Chinese radicals
In the Chinese script there are many characters, however most of these characters are actually made of two or more other characters. These 部首, or radicals, have since the year 1615 been officially recognised as numbering 214 in total. Here is a list of these characters for reference, which, as it can seen, may bare resemblance their inherent meanings. Where there are several meanings, the primary meanings of the character are written ahead of the more obscure meanings.
In simplified Chinese, there do exist common variations to the traditional characters written here. In simplified Chinese: 約 is written as 约, 軌 as 轨, 負 as 负, 覯 as 觏, 許 as 许, 脹 as 胀, 釣 as 钓, 閉 as 闭, 預 as 预, 飄 as 飘, 韌 as 韧, 馳 as 驰, 鴕 as 鸵, 鮑 as 鲍, 齡 as 龄, 龔 and as 龚.
| RADICAL CHARACTER | PRONUNCIATION OF CHARACTER | MEANING | NAMES OF VARIOUS FORMS AS A RADICAL (WITH EXAMPLES) |
| (one stroke) | |||
| 一 | 一 (yī) | one, once, whole, each, same, only, pure, other | 一部頭 (丁)，一部底 (且)，一橫兒 |
| 丨 | ㄍㄨㄣˇ(gǔn) | vertical movement | 豎 (串) |
| 丶 | ㄓㄨˇ (zhǔ) | dot, comma | 一點兒 (凡) |
| 丿 | ㄆㄧㄝˇ(piě) | skewed, scoop, disregard, pout | 一撇兒 (乖) |
| 乙 | ㄧˇ(yǐ) | snake, compress, repress, secondary | 撗折彎勾 (乞，九，卍)，撗折 (予，也)，彎勾（乳) |
| 亅 | ㄐㄩㄝˊ(jué) | hook | 豎勾 (事) |
| (two strokes) | |||
| 二 | ㄦˋ(èr) | two, second, subsidiary, twice, double, comparison, doubt, binary, even | 二橫兒 (互，五，亙)，二部頭 (云)，二部底 (些) |
| 亠 | ㄊㄡˊ(tóu) | lookout | 一點一橫 (亡) |
| 十 | ㄕˊ(shí) | ten, complete, intersection | 十部底 (千)，十部頭 (南)，左十部 (協) |
| 厂 | ㄏㄢˇ(hǎn) | cave, rock shelter | 厂部頭 (原) |
| 匚 | ㄈㄤ (fāng) | receptacle | 匚外框 (匯) |
| 匸 | ㄒㄧˋ(xì) | concealed, serpentine | 匸外框 |
| 卜 | ㄅㄨˇ(bǔ) | divination, diviner, give, repay, stipulate | 卜部頭 (占)，卜部底 (卡)，右卜部(卦) |
| 冂 | ㄐㄩㄥ (jiōng) | outlying | (冒) |
| 人 | ㄖㄣˊ(rén) | person, someone, public, adult, man-made, society, sexual intercourse, everyone, the human body, seed of fruit | 人部頭 (今)，豎人旁 (任) |
| 入 | ㄖㄨˋ (rù) | enter, sink into, attend, attain, concede, comply | 入部頭 (全) |
| 八 | ㄅㄚ (bā) | eight, askew | 八部頭 (公)，八部底 (兵) |
| 勹 | ㄅㄠ (bāo) | wrapped | 勹外框 (包) |
| 匕 | ㄅㄧˇ(bǐ) | spoon, hoe, arrow head | 右匕部 (北) |
| 儿 | ㄖㄣˊ(rén) | person | 坐人兒，兒部底 (先) |
| 几 | ㄐㄧ (jī) | little table | 几部框 (凰)，几部底 (凳)，右几部 (凱) |
| 冫 | ㄅㄧㄥ (bīng) | ice | 二點冰 (冷，冬) |
| 冖 | ㄇㄧˋ(mì) | cover, drape | 冖部頭 (冠) |
| 凵 | ㄎㄢˇ(kǎn) | pit | 凵部底 (凶，凸) |
| 卩 | ㄐㄧㄝˊ(jié) | insignia | 右卩部 (印)，彎㔾底 (危) |
| 刀 | ㄉㄠ (dāo) | knife, examine, slaughter | 右刀部 (切)，右豎刀 (剖)，刀部底 (分) |
| 力 | ㄌㄧˋ(lì) | power, energy, authority, labour, labourer, exhausted | 右力部 (助)，左力部 (加)，力部底 (勇) |
| ㄙ | ㄙ (sī) | private, favourite, adultery, private residence, ordinary clothes, meanly, brother-in-law, genitals, urination | ㄙ部底 (去)，ㄙ部頭 (參) |
| 又 | ㄧㄡˋ(yòu) | reappear, dual, furthermore, in addition, on the contrary | 又部底 (友，受)，右又部 (取，叛) |
| (three strokes) | |||
| 干 | ㄍㄢ (gān) | shield, violate, meddle, do, implicate, provoke, recruit, water bank, empty, primary in sequence | (平，并) |
| 工 | ㄍㄨㄥ(gōng) | tool, skill, official, duty, industry, work | 左工部 (巧) |
| 土 | ㄊㄨˇ(tǔ) | dirt, earth, ground, territory, local | 提土旁 (域)，土部底 (堡) |
| 士 | ㄕˋ(shì) | bachelor, warrior | 士部頭 (壺，壬) |
| 寸 | ㄘㄨㄣˋ(cùn) | thumb width, tiny | 寸部底 (尊)，右寸部 (射) |
| 廾 | ㄍㄨㄥˇ(gǒng) | offering made with hands | 廾部底 (弄) |
| 大 | ㄉㄚˋ(dà) | big, thick, broad, great, exaggerated, arrogant | 大部底 (奐)，大部頭 (奇) |
| 尢 | ㄨㄤ (wāng) | lame | 無點尤 (尷) |
| 弋 | ㄧˋ(yì) | wooden post, arrow with string attached, extract, bird, black | 右弋部 (式) |
| 小 | ㄒㄧㄠˇ(xiǎo) | small, ordinary, narrow, fine, temporary, young, insubstantial, pitiful | 小部頭 (少，尙) |
| 口 | ㄎㄡˇ(kǒu) | mouth, opening, door, language, say | 口部底 (含)，口部頭 (另)，左口部 (吸) |
| 囗 | ㄨㄟˊ(wéi) | enclosure, defend, encircle, area, include | 方框兒 (圖) |
| 巾 | ㄐㄧㄣ (jīn) | cloth, cover | 巾部底 (希)，左巾布 (帆)，右巾布 (帥，師) |
| 山 | ㄕㄢ (shān) | mountain | 山部頭 (岸)，山部底 (岳)，左山部 (峽) |
| 彳 | ㄔˋ(chì) | step, irresolute | 雙立人，左彳部 (待) |
| 彡 | ㄕㄢ (shān) | texture, brilliance, talent | 三撇兒 (形) |
| 夕 | ㄒㄧ (xī) | dusk, west | (多，夥) |
| 夂 | ㄓˇ(zhǐ) | to propel, send | 冬字頭 (各) |
| 夊 | ㄙㄨㄟ (suī) | lesiurely | 夏字底 (夔) |
| 广 | ㄧㄢˇ(yǎn) | house built into cliff | 广部頭 (府) |
| 宀 | ㄇㄧㄢˊ(mián) | room, roof | 寶蓋頭 (安) |
| 彐 | ㄐㄧˋ (jì) | pig's head | (兼)，彐部頭 (彚，彘，歸)，彐部底 (彗) |
| 尸 | ㄕ (shī) | corpse, memorial tablet | 尸部頭 (局，尺) |
| 己 | ㄐㄧˇ(jǐ) | self, sixth in sequence | (已，巳，巴) |
| 弓 | ㄍㄨㄥ (gōng) | firearms, shooting, bowed, curved | 左弓部 (孤)，弓部底 (彎) |
| 子 | ㄗˇ(zǐ) | son, child, niece, descendant, seed, financial interest | 子部底 (學)，左子部 (孔) |
| 屮 | ㄔㄜˋ(chè) | sprout | 出字頭 (屯) |
| 女 | ㄋㄩˇ(nǚ) | woman, girl, soft, female | 女部底 (姿)，左女部 (姑)，右女部 (妝) |
| 幺 | ㄧㄠ (yāo) | diminutive, aftermost | 左幺部 (幻，幽) |
| 巛 | ㄔㄨㄢ (chuān) | river current | (州，巢) |
| 廴 | ㄧㄣˇ(yǐn) | long journey, draw a bow | 建字底 (建) |
| (four strokes) | |||
| 无 | ㄨˊ(wú) | without, not | 左旡部 (既) |
| 爻 | ㄧㄠˊ(yáo) | hexagram line as used in the Book of Changes | (爽，爾) |
| 木 | ㄇㄨˋ(mù) | wood, tree, leaf, dumb | (棗)，木部頭 (李)，木部底 (樂)，佐木部 (榕) |
| 支 | ㄓ (zhī) | branch of tree, division, measure, extend to, support, manage, block | 十又旁 (攰) |
| 犬 | ㄑㄩㄢˇ(quǎn) | dog | 反犬旁 (狂)，右犬部 (獻)，犬部底 (獎) |
| 歹 | ㄉㄞˇ(dǎi) | bad, noxious, unhealthy | 右歹部 (殊) |
| 戈 | ㄍㄜ (gē) | dagger-axe, war, strife | 右戈部 (成) |
| 比 | ㄅㄧˇ(bǐ) | relate, comparatively, example | 右比部 (毗) |
| 牙 | ㄧㄚˊ(yá) | tooth | (邪) |
| 止 | ㄓˇ(zhǐ) | foot, leg, rest, reside, stop, reduce | 左止部 (此)，止部頭 (歲)，止部底 (正，武，歪) |
| 攴 | ㄆㄨ (pū) | tap, hit | 反文旁（收，政) |
| 日 | ㄖˋ(rì) | day, sun, 24 hours, period of time | 左日部 (昕)，日部底 (春)，日部頭 (昇) |
| 曰 | ㄩㄝ (yuē) | say, call, be | 曰部底 (書)，曰部頭 (曷) |
| 水 | ㄕㄨㄟˇ(shuǐ) | water, liquid | 三點水 (汔)，水部底 (永，求) |
| 牛 | ㄋㄧㄡˊ(niú) | cattle, bullish | 左提牛 (牠)，牛部底 (牟) |
| 手 | ㄕㄡˇ(shǒu) | hand, skill, by hand | 提手旁 (捐)，手部底 (摩) |
| 毛 | ㄇㄠˊ(máo) | hair, fur, feathers, mould, impurity, vague | 左毛部 (毯)，毛部底 (毫) |
| 气 | ㄑㄧˋ(qì) | precipitation, air, weather, flavour, smell, breath, sound, environment, trend, nature, vital energy, state of being, expression | 气部頭 (氛) |
| 片 | ㄆㄧㄢˋ(piàn) | slab, piece, single, tiny, slither, chip | 左片部 (牌) |
| 斤 | ㄐㄧㄣ (jīn) | axe, chop, cut in editing, 500 grams | 又斤部 (新) |
| 爪 | ㄓㄠˇ(zhǎo) | claw, capture, scratch | 爪部頭 (爭)，右爪部 (爬) |
| 父 | ㄈㄨˋ(fù) | father | 父部頭 (爹) |
| 月 | ㄩㄝˋ(yuè) | moon, luminous, month | 左月部 (朗)，右月部 (朦) |
| 氏 | ㄕˋ(shì) | family, clan, group, denomination | 氏部頭 (氐)，氏部底 (民) |
| 欠 | ㄑㄧㄢˋ(qiàn) | yawn, owe, lacking | 右欠部 (歇) |
| 殳 | ㄕㄨ (shū) | lance, rudder | 右殳部 (段) |
| 文 | ㄨㄣˊ(wén) | print, texture, pattern, write, word, essay, sentence, cultured, gentle | 文部底 (斐)，文不頭 (斌) |
| 禸 | ㄖㄡˊ(róu) | to stamp the foot | 禸部底 (萬) |
| 方 | ㄈㄤ (fāng) | bamboo raft, parallel, equivalent, analogy, comparison, type, square, aspect, side, direction, method | 方部底 (旁)，左方部 (於) |
| 火 | ㄏㄨㄛˇ(huǒ) | fire | 左火部 (烘) |
| 斗 | ㄉㄡˇ(dǒu) | cubic vessel, 10 litres, block | 右斗部 (斜) |
| 戶 | ㄏㄨˋ(hù) | residence | 戶部頭 (房) |
| 心 | ㄒㄧㄣ (xīn) | heart, feeling, thought, intention, centre, nib | 豎心旁 (忙)，心部底 (急，忝) |
| 爿 | ㄑㄧㄤˊ(qiáng) | left side piece of wood chopped in half | 左爿部，將左旁 (牆) |
| 毋 | ㄨˊ(wú) | without | 毋部底 (毒)，母部底 (每) |
| (five strokes) | |||
| 瓦 | ㄨㄚˇ(wǎ) | pottery, tile | 右瓦部 (瓶)，瓦部底 (瓷) |
| 示 | ㄕˋ(shì) | show, tell, teach | 做示部 (祖)，示部底 (禁) |
| 甘 | ㄍㄢ (gān) | tasty, sweet, flavoursome, fresh, great, fondness, desire | 甘部頭 (甚)，右甘部 (甜) |
| 石 | ㄕˊ(shí) | stone, rock, tablet, steadfast | 左石部 (研)，石部底 (磐) |
| 目 | ㄇㄨˋ(mù) | eye, sight, look, assess, perspective, subject, contents, name, leader | 左目部 (眠)，目部底 (眉)，右目部 (相)，橫目部 (眾) |
| 田 | ㄊㄧㄢˊ(tián) | arable piece of land, plow and sow, rural official, big drum, hunt | 田部頭 (男)，田部底 (留)，右田部 (畔) |
| 皿 | ㄇㄧㄣˇ(mǐn) | crockery | 皿部底 (盆) |
| 生 | ㄕㄥ (shēng) | growth, development, creation, birth, life, living, appear, rise up, unripe, fresh, uncooked, unprocessed | 左生部 (甥)，右生部 (甦)，生部底 (產) |
| 矢 | ㄕˇ(shǐ) | arrow, straight, pledge, enact, rationalise, unruly | 左矢部 (矮)，矢部底 (矣) |
| 禾 | ㄏㄜˊ(hé) | millet | 右禾部 (秒)，禾部頭 (秀)，禾部底 (稟) |
| 白 | ㄅㄞˊ(bái) | white, bright, pure, evident, fake | 白部頭 (皇)，白部底 (百)，左白部 (的) |
| 瓜 | ㄍㄨㄚ (guā) | gourd | 右瓜部 (瓢) |
| 用 | ㄩㄥˋ(yòng) | use, actualise, utilise, administer, spend, appliance, permit, consume, entrust | 用部頭 (甩)，用部底 (甫，甬) |
| 疒 | ㄋㄜˋ(nè) | illness | 疒部頭 (症) |
| 立 | ㄌㄧˋ(lì) | stand, station, establish, certify, confirm, exist, immediately | 立部頭 (童)，左立部 (站) |
| 穴 | ㄒㄩㄝˊ(xué) | cave, pit, hideout, nest, lair, tunnel, canal, burrow, drill | 穴部頭 (究) |
| 疋 | ㄕㄨ (shū) | lower leg | 疋字旁 (疏，疑) |
| 皮 | ㄆㄧˊ(pí) | skin, fur, leather, shed, outer layer, membrane, shameless, rubbery | 左皮部 (皰)，右皮部 (皴) |
| 癶 | ㄅㄛ (bō) | hobble, trot | 癶部頭 (發) |
| 矛 | ㄇㄠˊ(máo) | spear | 左矛部 (務) |
| 玄 | ㄒㄩㄢˊ(xuán) | copper brown colour, mysterious, far, big, concentrated, Bhuddism | (率) |
| 玉 | ㄩˋ(yù) | jade, precious | 佐王玉 (玩)，玉部底 (璧) |
| (six strokes) | |||
| 耒 | ㄌㄟˇ(lěi) | shovel, plow | 左耒部 (耙) |
| 老 | ㄌㄠˇ(lǎo) | old, senior, historic, retire, tired, waning, passed away, elders, ancient, coarse, big, final, abundant, perpetual | 老部頭 (耆，者) |
| 耳 | ㄦˇ(ěr) | ear, sprout, hear | 左耳部 (耽)，耳部底 (聾) |
| 臣 | ㄔㄣˊ(chén) | hostage, slave, public, administrator, accessory, exploit | 左臣部 (臨) |
| 襾 | ㄧㄚˋ(yà) | repeated, cover | 襾部頭 (要) |
| 而 | ㄦˊ(ér) | beard, and, this, that, him, her, if, however, therefore, to | 左而部 (耐)，而不頭 (耍) |
| 至 | ㄓˋ(zhì) | arrive, attain | 左至部 (致)，至部底 (臺) |
| 虍 | ㄏㄨ (hū) | stripe, undetected | 虍部頭 (處)，左虍部 (彪)，右虍部 (號) |
| 虫 | ㄏㄨㄟˇ(huǐ) | insect | 左蟲部 (蛔) |
| 行 | ㄒㄧㄥˋ(xìng) | road, journey, natural progression, move a playing piece, flow, pass on, pour, set off on a trip, luggage, bury, experience, movement, to implement, use, confer, ability, possibility | (衛) |
| 网 | ㄨㄤˇ(wǎng) | net, cage, law, network, recruit | 橫目頭，四字頭 (置) |
| 肉 | ㄖㄡˋ(ròu) | flesh, meat, pulp, lilt | 左肉月 (胖)，肉月底 (育)，右肉月 (胡)，肉部底 (腐) |
| 缶 | ㄈㄡˇ(fǒu) | wine vessel, ceramic vessel | 左缶部 (缸) |
| 舌 | ㄕㄜˊ(shé) | tongue, language, clapper, reed, fringe | 左舌部 (舔)，舌部底 (舍，舒) |
| 竹 | ㄓㄨˊ(zhú) | bamboo | 竹部頭 (符) |
| 臼 | ㄐㄧㄡˋ(jiù) | mortar | 臼部底 (舊)，臼部頭 (舅) |
| 自 | ㄗˋ(zì) | self, origin, reason, beginning, natural, obvious | 自部頭 (臭) |
| 血 | ㄒㄩㄝˋ(xuè) | blood, tears, red, kill, injure, stain, fervent, menstruation | 左血部 (衊) |
| 舟 | ㄓㄡ (zhōu) | boat, to ferry, to attire | 左舟部 (航) |
| 舛 | ㄔㄨㄢˇ(chuǎn) | avoiding each other, different, incongruous, convoluted, mistaken | 舛部底 (舞) |
| 色 | ㄙㄜˋ(sè) | colour, voluptuous, romantic desire, erotic, countenance, scenery, type | 右色部 (䒌) |
| 衣 | 一 (yī) | clothes, covering, capsule, amniotic sac, plumage, peel | 衣部底 (袋)，左衣部 (袖)，衣部頭 (裔) |
| 羊 | ㄧㄤˊ(yáng) | sheep | 無尾羊 (善)，左羊部 (羚)，右羊部 (群) |
| 米 | ㄇㄧˇ(mǐ) | rice, grain, seed, tiny amount, metre | 左米部 (粗)，米部底 (粟)，米部頭 (糞) |
| 聿 | ㄩˋ(yù) | pen, alert, conform | 右聿部 (肆)，聿部底 (肇) |
| 艮 | ㄍㄣˋ(gèn) | stop, rest, limit, border, mountain | 艮部底 (良)，右艮部 (艱) |
| 艸 | ㄘㄠˇ(cǎo) | grass, fodder, scrub, to weed, create, rough, rough draft, write, cursive | 草部頭 (芍) |
| 羽 | ㄩˇ(yǔ) | plume, wing, help, associate, fishing bobber | 羽部頭 (習)，右羽部 (翔)，羽部底 (翁) |
| 糸 | ㄇㄧˋ(mì) | fine silk, short measurement | 右糸部 (約)，糸部底 (素) |
| (seven strokes) | |||
| 走 | ㄗㄡˇ(zǒu) | scurry, dash, advance, comply, go, escape, gallop, flaunt, set off, lose, change, drain, flow, roll, shift, journey | 左走部 (超) |
| 赤 | ㄔˋ(chì) | red, bare, naked, innocent, sincere, exterminate, fresh blood | 左赤部 (赫) |
| 車 | ㄔㄜ (chē) | car, motor, driver, axle, rotate, transport, carve, gums | 左車部 (軌)，車部底 (輩，載) |
| 豆 | ㄉㄡˋ(dòu) | sacrificial chalice with broad base or volume of liquid contained therein, legume, small unit of weight | 豆部底 (豎)，左豆部 (豌) |
| 酉 | ㄧㄡˇ(yǒu) | alcohol, mature, pool | 左酉部 (酌)，酉部底 (醫) |
| 辰 | ㄔㄣˊ(chén) | arouse, rattle, stars, north star, eclipse, extend, stretch, grace, imperial | 辰部頭 (辱) |
| 豕 | ㄕˇ(shǐ) | pig | 豕部底 (豪，象)，左豕部 (豬)，右豕部 (豚) |
| 貝 | ㄅㄟˋ(bèi) | clam, shell, perfect teeth | 貝部底 (負)，左貝部 (財) |
| 見 | ㄐㄧㄢˋ(jiàn) | see, call in on, meet, bump into, find out, know, hear, comparison, predict, stipulate | 右見部 (觀)，見部底 (覺) |
| 里 | ㄌㄧˇ(lǐ) | dwelling, home town, 500 metres, neighbourhood, crude | 左里部 (野)，里部底 (量，重) |
| 足 | ㄗㄨˊ(zú) | foot, leg, body, root, kick, step, ride a horse, ample, complete, perfect, sufficient, flourishing, absolutely, great, worthwhile, take seriously | 左足部 (距)，足部底 (蹙) |
| 邑 | ㄧˋ(yì) | capital city, vassal state, metropolis, allotment | 右抱耳，右耳尖 (那) |
| 辵 | ㄔㄨㄛˋ(chuò) | to flit, agitated, to overtake, to exceed, to dart | 走之底 (巡) |
| 釆 | ㄅㄧㄢˋ(biàn) | differentiate, different, understand, discern, evident, perceptive | 左釆部 (釋) |
| 谷 | ㄍㄨˇ(gǔ) | gully, basin, mountain stream | 右谷部 (谿) |
| 豸 | ㄓˋ(zhì) | legless insect, arch upward, twine, voluptuous | 左豸部 (豹) |
| 角 | ㄐㄧㄠˇ(jiǎo) | horn, beast, beak, hair bun, corner, flank, peninsula, to equate, wrap, angled | 左角部 (觸) |
| 言 | ㄧㄢˊ(yán) | talk, words, sentence, perspective, command, expression, record, to question, to tell, to pledge, summary, to report, ill-disposed, to dispute, to predict, cheep | 言部底 (譬)，左言部 (許) |
| 辛 | ㄒㄧㄣ (xīn) | acrid, spicy, difficult, sore, hurtful, victimised | 左辛部 (辣)，辛部底 ((辜)，右辛部 (辟) |
| 身 | ㄕㄣ (shēn) | body, bulk of, pregnant, self, experience, life, to shoulder responsibility | 左身部 (躲) |
| (eight strokes) | |||
| 長 | ㄔㄤˊ(cháng) | wide, prolonged, forever, often, extensive, expertise, strong point, long, absolutely | 左長部 (镺)，右長部 (脹) |
| 雨 | ㄩˇ(yǔ) | rain, teachings | 雨部頭 (雲) |
| 非 | ㄈㄟ (fēi) | betray, repudiate, mistaken, evil, without, not, resent, changed, unalike | 非部底 (靠) |
| 隹 | ㄓㄨㄟ (zhuī) | short-tailed bird, turtle dove, mandarin, melon berry | 隹部頭 (集) |
| 阜 | ㄈㄨˋ(fù) | mound, mountain, strong, hefty, copious, prosperous, procreate, to esteem | 左抱耳 (院) |
| 金 | ㄐㄧㄣ (jīn) | gold, metal, bronze, weapon, metallic, golden, money, valuables | 左金部 (釣)，金部底 (鑿，釜) |
| 門 | ㄇㄣˊ(mén) | door, entrance, tax collector, opening, orifice, method, school of thought | 門部框 (閉) |
| 隶 | ㄉㄞˋ(dài) | to avail oneself of, to capture | 右隶部 (隸) |
| 青 | ㄑㄧㄥ (qīng) | cyan, to turn green, youth | 右青部 (靖)，左青部 (靜) |
| (nine strokes) | |||
| 頁 | ㄒㄧㄝˊ(xié) | head, brain | 右頁部 (預) |
| 面 | ㄇㄧㄢˋ(miàn) | face, complexion, facial features, mask, personally, face to face, see, meet, flat, front, direction, aspect, plane, to lay out | 左面部 (靦)，面部底 (靨) |
| 韭 | ㄐㄧㄡˇ(jiǔ) | garlic chives | 韭部底 (虀)，右韭部 (薤) |
| 香 | ㄒㄧㄤ (xiāng) | savory, fragrant, delectable, tantilising, incense, to burn incense, flower, to taste | 左香部 (馥)，香部底 (馨) |
| 鬼 | ㄍㄨㄟˇ(guǐ) | ghost, spirit, ancestor, evil, terrible, cunning, ethereal, capricious, far | 左鬼部 (魅)，右鬼部 (魂)，鬼部底 (魔) |
| 食 | ㄕˊ(shí) | eat, meal, banquet; grains, lentils and tubers; officer's salary, one's living, to sow seeds, to put together a meal, to enjoy, to receive, to receive sacrifice, to act as, to pretend, to use, to divine | 左食部 (飯)，食部底 (餐) |
| 風 | ㄈㄥ (fēng) | wind, influence, custom, worthiness, quality, sect, liberal, extemporaneous, tendency, news, motive, wave, incident, scenary, inciteful, crazy | 左風部 (颱)，右風部 (飄) |
| 音 | ㄧㄣ (yīn) | sound, music, melody, voice, pronunciation, language, news | 音部頭 (章，竟)，音部底 (響)，左音部 (韻) |
| 首 | ㄕㄡˇ(shǒu) | head, leader, hair, quillon, acme, priority, initial, initiate, to behead, to abide, to manifest, direction | 左首部 (馘) |
| 韋 | ㄨㄟˊ(wéi) | soft leather, hide rope, sheath, leatherworker, abscond, avert | 左韋部 (韌)，右韋部 (韓) |
| 飛 | ㄈㄟ (fēi) | fly, creature of flight, hover, rise up, gallop, scatter, dispose of, to relay, shoot, toss, brandish, blow gently, glance, quick, out of nothing, accidently, high, on a high | 飛部右 (飜)，飛部頭 (𩙺) |
| 革 | ㄍㄜˊ(gé) | leather, skin, cuir bouilli, soldier, tank, bota bag, change, revolution, expel, admonish, to guard against | 左革部 (鞋)，革部底 (鞏) |
| (ten strokes) | |||
| 鬥 | ㄉㄡˋ(dòu) | battle, contest, competition, tempestuous, take advantage of, encounter, gather, premium tea | 鬥部框 (鬧) |
| 髟 | ㄅㄧㄠ (biāo) | long hanging hair appearance | 髟部頭 (髻) |
| 馬 | ㄇㄚˇ(mǎ) | horse, knight, cavalry, big | 左馬部 (馳)，馬部底 (駕) |
| 鬲 | ㄌㄧˋ(lì) | earthen pot, iron boiler | 左鬲部 (鬷)，鬲部底 (鬻) |
| 高 | ㄍㄠ (gāo) | high, build up, deep, high pitch, magnanimous, proud, prodigy, dignified, seemly, far, surplus, elder, noble, esteem, staid, surpass, above average | 左高部 (髚) |
| 鬯 | ㄔㄤˋ(chàng) | wine made from garden tulip and black proso millet used as an offering in temples, garden tulip | (鬱) |
| 骨 | ㄍㄨˇ(gǔ) | bone, skeleton, internal frame, root, substance, belief, temperament, nature of, deep within the heart, sarcasm | 左骨部 (髀) |
| (eleven strokes) | |||
| 麥 | ㄇㄞˋ(mài) | wheat | 麥字旁，左麥部 (麵) |
| 鹵 | ㄌㄨˇ(lǔ) | alkali soil, stony soil, infertile soil, salt, halogen, brine, paste, syrup | 鹵字旁，左鹵部 (鹹) |
| 鳥 | ㄋㄧㄠˇ(niǎo) | bird, flying insect | 左鳥部 (鴕)，右鳥部 (鵪)，鳥部底 (鴛) |
| 魚 | ㄩˊ(yǔ) | fish, sea creature, letter, silverfish | 魚部底 (鱉)，魚部頭 (魯)，左魚部 (鮑) |
| 麻 | ㄇㄚˊ(má) | cannabis, linaceae, hemp, sesame, convoluted, measles, pox, speckled, rough surface, spicy numbing taste, numb, sedated | 麻部頭 (麼) |
| 鹿 | ㄌㄨˋ(lù) | deer, authority, nobleman, granary | 鹿部頭 (麝)，左鹿部 (麒)，鹿部底 (麗) |
| 黃 | ㄏㄨㄤˊ(huáng) | yellow, golden, topaz, yolk, hound, joss paper, leaf tobacco, infant, jaundice, joy, lewd, excrement, bezoar | 左黃部 (黇)，黃部底 (黌)，右黃部 (黋) |
| (twelve strokes) | |||
| 鼎 | ㄉㄧㄥˇ(dǐng) | cauldron, triumvirate | 鼎部底 (鼐) |
| 黑 | ㄏㄟ (hēi) | black, dark, evening, malice, acrimony, misfortune, sullen, snare, secret, illegal | 黑部頭 (墨)，黑部底 (黨)，左黑部 (黬) |
| 黍 | ㄕㄨˇ(shǔ) | broomcorn millet | 左黍部 (黏，黎) |
| 黹 | ㄓˇ(zhǐ) | to thread, embroider | 左黹部 (黻) |
| (thirteen strokes) | |||
| 黽 | ㄇㄧㄣˇ(mǐn) | effort | 黽部底 (鼇) |
| 鼠 | ㄕㄨˇ(shǔ) | muroid, office, to incense, give, leptospirosis | 鼠字旁，左鼠部 (鼴) |
| 鼓 | ㄍㄨˇ(gǔ) | drum, instrument, beat, drum head, bell, to beat, pluck, vibrate, hit, slap, shake, to pump, to blow up, swollen, excite, to fan, confuse, promulgate, drummer | 股部頭 (鼕) |
| (fourteen strokes) | |||
| 齊 | ㄑㄧˊ(qí) | organised, synergistic, standard, alike, like, complete, recruit, arrange, equal, placid, together, to command, to organise | 齊部頭 (齋) |
| 鼻 | ㄅㄧˊ(bí) | nose, sniff, prominence, spout, nozzle, aperture, animal's nose ring, starting point | 左鼻部 (鼾) |
| (fifteeen strokes) | |||
| 齒 | ㄔˇ(chǐ) | tooth, tusk, to match up, age, type, contemporaries, to record, mention, bite, jagged, to sound, to interpose, dice | 齒字旁，左齒部 (齡) |
| (sixteen strokes) | |||
| 龍 | ㄌㄨㄥˊ(lóng) | dragon, landlord, outstanding person | 龍部頭 (龔) |
| (seventeen strokes) | |||
| 龜 | ㄍㄨㄟ (guī) | turtle, shell, animal's wither, seal for signing documents, stele base, wine glass, male genitalia | 右龜部 (䶲) |
| 龠 | ㄩㄝˋ(yuè) | ancient flute, 50mL, small amount | 左龠部 (龤) |
- by Chad Ryan, 14th of April, 2021
Reference
Wáng P.L. (2012) Research on Commonly Used Radical Characters and Teaching Methods. National Taitung University Master's Thesis. Retrieved from: http://210.240.175.131/CA4BD71DBC8AB41/eff112345ddf3693.pdf (14th-April-2021).