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Chinese radicals

A radical is the part of a character that files it in a dictionary, and in most characters it is also the half that carries the meaning. These are the 211 used by the 1,797 characters of HSK 3.0 Levels 1 to 6; the 77 with 6 or more characters have a page listing every one of them.

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1 stroke

一one · 20丿slash · 9丨number one · 6

2 strokes

人man · 85阝place · 29刂knife · 20力strength · 14又and · 13十ten · 12厂cliff · 12儿son · 11冫ice · 11八eight · 9二two · 8亠lid · 6刀knife · 6

3 strokes

口mouth · 80氵water · 76纟silk · 44辶to walk · 43土soil · 34宀roof · 32艹grass · 30女woman · 24大big · 19巾cloth · 16广broad · 16彳to step with the left foot · 13犭dog · 13囗enclosure · 12门gate · 11尸body · 9子son · 8寸inch · 8马horse · 8山mountain · 7弓bow · 7

4 strokes

手hand · 105木tree · 67心heart · 61月moon · 41日sun · 31贝sea shell · 27火fire · 19攵to rap · 15王king · 12车cart · 12欠to lack · 10戈spear · 9灬fire · 9户door · 7方square · 7礻spirit · 7曰to speak · 6牛ox · 6见to see · 6

5 strokes

目eye · 16禾cereal · 16石stone · 14田field · 10皿dish · 10疒sickness · 8立to stand · 8衤cloth · 8穴cave · 6

6 strokes

竹bamboo · 20页page · 14米rice · 10耳ear · 7衣cloth · 7

7 strokes

言words · 50足foot · 16走to walk · 8酉wine · 8

8 strokes

金gold · 22雨rain · 7

9 strokes

食food · 10
Radicals with fewer than 6 characters — 134 of them

134 radicals file one, two or three of the catalogue's characters each. A list that short does not fill a page, so the characters are here, under the radical that files them.