade |
王 玊 (-1 strokes) |
|
| 97 |
瓜 |
|
|
guā |
melon |
|
|
| 98 |
瓦 |
|
|
wǎ |
tile |
|
|
| 99 |
甘 |
|
|
gān |
sweet |
|
|
| 100 |
生 |
|
|
shēng |
life |
|
|
| 101 |
用 |
|
|
yòng |
use |
甩 |
|
| 102 |
田 |
|
|
tián |
rice paddy (field) |
由 甲 申 甴 电 |
|
| 103 |
疋 |
⺪ |
|
pǐ |
bolt of cloth |
|
|
| 104 |
疒 |
|
|
nè/chuáng |
sickness |
|
|
| 105 |
癶 |
|
|
bō |
footsteps/legs |
|
|
| 106 |
白 |
|
|
bái |
white |
|
|
| 107 |
皮 |
|
|
pí |
skin/hide |
|
|
| 108 |
皿 |
|
|
mǐn |
dish |
|
|
| 109 |
目 |
罒 |
|
mù |
eye |
|
|
| 110 |
矛 |
|
|
máo |
spear |
|
|
| 111 |
矢 |
|
|
shǐ |
arrow |
|
|
| 112 |
石 |
|
|
shí |
stone |
|
|
| 113 |
示 |
礻 ⺬ |
|
shì |
ancestor/veneration |
|
|
| 114 |
禸 |
|
|
róu |
track |
|
|
| 115 |
禾 |
|
|
hé |
grain |
|
|
| 116 |
穴 |
|
|
xué |
cave |
|
|
| 117 |
立 |
|
|
lì |
stand/erect |
|
|
6 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 118 |
竹 |
⺮ |
|
zhú |
bamboo |
|
|
| 119 |
米 |
|
|
mǐ |
rice |
|
|
| 120 |
糸 |
糹 |
纟 |
mì |
silk |
|
|
| 121 |
缶 |
|
|
fǒu |
jar |
|
|
| 122 |
网 |
罓 罒 㓁 ⺳ ⺴ |
|
wǎng |
net |
|
𦉫 (⺵ as component) is variant form of 網, which means net. |
| 123 |
羊 |
⺶ ⺷ |
|
yáng |
goat |
|
𦍋 is variant form of 羋, which means baa! (the bleating of a sheep), and female sheep. |
| 124 |
⽻ |
羽 |
|
yǔ |
feather |
|
|
| 125 |
老 |
耂 |
|
lǎo |
old |
考 |
|
| 126 |
而 |
|
|
ér |
and/but |
|
|
| 127 |
耒 |
|
|
lěi |
plow |
|
|
| 128 |
耳 |
|
|
ěr |
ear |
|
|
| 129 |
聿 |
⺺ ⺻ |
|
yù |
brush |
|
|
| 130 |
肉 |
⺼ |
|
ròu |
meat |
|
The component form ⺼looks similar to radical no. 74 月. |
| 131 |
臣 |
|
|
chén |
minister/official |
|
|
| 132 |
自 |
|
|
zì |
self |
|
|
| 133 |
至 |
|
|
zhì |
arrive |
|
|
| 134 |
臼 |
𦥑 |
|
jiù |
mortar/joint |
|
|
| 135 |
舌 |
|
|
shé |
tongue |
|
|
| 136 |
舛 |
|
|
chuǎn |
oppose |
|
|
| 137 |
舟 |
|
|
zhōu |
boat |
|
|
| 138 |
艮 |
|
|
gèn |
stopping/stillness |
|
|
| 139 |
色 |
|
|
sè |
color/form |
|
|
| 140 |
艸 |
⺿ ⻀ |
⺾ |
cǎo |
grass |
|
Traditional form ⺿ has 2 horizontal strokes, simplified form ⺾ has 1. |
| 141 |
虍 |
|
|
hū |
tiger |
虎 (+2 strokes) |
|
| 142 |
虫 |
|
|
huǐ/chóng |
insect/worm |
|
|
| 143 |
血 |
|
|
xuè |
blood |
|
|
| 144 |
行 |
|
|
xíng/háng |
go/do |
|
|
| 145 |
衣 |
⻂ |
|
yī |
clothes |
|
|
| 146 |
襾 |
覀 |
|
yà |
cover/west |
西 |
|
7 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 147 |
見 |
|
见 |
jiàn |
see |
|
|
| 148 |
角 |
⻆ ⻇ |
|
jiǎo |
horn |
|
|
| 149 |
言 |
訁 |
讠 |
yán |
speech |
|
|
| 150 |
谷 |
|
|
gǔ |
valley |
|
|
| 151 |
豆 |
|
|
dòu |
bean |
|
|
| 152 |
豕 |
|
|
shǐ |
pig |
|
|
| 153 |
豸 |
|
|
zhì |
badger/legless insect |
|
|
| 154 |
貝 |
|
贝 |
bèi |
shell |
|
|
| 155 |
赤 |
|
|
chì |
red/bare |
|
|
| 156 |
走 |
赱 |
|
zǒu |
run |
|
|
| 157 |
足 |
⻊ |
|
zú |
foot |
|
|
| 158 |
身 |
|
|
shēn |
body |
|
|
| 159 |
車 |
|
车 |
shī |
cart/car |
|
|
| 160 |
辛 |
|
|
xīn |
bitter |
|
|
| 161 |
辰 |
|
|
chén |
morning |
|
|
| 162 |
辵 |
⻍ ⻎ |
⻌ |
chuò |
walk |
|
|
| 163 |
邑 |
⻏ |
|
yì |
city |
|
The component form of radical 163 (⻏) appear on the right while component form of radical 170 (⻖) on the left. |
| 164 |
酉 |
|
|
yǒu |
wine/alcohol |
|
|
| 165 |
釆 |
|
|
biàn |
distinguish |
|
|
| 166 |
里 |
|
|
lǐ |
village/li (distance unit) |
|
|
8 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 167 |
金 |
釒 |
钅 |
jīn |
gold/metal |
|
|
| 168 |
長 |
镸 |
长 |
cháng |
long/grow |
|
|
| 169 |
門 |
|
门 |
mén |
gate/door |
|
Kangxi radical 191 鬥 and 169 門 were merged to 门 during the simplification. |
| 170 |
阜 |
⻕ ⻖ |
|
fù |
mound/dam |
|
The component form of radical 163 (⻏) appear on the right while component form of radical 170 (⻖) on the left. |
| 171 |
隶 |
|
|
lì |
slave |
|
|
| 172 |
隹 |
|
|
zhuī |
small bird |
|
|
| 173 |
雨 |
⻗ |
|
yǔ |
rain |
|
|
| 174 |
靑 |
青 |
|
qīng |
blue/green |
|
|
| 175 |
非 |
|
|
fēi |
wrong |
|
|
9 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 176 |
面 |
靣 |
|
miàn |
face |
|
|
| 177 |
革 |
|
|
gé |
leather/raw hide |
|
|
| 178 |
韋 |
|
韦 |
wéi |
tanned leather |
|
|
| 179 |
韭 |
|
|
jiǔ |
leek |
|
|
| 180 |
音 |
|
|
yīn |
sound |
|
|
| 181 |
頁 |
|
页 |
yè |
leaf/head/sheet/page |
|
|
| 182 |
風 |
|
风 |
fēng |
wind |
|
|
| 183 |
飛 |
|
飞 |
fēi |
fly |
|
|
| 184 |
食 |
飠 ⻞ |
饣 |
shí |
eat/food |
|
|
| 185 |
首 |
⻡ |
|
shǒu |
head |
|
|
| 186 |
香 |
|
|
xiāng |
fragrant |
|
|
10 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 187 |
馬 |
|
马 |
mǎ |
horse |
|
|
| 188 |
骨 |
⻣ |
|
gǔ |
bone |
|
|
| 189 |
高 |
髙 |
|
gāo |
tall |
|
|
| 190 |
髟 |
|
|
biāo |
hair |
|
|
| 191 |
鬥 |
|
门 |
dòu |
fight |
|
Kangxi radical 191 鬥 and 169 門 were merged to 门 during the simplification. |
| 192 |
鬯 |
|
|
chàng |
sacrificial wine |
|
|
| 193 |
鬲 |
|
|
lì |
cauldron/tripod |
|
|
| 194 |
鬼 |
⻤ |
|
guǐ |
ghost/demon |
|
|
11 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 195 |
魚 |
|
鱼 |
yú |
fish |
|
|
| 196 |
鳥 |
|
鸟 |
niǎo |
bird |
|
|
| 197 |
鹵 |
|
卤 |
lǔ |
salt |
|
|
| 198 |
廘 |
|
|
lù |
deer |
|
|
| 199 |
麥 |
|
麦 |
mài |
wheat |
|
|
| 200 |
⿇ |
麻 |
|
má |
hemp/flax |
|
|
12 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 201 |
黃 |
|
黄 |
huáng |
yellow |
|
|
| 202 |
黍 |
|
|
shǔ |
millet |
|
|
| 203 |
黑 |
黒 |
|
hēi |
black |
|
|
| 204 |
黹 |
|
|
zhǐ |
embroidery/needlework |
|
|
13 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 205 |
黽 |
|
黾 |
mǐn |
frog/amphibian |
|
|
| 206 |
鼎 |
|
|
dǐng |
sacrificial tripod/cauldron |
|
|
| 207 |
鼓 |
鼔 |
|
gǔ |
drum |
|
|
| 208 |
鼠 |
鼡 |
|
shǔ |
rat/mouse |
|
|
14 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 209 |
鼻 |
|
|
bí |
nose |
|
|
| 210 |
齊 |
斉 |
齐 |
qí |
even/uniformity |
|
|
15 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 211 |
齒 |
⻭ |
齿 |
chǐ |
teeth |
|
|
16 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 212 |
龍 |
|
龙 ⻯ |
lóng |
dragon |
|
|
| 213 |
龜 |
亀 ⻱ |
龟 |
guī |
turtle |
|
|
17 strokes
| No. |
R. |
V. |
S. |
P. |
E. |
D. |
Notes |
| 214 |
龠 |
|
|
yuè |
flute |
|
|