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The 214 Traditional Radicals and Their Meanings
Kangxi Dictionary
(arranged by stroke number)
one, horizontal stroke
vertical stroke
dot
diagonal sweeping stroke
the second
hook
Vertical stroke with a hook
two
lid, top
person
person
person
human legs
to enter
eight
to enclose
cover, crown
ice
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table
wind
container, open box
knife, sword
knife, sword
power
to wrap
spoon
box
to conceal, hide
ten
oracle
stamp, seal
cliff
private, Katakana Mu
again, right hand
mouth
border, territorial boundaries
earth
man, scholar, samurai
to follow
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to go slowly
evening
large, big
woman
child, son
roof, house
inch, (2.25 cm)
small
lame leg
corpse, awning
sprout
mountain
winding river
river
work, carpenter, skill
self
cloth
to dry, shield
young, slight
slanting roof
to move, stretch
folded hands
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javelin
bow (in archery)
pigs head
hair-style, light rays
step, stride, street, to go
grass
road, walk, to advance
village, country, city (on the right)
hill, mound (on the left)
heart, mind, spirit
heart, mind, spirit
heart, mind, spirit
spear, weapon
door
hand
hand
branch
activity, to strike, hit
literature, letters
big dipper, ladle, 18.039 liters
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ax
direction, flag
not
sun, day, time )=
to say
moon, month, period
meat, flesh
tree, wood
to lack, yawn
to stop
death & dying, to decompose
lance shaft, action
not, mother
to compare
hair
family, clan
steam, air
water
water
water
fire
fire
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claw, nail
claw, nail
father
to mix
split wood (on the left)
split wood
fang, canine tooth
cow
dog
beast
darkness
jewelry
jewelry, jeweled king
melon
tile
sweet
birth, to be born, live
to use
rice paddy
roll of cloth
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sickness
outspread legs, departure
white
skin, hide
plate, bowl
eye
eye
halberd
arrow
stone
altar, festival , religious service
altar, festival , religious service
footprint
grain
hole, cave
to stand
bamboo
rice
thread
earthen jar
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net
sheep
sheep
feather, wing
old, old-age
and also
plow
ear
writing brush
flesh, meat
retainer, minister
self
to arrive, reach
mortar, quern
tongue
contrary, to err
ship, boat
boundary
color
grass, plant
tiger
worm, insect, bug sh
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blood
to go
clothing
clothing
cover, west
tosee
horn, corner
words, to speak, say
valley
bean
pig
badger, reptile
shell, property, wealth
red
to run
foot, leg
foot, leg
body
vehicle, wheel, car
bitter
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(fifth zodiac sign), 7 9 A.M.
to advance, move ahead
community
sake jar, bird
to separate
village, (3.93 km)
metal, gold, mineral
long
gate, door
hill
to capture
small bird
rain
blue, green
wrong, non-
face, surface
leather
leather
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leek
sound, noise
head, page
wind
to fly
food, to eat
food, to eat
head
scent
horse
bone
high
long hair
fighting
herbs
tripod
demon
fish
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bird
salt
deer
wheat
hemp
yellow
millet
black
embroider
frog
tripod
drum
rat, mouse
nose
alike
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tooth
dragon
turtle
flute