The 120 most productive Chinese radicals — printable
Ordered by how many characters each one builds. Characters are not arbitrary pictures — once you see the parts, a new character stops being a new shape and becomes a new combination.
| The 120 most productive Chinese radicals — printable · graphchinese.com — free HSK word lists, dictionary and curriculum | ||
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| Word | Pinyin | English |
| 扌 | ||
| 木 | ||
| 口 | ||
| 氵 | ||
| 艹 | ||
| 亻 | ||
| 钅 | ||
| 虫 | ||
| 土 | ||
| 讠 | ||
| ⺼ | ||
| 纟 | ||
| 忄 | xīn | Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element |
| 女 | ||
| 阝 | fù | mound 阜 (left) / city 邑 (right) radical |
| ⺮ | zhú | "bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radic |
| 辶 | ||
| 石 | ||
| 火 | ||
| 疒 | nè | sick |
| 足 | ||
| 日 | ||
| 王 | ||
| 目 | ||
| 山 | ||
| 犭 | ||
| 心 | ||
| 鱼 | ||
| 鸟 | ||
| 贝 | ||
| 宀 | ||
| 酉 | yǒu | 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th |
| 衤 | ||
| 刂 | dāo | "knife" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radica |
| 马 | ||
| 禾 | ||
| 门 | ||
| 车 | ||
| 米 | ||
| 广 | ||
| 大 | ||
| 页 | ||
| 饣 | ||
| 巾 | ||
| 彳 | ||
| 穴 | ||
| 礻 | shì | spirit radical (form of 示) |
| 雨 | ||
| 力 | ||
| 田 | ||
| 一 | ||
| 囗 | ||
| 尸 | ||
| 子 | ||
| 戈 | ||
| 攵 | pū | variant of 攴[pu1] |
| 羽 | ||
| 厂 | ||
| 舟 | ||
| 牛 | ||
| 衣 | ||
| 冫 | ||
| 欠 | ||
| 灬 | ||
| 人 | ||
| 耳 | ||
| 气 | ||
| 手 | ||
| 歹 | ||
| 皿 | mǐn | dish |
| 儿 | ||
| 弓 | ||
| 走 | ||
| 糸 | ||
| 十 | ||
| 又 | ||
| 隹 | ||
| 白 | ||
| 罒 | wǎng | net (Kangxi radical 122) |
| 亠 | ||
| 丿 | ||
| 革 | ||
| 方 | ||
| 骨 | ||
| 羊 | ||
| 鬼 | ||
| 见 | ||
| 户 | ||
| 言 | ||
| 月 | ||
| 黑 | ||
| 立 | ||
| 二 | ||
| 髟 | biāo | hair |
| 耒 | lěi | plow |
| 瓦 | ||
| 彡 | ||
| 八 | ||
| 豸 | zhì | worm-like invertebrate |
| 勹 | bāo | archaic variant of 包[bao1] |
| 曰 | ||
| 水 | ||
| 寸 | ||
| 金 | ||
| 鹿 | ||
| 齿 | ||
| 冖 | ||
| 丨 | ||
| 角 | ||
| 殳 | Shū | surname Shu |
| 矢 | ||
| 几 | ||
| 止 | ||
| 食 | ||
| 臼 | jiù | mortar |
| 豕 | ||
| 鼠 | ||
| 卩 | jié | "seal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical |
| 风 | ||
| 斤 | ||
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