The Names of Kanji Radicals
The Names of Kanji Radicals
sci.lang.japan FAQ 1. Writing 1.2. Kanji 1.2.10. What are kanji radicals?
This is a list of kanji radical names together with their positions. The Type/Location field
items are: O: original, T: top, B: bottom, L: left, R: right, E: enclosure, V: variable.
The links on the radicals go to a page which shows all the kanji for that radical.
にんにょう ninnyō
10 儿 2
ひとあし hitoashi
O 513F Legs 2F09
かんにょう kannyō
17 凵 2
うけばこ ukebako
O 51F5 Open box 2F10
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つつみがま
20 勹 2
え
tsutsumigamae O 52F9 Wrap 2F13
Right open
22 匚 2 はこがまえ hakogamae O 531A
box
2F15
かくしがま Hiding
23 匸 2
え
kakushigamae O 5338
enclosure
2F16
おおきい ōkii
37 大 3
だい dai
O 5927 Big 2F24
尢
44 尸 3 しかばね shikabane O 5C38 Corpse 2F2B
Short
52 幺 3 いとがしら itogashira O 5E7A
thread
2F33
えんにょう ennyō
54 廴 3
いんにゅう innyū
O 5EF4 Long stride 2F35
にじゅうあ
55 廾 3
し
nijūashi O 5EFE Two hands 2F36
けいがしら keigashira
58.1 彐 3
いのかしら inokashira
O 5F50 2F39
ぎょうにん
60 彳 3
べん
gyōninben O 5F73 Step 2F3B
りっしんべ Heart
61.2 忄 3
ん
risshinben L 5FC4 2E96
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しんよう shin'yō
65.1 支 4
じゅうまた jūmata
R 652F 2F40
Branch
しんよう shin'yō
65.2 ⺙ 4
じゅうまた jūmata
O 2E99
ぼくづくり bokuzukuri
66.1 攴 4
とまた tomata
O 6534 2F41
Rap
66.2 攵 4 のぶん nobun R 6535
ぶん bun
67.1 文 4
ぶんにょう bunnyō
O 6587 2F42
Script
ぶん bun
67.2 4 V
ぶんにょう bunnyō
ひらび hirabi
73.1 曰 4
いわく iwaku
O 66F0 2F48
Say
ひらび hirabi
73.2 4 V
いわく iwaku
74.3 4 つき tsuki V
るまた rumata
79 殳 4
ほこづくり hokozukuri
O 6BB3 Weapon 2F4E
はは haha Do not
80.1 毋 4
なかれ nakare
O 6BCB 2F4F
はは haha
80.2 毌 4
なかれ nakare
V 6BCC
母 なかれ nakare
くらべる kuraberu
81 比 4
ひ hi
O 6BD4 Compare 2F50
Half tree
90 爿 4 しょうへん shōhen O 723F
trunk
2F59
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ひつじかん
123.2 6 hitsujikanmuri T
むり
おいかんむ Old
oikanmuri
125.2 耂 4 り
oigashira
T 8002 2EB9
おいがしら
130.3 5 つき tsuki V
ねづくり nezukuri
138 艮 6
うしとら ushitora
O 826E Stopping 2F89
くさかんむ
kusakanmuri
140.2 ⺿ 3 り
sōkō
T FA5E
そうこう
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り sōkō
そうこう
とらかんむ
141 虍 6
り
torakanmuri O 864D Tiger 2F8C
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しんにょう shinnyō
162.1 辵 7
しんにゅう shinnyū
O 8FB5 2FA1
しんにょう shinnyō
162.2 辶 3
しんにゅう shinnyū
E 8FB6 Walk 2ECE
しんにょう shinnyō
162.3 ⻍ 4
しんにゅう shinnyū
E 2ECD
ひよみのと
164.1 酉 7
り
hiyominotori O 9149 2FA3
Wine
164.2 7 とりへん torihen L
もん mon
169 門 8
もんがまえ mongamae
O 9580 Gate 2FA8
Short
172 隹 8 ふるとり furutori O 96B9
tailed bird
2FAB
あめかんむ
Rain
り amekanmuri
173.2 ⻗ 8
あまかんむ amakanmuri
T 2ed7
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Tanned
178 韋 10 なめしがわ nameshigawa V 97CB
leather
2FB1
かみかんむ
190 髟 10
り
kamikanmuri O 9ADF Hair 2FBD
Sacrificial
192 鬯 10 ちょう chō O 9B2F
wine
2FBF
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あさかんむ
200.2 11 asakanmuri E Hemp
り
あさかんむ
200.3 11 asakanmuri E
り
Acknowledgements
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This table of names and other information about the 214 radicals is based on Jim Breen's
Mini-FAQ entry, which was based on several kanji dictionaries, including Halpern's New
Japanese-English Character Dictionary and The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character
Dictionary (2nd Revised Edition). The Unicode information was extracted from the Unicode
Consortium's published information and the Unicode Character Database provided with the
Perl computer programming language (version 5.12.3).
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