214 Kangxi Radicals
The 214 Kangxi radicals (康熙部首, Kāngxī bùshǒu) are the indexing system for Chinese characters, established in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every character is classified under one radical. Why Learn Radicals Dictionary lookup — Traditional method for looking up characters without knowing their pronunciation Pattern recognition — Group ~50,000 characters into 214 families Meaning hints — Semantic radicals indicate the meaning category of a character Memory scaffold — Learn 214 units...