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List of Chinese Radicals

The Chinese radical (Chinese: 部首) is an essential element of the Chinese dictionary. The list of Chinese radicals is a rough equivalent of a Chinese "alphabet". Every Chinese character is classified under a radical and characters with the same radical are sorted by the number of strokes (Simplified Chinese: 画; Traditional Chinese: 畫) used in writing them. The number of strokes varies between 1 and 17. Characters belonging to a particular radical are in turn listed on the basis of the number of additional strokes. Note that the number of strokes is not always clear to the untrained eye. There have been several systems of radicals in use at various times during the history of the Chinese language. The following describes the Unicode system of radicals, which is based on the traditional 214 radicals of the Kangxi dictionary. The main difference between the Unicode and the Kangxi radicals is that the Unicode system has been extended to classify both simplified and traditional Chinese characters, as well as characters which are used only in Japanese or Korean. 1  Stroke Chinese Radicals: 一 丨 丶 丿 乙/乚 亅/了 2 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 二 亠 人/亻 儿 入 八 冂 冖 冫 几 凵 刀/刂 力 勹 匕 匚/匸 十 卜 卩 厂 厶 又 讠 阝 3 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 艹 口 囗 土 士 夂 夕 大 女 子/孑 宀 寸 小 尢 尸 屮 山 川/巛 工 己 巾 干 幺 纟 广 廴 廾 弋 弓 彐/彑 彡 彳 忄 扌 氵 犭 辶 门 饣 马 4 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 心 戈 户 手 支 攴 攵 文 斗 禸 斤 方 无 日/曰 月 木 欠 止 歹 殳 毋 比 毛 氏 气 水 火/灬 爪 父 片 牙 牛 犬 王 礻 贝 长 韦 风 飞 见 车 5 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 玄 玉 瓜 瓦 甘 生 用 衤 田 疋 疒 癶 白 皮 皿 目 矛 矢 石 示 禾 穴 立 鸟 龙 钅 6 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 竹 米 糸 缶 网 羊 羽 老 而 耒 耳 聿 肉 臣 自 至 臼 舌 舟 艮 色 虍 虫 血 行 衣 西 页 齐 7 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 角 言 谷 豆 豕 豸 赤 走 足 身  辛 辰 邑 酉 釆 卤 里  龟 8 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 金 阜 隶 隹 雨 青 非 鱼 齿 黾 9 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 骨 面 革 韭 音 食 首 香 鬼 10 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 高 髟 鬲 11 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 鹿 黄 麻 12 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 黍 鼎 黑 黹 13 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 鼓 鼠 14 Stroke Chinese Radicals: 鼻

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菠萝 bō luó
pineapple

草莓 cǎo méi
strawberry

甘蔗 gān zhè
cane

哈密瓜 hā mì guā
Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)

金橘 jīn jú
kumquat

梨 lí
pear

李子 lǐ zǐ
plum

荔枝 lì zhī
litchi fruit

芒果 máng guǒ
mango

猕猴桃 mí hóu táo
Chinese gooseberry

木瓜 mù guā

papaya

苹果 píng guǒ
apple

葡萄 pú tao
grape

石榴 shí liú
the pomegranate

柿子 shì zi
persimmon

桃子 táo zi
peach

西瓜 xī guā
watermelon

香蕉 xiāng jiāo
banana

香瓜 xiāng guā
muskmelon; also different varieties of sweet melon

杏 xìng
apricot

椰子 yē zi
coconut

樱桃 yīng táo
cherry

柚子 yòu zi
pomelo / shaddock

枣 zǎo
jujube

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