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 TextFugu.com.

drop of
one stick slide z-hook barb
liquid

influential rice upside top of the

two kettle lid person legs enter fish legs horns ice water
person paddy hat down box head

variety knife / box on itʼs shamanʼs

table open box power enclosure spoon ten seal cliff
stick rack sword side stick

(selfish!) broken crooked

me / I stool nine stairs nail volcano leaf
me box nail

sweet
woman / fancy pot measure-
water mouth ground samurai winter evening big / large child little
female lid ment
slide

unicorn w/ deranged constructi snake hanging pile of my

flag left hand mountain river river bend dry
horns 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
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grave grave ceremoni broken stirring

door hand holy stool figure T-cliff direction heaven
slide slide al slide stool rod

crooked stool next family

sun moon tree fail stop bad compare fur spirit
heaven to table name

double X communi-
water fire fish tail claw father dog (ne)lly king origin devil wing
(xx) ty

demented stabbed wide eye

five mother cow
dog finger snake

mysteriou 10,000 double running shore covered

melon sugary life rice field battle tent white
s eggs moon man breaker stool

two Nellyʼs
heavenly “two” my box genera-
plate eye stone branch cave stand got a giant
slide small home tion
tree knife

20 upside
attentive sideways
down fang
mother eye
boxes

flattened three
bamboo rice small pie sheep feathers rake ear brush meat self
mountain brach tree

broken seven
my grave tongue boat clothes good color bug blood go west
sun cliffs
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under-
fish leg
servant see say bean hog clam red leg car bitter ground
house
clothes

empty
rice slide
rice field

mountain
gold leader gate emperor rain blue alleyway excuse equal
horns

9+

clam with
noise wind food neck goods horse tall demon dragon admirable fish
leaf hat

standing
on a holy
bird hemp yellow black none tooth
hand
grenade