Chinese Radicals w/ Pinyin
Created by Emory Babb
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
一 | yī one |
丨 | gǔn vertical line |
丶 | zhǔ dot |
丿 | piě slash / bend |
乙 (乛) | yǐ second / bent stroke |
二 | èr two |
十 | shí ten |
厂 | hǎn / chǎng cliff / factory |
匚 | xì right‑open box |
刂 | dāo knife (standing) |
卜 | bǔ divination |
冂 | jiōng down box |
亻 | rén person (standing) |
八 | bā eight |
人 | rén person |
入 | rù enter |
勹 | bāo wrap |
儿 | ér son / legs |
匕 | bǐ spoon / dagger |
几 | jǐ / jī small table |
亠 | tóu lid / head |
冫 | bīng ice |
丷 | bā eight (variant) |
冖 | mì cover |
讠 | yán speech (simplified) |
凵 | kǎn open box |
卩 | jié seal (single ear) |
阝 (left) | fǔ mound (left) |
阝 (right) | yì city (right) |
刀 | dāo knife |
力 | lì power |
又 | yòu again / right hand |
厶 | sī private |
廴 | yǐn long stride |
丬 | pán half tree trunk |
广 | guǎng shelter / wide |
门 | mén door |
干 | gān dry / to do |
工 | gōng work |
土 | tǔ earth |
士 | shì scholar |
扌 | shǒu hand (side form) |
艹 | cǎo grass (top form) |
寸 | cùn inch |
廾 | gǒng two hands / twenty |
大 | dà big |
兀 | wù lofty / (foot) |
尢 | yóu lame / swollen leg |
弋 | yì shoot / arrow |
小 | xiǎo small |
口 | kǒu mouth |
囗 | wéi enclosure |
山 | shān mountain |
巾 | jīn scarf / towel |
彳 | chì step (left foot) |
彡 | shān hair / bristle |
犭 | quǎn dog (side form) |
夕 | xī evening |
夂 | zhǐ go / walk (variant) |
饣 | shí food (simplified, side) |
氵 | shuǐ water (side form) |
忄 | xīn heart (side form) |
宀 | mián roof |
辶 | chuò walk / go (bottom) |
彐 | jì snout / pig head |
尸 | shī corpse |
己 | jǐ self |
弓 | gōng bow |
子 | zǐ child |
孑 | jié alone / left hand |
孓 | jué short / right hand |
屮 | chè sprout |
女 | nǚ woman |
幺 | yāo tiny / one |
巛 | chuān river (three‑stroke variant) |
纟 | sī silk (simplified, side) |
王 | wáng king |
无 | wú without (simplified of 無) |
韦 | wéi tanned leather |
木 | mù tree / wood |
支 | zhī branch / support |
不 | bù no / not |
犬 | quǎn dog |
歹 | dǎi bad / death |
车 | chē car / vehicle |
牙 | yá tooth |
戈 | gē spear / dagger‑axe |
比 | bǐ compare |
瓦 | wǎ tile |
止 | zhǐ stop |
日 | rì sun / day |
曰 | yuē say (flat sun) |
水 | shuǐ water |
贝 | bèi shell / money |
见 | jiàn see |
牛 | niú cow |
手 | shǒu hand |
毛 | máo hair / feather |
气 | qì air / steam |
攵 | pū tap / strike (side form) |
片 | piàn slice / sheet |
斤 | jīn axe / catty (unit) |
爪 | zhuǎ / zhǎo claw |
父 | fù father |
月 | yuè moon / meat (often) |
氏 | shì clan / family |
欠 | qiàn lack / yawn |
风 | fēng wind |
殳 | shū weapon / to kill |
文 | wén writing / culture |
方 | fāng square |
火 | huǒ fire |
斗 | dòu / dǒu fight / dipper |
户 | hù door / household |
心 | xīn heart |
毋 | wú do not |
示 | shì spirit / show |
石 | shí stone |
龙 | lóng dragon |
业 | yè business / occupation |
目 | mù eye |
田 | tián field |
罒 | wǎng net (top form) |
皿 | mǐn dish / vessel |
生 | shēng life / birth |
矢 | shǐ arrow |
禾 | hé grain / rice plant |
白 | bái white |
瓜 | guā melon |
鸟 | niǎo bird |
疒 | chuáng sickness (enclosure) |
穴 | xué cave / hole |
疋 | pǐ / shū bolt of cloth / foot |
竹 (⺮) | zhú bamboo |
米 | mǐ rice |
糸 | mì / sī silk (traditional) |
缶 | fǒu pottery / jar |
网 | wǎng net |
羊 | yáng sheep |
羽 | yǔ feather |
老 | lǎo old |
而 | ér and / beard |
耒 | lěi plow |
耳 | ěr ear |
聿 | yù writing brush |
肉 | ròu meat / flesh |
臣 | chén minister / official |
自 | zì self |
至 | zhì arrive |
臼 | jiù mortar |
舌 | shé tongue |
舛 | chuǎn oppose / error |
艮 | gèn tough / mountain (hexagram) |
色 | sè color / appearance |
艸 | cǎo grass (original form) |
虍 | hū tiger (top) |
虫 | chóng insect |
血 | xuè / xiě blood |
行 | xíng go / walk |
衣 | yī clothes |
襾 | yà cover / west (variant) |
覀 | xī west (top variant) |
角 | jiǎo / jué horn / angle |
言 | yán speech |
辛 | xīn bitter / hot (spicy) |
青 | qīng blue / green |
雨 | yǔ rain |
非 | fēi not / wrong |
齿 | chǐ tooth |
黾 | mǐn frog / to strive |
隹 | zhuī short‑tailed bird |
面 | miàn face / noodle |
革 | gé leather / reform |
韭 | jiǔ leek |
音 | yīn sound |
页 | yè page / head |
香 | xiāng fragrant |
马 | mǎ horse |
黄 | huáng yellow |
麻 | má hemp / flax |
黑 | hēi black |
黍 | shǔ millet |
鼓 | gǔ drum |
鼻 | bí nose |