1

2

3

one stick

drop of

liquid

two kettle lid person

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.

table open box

me / I stool

sweet

water

slide

unicorn w/

horns

man on

cliff

variety

stick rack

(selfish!)

me

slide z-hook barb

influential

person

rice

paddy hat

power enclosure

nine

broken

box

legs enter fish legs horns

knife /

sword

spoon

stairs nail

mouth ground samurai winter evening big / large

deranged

big man

big step /

stride

animal grass butcher

flag left hand mountain river river bend

twenty ceremony

alligator

skull

busted up

stick

death

double

knocked

over box

reinforced

Stairs

stuck

ninja star

reinforced

enclosure

box on itʼs

side

crooked

nail

woman /

female

constructi

on

hair

ten

upside

down box

shamanʼs

stick

volcano leaf

child

snake

skull

linger /

loiter

fancy pot

lid

hanging

towel

fish legs

stick

top of the

head

ice water

seal cliff

measurement

dry

little

pile of my

stuff

spiky stick liquid

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4

5

6

grave

slide

crooked

heaven

grave

slide

ceremoni

al slide

door hand holy stool

broken

stool

sun moon tree fail stop bad

water fire fish tail claw father

demented

dog

mysteriou

s

melon

plate eye

20 upside

down

boxes

five

attentive

mother

stabbed

finger

10,000

eggs

heavenly

slide

sideways

eye

bamboo rice small pie

my grave

broken

sun

wide eye

snake

sugary life

stone

fang

flattened

mountain

double X

(xx)

mother cow

“two”

small

double

moon

my box

home

figure

stool next

to table

stirring

rod

compare fur

dog (ne)lly king origin

rice field

two

branch

tree

sheep feathers rake

tongue boat clothes good color

running

man

shore

breaker

cave stand

three

brach tree

seven

cliffs

T-cliff direction heaven

family

name

community

battle tent white

Nellyʼs

got a

knife

generation

spirit

devil wing

covered

stool

giant

ear brush meat self

bug blood go west

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7

8

9+

6

servant see say

rice slide

empty

rice field

fish leg

house

gold leader gate emperor rain blue alleyway

noise

clam with

leaf hat

bird hemp

bean hog clam red leg car bitter

mountain

horns

excuse equal

wind food neck goods horse tall demon dragon admirable fish

standing

on a holy

hand

grenade

yellow black none tooth

underground

clothes