Last Updated on August 1, 2017
This article has the 214 Chinese Radicals list used for categorizing all Chinese characters. Though there are thousands of Chinese characters, if you learn these 214 Chinese radicals, learning additional Chinese characters will be much easier. Before modern times, Chinese dictionaries were sorted by radicals, not by some kind of Romanization system like Pinyin, so knowing Chinese radicals is incredibly useful.
The 214 Chinese Characters Radicals are also known as the Kangxi radicals. The following list is the Traditional Chinese Radicals list, though it is quite similar to the Simplified Chinese Radical list, and is incredibly useful for improving your Chinese.
Chinese Characters Radical List
radical number | Pinyin | character | variants | number of strokes |
1 | yi1 | 一 | 1 | |
2 | gun3 | 丨 | 1 | |
3 | zhu3 | 丶 | 1 | |
4 | pie3 | 丿 | 1 | |
5 | yi3 | 乙 | 1 | |
6 | jue2 | 亅 | 1 | |
7 | er2 | 二 | 2 | |
8 | tou2 | 亠 | 2 | |
9 | ren2 | 人 | 亻 | 2 |
10 | er2 | 儿 | 2 | |
11 | ru4 | 入 | 2 | |
12 | ba1 | 八 | 2 | |
13 | jiong1 | 冂 | 2 | |
14 | mi4 | 冖 | 2 | |
15 | bing1 | 冫 | 2 | |
16 | ji1 | 几 | 2 | |
17 | kan3 | 凵 | 2 | |
18 | dao1 | 刀 | 2 | |
19 | li4 | 力 | 2 | |
20 | bao1 | 勹 | 2 | |
21 | bi3 | 匕 | 2 | |
22 | fang1 | 匚 | 2 | |
23 | xi4 | 匸 | 2 | |
24 | shi2 | 十 | 2 | |
25 | bu3 | 卜 | 2 | |
26 | jie2 | 卩 | 2 | |
27 | han3 | 厂 | 2 | |
28 | si1,mou3 | 厶 | 2 | |
29 | you4 | 又 | 2 | |
30 | kou3 | 口 | 3 | |
31 | wei2 | 囗 | 3 | |
32 | tu3 | 土 | 3 | |
33 | shi4 | 士 | 3 | |
34 | zhi3 | 夂 | 3 | |
35 | sui1 | 夊 | 3 | |
36 | xi1 | 夕 | 3 | |
37 | da4 | 大 | 3 | |
38 | nü3 | 女 | 3 | |
39 | zi3 | 子 | 3 | |
40 | mian2 | 宀 | 3 | |
41 | cun4 | 寸 | 3 | |
42 | xiao3 | 小 | 3 | |
43 | wang1 | 尢 | 3 | |
44 | shi1 | 尸 | 3 | |
45 | che4 | 屮 | 3 | |
46 | shan1 | 山 | 3 | |
47 | chuan1 | 巛 | 3 | |
48 | gong1 | 工 | 3 | |
49 | ji3 | 己 | 3 | |
50 | jin1 | 巾 | 3 | |
51 | gan1 | 干 | 3 | |
52 | yao1 | 幺 | 3 | |
53 | yan3 | 广 | 3 | |
54 | yin3 | 廴 | 3 | |
55 | gong3 | 廾 | 3 | |
56 | yi4 | 弋 | 3 | |
57 | gong1 | 弓 | 3 | |
58 | ji4 | 彐 | 3 | |
59 | shan1 | 彡 | 3 | |
60 | chi4 | 彳 | 3 | |
61 | xin1 | 心 | 4 | |
62 | ge1 | 戈 | 4 | |
63 | hu4 | 戶 | 4 | |
64 | shou3 | 手 | 扌 | 4 |
65 | zhi1 | 支 | 4 | |
66 | pu1 | 攴 | 攵 | 4 |
67 | wen2 | 文 | 4 | |
68 | dou3 | 斗 | 4 | |
69 | jin1 | 斤 | 4 | |
70 | fang1 | 方 | 4 | |
71 | wu2 | 无 | 4 | |
72 | ri4 | 日 | 4 | |
73 | yue1 | 曰 | 4 | |
74 | yue4 | 月 | 4 | |
75 | mu4 | 木 | 4 | |
76 | qian4 | 欠 | 4 | |
77 | zhi3 | 止 | 4 | |
78 | dai3 | 歹 | 4 | |
79 | shu1 | 殳 | 4 | |
80 | wu2 | 毋 | 4 | |
81 | bi3 | 比 | 4 | |
82 | mao2 | 毛 | 4 | |
83 | qi4 | 气 | 4 | |
84 | shi4 | 氏 | 4 | |
85 | shui3 | 水 | 氵 | 4 |
86 | huo3 | 火 | 灬 | 4 |
87 | zhao3 | 爪 | 4 | |
88 | fu4 | 父 | 4 | |
89 | yao2 | 爻 | 4 | |
90 | qiang2 | 爿 | 4 | |
91 | pian4 | 片 | 4 | |
92 | ya2 | 牙 | 4 | |
93 | niu2 | 牛 | 4 | |
94 | quan3 | 犬 | 4 | |
95 | xuan2 | 玄 | 5 | |
96 | yu4 | 玉 | 5 | |
97 | gua1 | 瓜 | 5 | |
98 | wa3 | 瓦 | 5 | |
99 | gan1 | 甘 | 5 | |
100 | sheng1 | 生 | 5 | |
101 | yong4 | 用 | 5 | |
102 | tian2 | 田 | 5 | |
103 | pi3 | 疋 | 5 | |
104 | ne4 | 疒 | 5 | |
105 | bo1 | 癶 | 5 | |
106 | bai2 | 白 | 5 | |
107 | pi2 | 皮 | 5 | |
108 | min3 | 皿 | 5 | |
109 | mu4 | 目 | 5 | |
110 | mao2 | 矛 | 5 | |
111 | shi1 | 失 | 5 | |
112 | shi2 | 石 | 5 | |
113 | shi4 | 示, | 礻 | 5 |
114 | rou2 | 禸 | 5 | |
115 | he2 | 禾 | 5 | |
116 | xue2 | 穴 | 5 | |
117 | li4 | 立 | 5 | |
118 | zhu2 | 竹 | 6 | |
119 | mi3 | 米 | 6 | |
120 | mi4 | 糸 | 糹 | 6 |
121 | fou3 | 缶 | 6 | |
122 | wang3 | 网 | 罒 | 6 |
123 | yang2 | 羊 | 6 | |
124 | yu3 | 羽 | 6 | |
125 | lao3 | 老 | 6 | |
126 | er2 | 而 | 6 | |
127 | lei3 | 耒 | 6 | |
128 | er3 | 耳 | 6 | |
129 | yu4 | 聿 | 6 | |
130 | rou4 | 肉 | 6 | |
131 | chen2 | 臣 | 6 | |
132 | zi4 or zi3? | 自 | 6 | |
133 | zhi4 | 至 | 6 | |
134 | jiu4 | 臼 | 6 | |
135 | she2 | 舌 | 6 | |
136 | chuan3 | 舛 | 6 | |
137 | zhou1 | 舟 | 6 | |
138 | gen3 or gen4 | 艮 | 6 | |
139 | se4 | 色 | 6 | |
140 | cao3 | 艸 | 艹 | 6 |
141 | hu1 | 虍 | 6 | |
142 | chong2 | 虫 | 6 | |
143 | xie3, xue4 | 血 | 6 | |
144 | xing2 | 行 | 6 | |
145 | yi1 | 衣 | 衤 | 6 |
146 | xi1 | 西 | 6 | |
147 | jian4 | 見 | 7 | |
148 | jiao3 | 角 | 7 | |
149 | yan2 | 言 | 訁 | 7 |
150 | gu3 | 谷 | 7 | |
151 | dou4 | 豆 | 7 | |
152 | shi3 | 豕 | 7 | |
153 | zhi4 | 豸 | 7 | |
154 | bei4 | 貝 | 7 | |
155 | chi4 | 赤 | 7 | |
156 | zou3 | 走 | 7 | |
157 | zu2 | 足 | 7 | |
158 | shen1 | 身 | 7 | |
159 | che1 | 車 | 7 | |
160 | xin1 | 辛 | 7 | |
161 | chen2 | 辰 | 7 | |
162 | chuo4 | 辵 | 辶 | 7 |
163 | yi4 | 邑 | 阝 | 7 |
164 | you3 | 酉 | 7 | |
165 | cai3 | 采 | 7 | |
166 | li3 | 里 | 7 | |
167 | jin1 | 金 | 釒 | 8 |
168 | zhang3 | 長 | 8 | |
169 | men2 | 門 | 8 | |
170 | fu4 | 阜 | 阝 | 8 |
171 | li4 | 隶 | 8 | |
172 | zhui1 | 隹 | 8 | |
173 | yu3 | 雨 | 8 | |
174 | qing1 | 青 | 8 | |
175 | fei1 | 非 | 8 | |
176 | mian4 | 面 | 8 | |
177 | ge2 | 革 | 9 | |
178 | wei2 | 韋 | 9 | |
179 | jiu3 | 韭 | 9 | |
180 | yin1 | 音 | 9 | |
181 | ye4 | 頁 | 9 | |
182 | feng1 | 風 | 9 | |
183 | fei1 | 飛 | 9 | |
184 | shi2 | 食 | 飠 | 9 |
185 | shou3 | 首 | 9 | |
186 | xiang1 | 香 | 9 | |
187 | ma3 | 馬 | 10 | |
188 | gu3 | 骨 | 10 | |
189 | gao1 | 高 | 10 | |
190 | biao1 | 髟 | 10 | |
191 | dou4 | 鬥 | 10 | |
192 | chang4 | 鬯 | 10 | |
193 | ge2 | 鬲 | 10 | |
194 | gui3 | 鬼 | 10 | |
195 | yu2 | 魚 | 11 | |
196 | niao3 | 鳥 | 11 | |
197 | lu3 | 鹵 | 11 | |
198 | lu4 | 鹿 | 11 | |
199 | mai4 | 麥 | 11 | |
200 | ma2 | 麻 | 11 | |
201 | huang2 | 黃 | 12 | |
202 | shu3 | 黍 | 12 | |
203 | hei1 | 黑 | 12 | |
204 | zhi3 | 黹 | 12 | |
205 | min3 | 黽 | 13 | |
206 | ding3 | 鼎 | 13 | |
207 | gu3 | 鼓 | 13 | |
208 | shu3 | 鼠 | 13 | |
209 | bi2 | 鼻 | 14 | |
210 | qi2 | 齊 | 14 | |
211 | chi3 | 齒 | 15 | |
212 | long2 | 龍 | 16 | |
213 | gui1 | 龜 | 16 | |
214 | yue4 | 龠 | 17 |
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