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Chinese Character Radicals - Traditional

Similar to Chinese Pinyin Table, the Chinese Radical Table lists all 214 radicals for traditional Chinese characters. The list of Chinese radicals is a rough equivalent of a Chinese alphabet. They are used to index the characters for Chinese dictionaries. They are also the building blocks of Chinese characters and often reflect some common semantics or phonetic characteristics. Knowing common radicals can help you learn new Chinese characters.

To look up a character, you can click its radical. The system will navigate to the dictionary page and display all the characters with the same radical.

If you are learning simplified Chinese, switch to Chinese Radical Table - Simplified .

Chinese Radical Table - Traditional

Radical No.	Radical	English	Pinyin	Stroke Count	Variant (Simplified)
1	一	one	yī	1
2	丨	line	shù	1
3	丶	dot	diǎn	1
4	丿	slash	piě	1	乀乁
5	乙	second	yǐ	1	乚乛
6	亅	hook	gōu	1
7	二	two	èr	2
8	亠	lid	tóu	2
9	人	person	rén	2	亻
10	儿	legs	ér	2
11	入	enter	rù	2
12	八	eight	bā	2	丷
13	冂	down box	jiǒng	2
14	冖	cover	mì	2
15	冫	ice	bīng	2
16	几	table	jī, jǐ	2
17	凵	open box	qǔ	2
18	刀	knife	dāo	2	刂
19	力	power	lì	2
20	勹	wrap	bāo	2
21	匕	ladle	bǐ	2
22	匚	right open box	fāng	2
23	匸	hiding enclosure	xǐ	2
24	十	ten	shí	2
25	卜	divination	bǔ	2
26	卩	seal	jié	2
27	厂	cliff	hàn	2
28	厶	private	sī	2
29	又	again	yòu	2
30	口	mouth	kǒu	3
31	囗	enclosure	wéi	3
32	土	earth	tǔ	3
33	士	scholar	shì	3
34	夂	go	zhī	3
35	夊	go slowly	suī	3
36	夕	night	xī	3
37	大	big	dà	3
38	女	woman	nǚ	3
39	子	child	zǐ	3
40	宀	roof	mián	3
41	寸	inch	cùn	3
42	小	small	xiǎo	3
43	尢	lame	yóu	3	尣
44	尸	corpse	shī	3
45	屮	sprout	chè	3
46	山	mountain	shān	3
47	川	river	chuān	3	巛巜
48	工	work	gōng	3
49	己	oneself	jǐ	3
50	巾	towel	jīn	3
51	干	dry	gān	3
52	幺	thread	yāo	3
53	广	shelter	guǎng	3
54	廴	stride	yǐn	3
55	廾	hands joined	gǒng	3
56	弋	shoot with a bow	yì	3
57	弓	bow	gōng	3
58	彐	snout	jì	3	彑
59	彡	hair	shān	3
60	彳	step	chì#xec;	3
61	心	heart	xīn	4	忄
62	戈	spear	gē	4
63	户	door	hù	4
64	手	hand	shǒu	4	扌
65	支	branch	zhī	4
66	攴	rap	pū	4	攵
67	文	script	wén	4
68	斗	dipper	dǒu	4
69	斤	axe	jīn	4
70	方	square	fāng	4
71	无	not	wú	4
72	日	sun	rì	4
73	曰	say	yuē	4
74	月	moon	yuè	4
75	木	tree	mù	4
76	欠	lack	qiàn	4
77	止	stop	zhǐ	4
78	歹	death	dǎi	4
79	殳	weapon	shū	4
80	毋	mother	mǔ	4	母
81	比	compare	bǐ	4
82	毛	fur	máo	4
83	氏	clan	shì	4
84	气	steam	qì	4
85	水	water	shuǐ	4	氵
86	火	fire	huǒ	4	灬
87	爪	claw	zhǎo	4	爫
88	父	father	fù	4
89	爻	lines on a trigram	yáo	4
90	爿	half of a tree trunk	qiáng	4
91	片	slice	piàn	4
92	牙	tooth	yá	4
93	牛	cow	niú	4	牜
94	犬	dog	quǎn	4	犭
95	玄	profound	xuán	5
96	玉	jade	yù	5	王
97	瓜	melon	guā	5
98	瓦	tile	wǎ	5
99	甘	sweet	gān	5
100	生	life	shēng	5
101	用	use	yòng	5
102	田	field	tián	5
103	疋	cloth	pǐ	5
104	疒	ill	bìng	5
105	癶	foot steps	bō	5
106	白	white	bái	5
107	皮	skin	pí	5
108	皿	dish	mǐn	5
109	目	eye	mù	5
110	矛	spear	máo	5
111	矢	arrow	shǐ	5
112	石	stone	shí	5
113	示	spirit	shì	5	礻
114	禸	track	róu	4
115	禾	grain	hé	5
116	穴	cave	xuè	5
117	立	stand	lì	5
118	竹	bamboo	zhú	6
119	米	rice	mǐ	6
120	糸	silk	sī	6	(纟)
121	缶	jar	fǒu	6
122	网	net	wǎng	6	罒
123	羊	sheep	yáng	6
124	羽	feather	yǔ	6
125	老	old	lǎo	6
126	而	and	ér	6
127	耒	plow	lěi	6
128	耳	ear	ěr	6
129	聿	brush	yù	6
130	肉	meat	ròu	6
131	臣	minister	chén	6
132	自	oneself	zì	6
133	至	arrive	zhì	6
134	臼	mortar	jiù	6
135	舌	tongue	shé	6
136	舛	contrary	chuǎn	6
137	舟	boat	zhōu	6
138	艮	mountain	gèn	6
139	色	color	sè	6
140	艸	grass	cǎo	6	(艹)
141	虍	tiger	hǔ	6
142	虫	insect	chóng	6
143	血	blood	xuè	6
144	行	walk	xíng	6
145	衣	clothes	yī	6	衤
146	西	west	xī	6	覀
147	見	see	jiàn	7	(见)
148	角	horn	jiǎo	7
149	言	speech	yán	7	(讠)
150	谷	valley	gǔ	7
151	豆	bean	dòu	7
152	豕	pig	shǐ	7
153	豸	badger	zhì	7
154	貝	shell	bèi	4	(贝)
155	赤	red	chì	7
156	走	walk	zǒu	7
157	足	foot	zú	7
158	身	body	shēn	7
159	車	cart	chē	7	(车)
160	辛	bitter	xīn	7
161	辰	morning	chén	7
162	辶	walk	chuò	3
163	邑	city	yì	7	阝
164	酉	wine	yǒu	7
165	釆	distinguish	biàn	7
166	里	village	lǐ	7
167	金	metal	jīn	8	(钅)
168	長	long	cháng	8	(长)
169	門	gate	mén	8	(门)
170	阜	mound	fù	8	阝
171	隶	slave	lì	8
172	隹	short-tailed bird	zhuī	8
173	雨	rain	yǔ	8
174	青	blue	qīng	8
175	非	wrong	fēi	8
176	面	face	miàn	9
177	革	leather	gé	9
178	韋	soft leather	wěi	9	(韦)
179	韭	leek	jiǔ	9
180	音	sound	yīn	9
181	頁	page	yè	9	(页)
182	風	wind	fēng	9	(风)
183	飛	fly	fēi	9	(飞)
184	食	eat	shí	9	飠 (饣)
185	首	head	shǒu	9
186	香	fragrant	xiāng	9
187	馬	horse	mǎ	10	(马)
188	骨	bone	gǔ	9
189	高	high	gāo	10
190	髟	long hair	biāo	10
191	鬥	fight	dòu	10	(斗)
192	鬯	sacrificial wine	chàng	10
193	鬲	cauldron	lì	10
194	鬼	ghost	guǐ	9
195	魚	fish	yú	11	(鱼)
196	鳥	bird	niǎo	11	(鸟)
197	鹵	salty	lǔ	11	(卤)
198	鹿	deer	lù	11
199	麥	wheat	mài	11	(麦)
200	麻	hemp	má	11
201	黄	yellow	huáng	11
202	黍	millet	shǔ	12
203	黑	black	hēi	12
204	黹	embroidery	zhǐ	12
205	黽	frog	mǐn	12	(黾)
206	鼎	tripod	dǐng	12
207	鼓	drum	gǔ	13
208	鼠	rat	shǔ	13
209	鼻	nose	bí	14
210	齊	even	qí	14	(齐)
211	齒	tooth	chǐ	15	(齿)
212	龍	dragon	lóng	16	(龙)
213	龜	turtle	guī	16	(龟)
214	龠	flute	yuè	17