Kanji Radicals Cheat Sheet
Remember, kanji isnʼt made up of individual strokes, itʼs made up of radicals. If you learn by strokes, you have to remember 5,
10, 15+ plus steps. If you learn the radicals, and put them together like building blocks, youʼll only have to remember 2, 3, or 4
steps to put together a kanji. Doesnʼt that sound a lot nicer than learning each individual stroke? To get the full picture, use this
cheat sheet with the kanji section of .
1
one/
drop of
stick
slide
nose
barb
ground
liquid
2
influential
upside
ice &
two
kettle lid
person
hat
legs
enter
fish legs
horns
forehead
person
down box
water
variety
knife /
box on itʼs
shamanʼs
table
open box
power
enclosure
spoon
ten
seal
cliff
stick rack
sword
side
stick
broken
crooked
me / I
stool
mama
nine
stairs
nail
volcano
leaf
box
nail
3
rly sweet
woman /
measure-
water
mouth
ground
samurai
winter
evening
big / large
child
pot lid
little
female
ment
slide
triceratop
deranged
constructi
snake
hanging
pile of my
flag
left hand
mountain
river
river bend
dry
s
big man
on
skull
towel
stuff
double
man on
big step /
busted up
stuck
linger /
fish legs
twenty
ceremony
knocked
hair
spiky stick
liquid
cliff
stride
stick
ninja star
loiter
stick
over box
alligator
reinforced
reinforced
animal
grass
butcher
death
skull
Stairs
enclosure