- All Chinese characters have a radical or are a radial in it self.
- As mentioned before, radical is used to look up a character in a dictionary.
- Beside, radical is used to tell something about the meaning of the character.
- e.g. 口.
It is the character for “mouth”. It is also the radical for many things related to mouth, such as 吃 = eat, 喝 = drink, etc. - Thus, learning radicals will help you to understand the characters more.
- Here are another 7 new common radicals.
List of Chinese Radicals
| Radical | English Name | Chinese Name | Pronunciation |
| 刂 | Knife | 立刀旁 lì dāo páng |
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| 卩 | Seal | 单耳旁 dān ěr páng |
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| 辶 | Walk | 走之 zǒu zhī |
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| 彳 | Step | 双人旁 shuāng rén páng |
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| 犭 | Dog | 反犬旁 fǎn quǎn páng |
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| 饣 | Eat | 食字旁 shí zì páng |
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| 纟 | Silk | 绞丝旁 jiǎo sī páng |
- This week exercise :
Try to write few Chinese characters that you know using the above radicals. - Happy learning.
