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Bushu

The bushu (部首) or "radical" of a kanji is its classification by means of one of 216 component parts of the kanji.

The system of classifying the kanji by their component parts first began with the Kang-xi dictionary class="jr">kōki jiten (康煕字典) in China.

See also

  • Kanji radical names for a complete list.

    • Links

  • Unicode CJK radicals supplement (PDF format)
  • Unicode Kangxi radicals
  • Hanzi 214 KangXi Radicals from Sapienti. Contains examples.