Browse Cantonese characters by their radical. Radicals are organized by stroke count for easy lookup.
Radicals (部首) are the building blocks of Chinese characters. Each character has a radical component that often indicates its meaning or category.
By learning radicals, you can better understand character structure and lookup characters in dictionaries.
The radical system works for both traditional and simplified characters.
Common Radical Categories:
• 水 (water) - appears in: 河、海、洗、泳 (water-related characters)
• 口 (mouth) - appears in: 吃、喝、哥、唱 (speech/mouth-related)
• 心 (heart) - appears in: 想、愛、情、忘 (emotion-related)
• 手 (hand) - appears in: 打、拿、推、抱 (hand action-related)