Kanji Radicals Cheat Sheet
one/
ground
stick
drop of
liquid
slide
nose
barb
two
kettle lid
person
influential
person
hat
legs
enter
fish legs
horns
upside
down box
forehead
ice &
water
table
open box
variety
stick rack
power
enclosure
knife /
sword
spoon
box on itʼs
side
ten
shamanʼs
stick
seal
cliff
me / I
stool
mama
nine
broken
box
stairs
nail
crooked
nail
volcano
leaf
rly sweet
water
slide
mouth
ground
samurai
winter
evening
big / large
woman /
female
child
pot lid
measure-
ment
little
triceratop
s
deranged
big man
flag
left hand
mountain
river
river bend
constructi
on
snake
skull
hanging
towel
dry
pile of my
stuff
man on
cliff
big step /
stride
twenty
ceremony
busted up
stick
double
knocked
over box
stuck
ninja star
hair
linger /
loiter
fish legs
stick
spiky stick
liquid
animal
grass
butcher
alligator
skull
death
reinforced
Stairs
reinforced
enclosure
1
2
3
Remember, kanji isnʼt made up of individual strokes, itʼs made up of radicals. If you learn by strokes, you have to remember 5,
10, 15+ plus steps. If you learn the radicals, and put them together like building blocks, youʼll only have to remember 2, 3, or 4
steps to put together a kanji. Doesnʼt that sound a lot nicer than learning each individual stroke? To get the full picture, use this
cheat sheet with the kanji section of TextFugu.com.
