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Advanced Chinese Radicals

If you have mastered the basic Chinese radicals here, please try the commonly used advanced radicals below (parantheses denotes traditional character used in Hong Kong and Taiwan):

RadicalMeaningPīnyīn
lidtóu
人,亻human, personrén
cover
icebīng
table
container, open mouth
刀 ,刂knife, sworddāo
power, force
wrap, embracebāo
㔾 ,卩sealjié
factoryhàn
right handyòu
mouth, openingkǒu
enclosurewéi
earth, soil
evening, sunset
big, very
woman, female
child, seed
roofmián
小 ,⺌small, insignificantxiǎo
corpseshī
mountainshān
巛 , 川riverchuān
workgōng
广wideyǎn
structureyín
ornamentshān
road, walkingchì
心 ,忄heartxīn
戶 , 户, 戸door, house
手, 扌handshǒu
branchzhī
knock
script, literaturewén
axejīn
square, raftfāng
sun, day, time
moon, monthyuè
tree, wood
death, decaydǎi
mother
compare, compete
fur, hairmáo
steam, breath
水 ,氵watershuǐ
火 , 灬firehuǒ
爪 ,爫claw, nail, talonzhǎo
(a) slicepiàn
teeth
牛 ,牜, ⺧cowniú
犬 ,犭dogquǎn
jade
clawguā
sweetgān
lifeshēng
use (throw)yòng
fieldtián
sickness
whitebái
RadicalMeaningPīnyīn
skin
receptaclemǐn
eye
stoneshí
示 ,礻signshì
grain
cave, holexué
stand, erect
bamboozhú
rice
纟(糸,糹)silk
netwǎng
sheepyáng
feather
oldlǎo
earěr
肉 ,⺼meatròu
self
arrivezhì
tongueshé
boatzhōu
colour, prettiness
grasscǎo
tiger stripes
insecthuǐ
bloodxuè
go, doxíng
衤 , 衣clothes
西 west
见(見)seejiàn
hornjiǎo
讠 (訁,言)speechyán
beandòu
pigshǐ
贝(貝)shellbèi
runzǒu
足, ⻊foot
bodyshēn
车(車)cart, carchē
walkchuò / zouzhi
terrain, hill, city
wine, alcoholyǒu
钅 (釒)metal, goldjīn
长(長) long, growcháng
门(門)gate, doormén
small birdzhuī
rain
facemiàn
leather, rawhide
soundyīn
页(頁)leaf
风 (風)windfēng
飞(飛)flyfēi
饣(飠)eat, foodshí
马(馬)horse
bone
高 (髙)tall, highgāo
鱼(魚)fish
鸟(鳥)birdniǎo
blackhēi

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