Chinese Character Radicals
Similar to Chinese Pinyin Table, the Chinese Radical Table lists all the radicals for the simplified Chinese characters in the order of the stroke counts. The list of Chinese radicals is a rough equivalent of a Chinese alphabet. They are used to index the characters for Chinese dictionaries. They are also building blocks of the Chinese characters and often reflecting some common semantic or phonetic characteristic. Knowing
common radicals can greatly help you learn new Chinese characters.
To look up a character, you can click the radical. All the simplified characters with the radical will show up instantly. There are 214 radicals in the original Kangxi radical list, but a few of them are no longer used in the simplified Chinese.
If you are looking for characters with a particular component, which may not be a radical, you can use Search by Component page. Alternatively, if you know the Pinyin, you can use Chinese Pinyin Table to look up characters.
To generate Chinese character radical worksheets for offline practice, you can go to the Chinese worksheets page, click the Chinese Character Radicals link on the side bar and then hit the Generate Worksheets button.
Chinese Radical Table
Order by: Radical Number Stroke Count Pinyin English
Radical No. Radical English Pinyin Stroke Count Variant (traditional) 1
一
one yī 1 2丨
line shù 1 3丶
dot diǎn 1 4丿
slash piě 1乀
乁
5乙
second yǐ 1乚
乛
6亅
hook gōu 1 7二
two èr 2 8亠
lid tóu 2 9人
person rén 2亻
10儿
legs ér 2 11入
enter rù 2 12八
eight bā 2丷
13
冂
down box jiǒng 2 14冖
cover mì 2 15冫
ice bīng 2 16几
table jī, jǐ 2 17凵
open box qǔ 2 18刀
knife dāo 2刂
19力
power lì 2 20勹
wrap bāo 2 21匕
ladle bǐ 222
匚
right open box fāng 223
匸
hiding enclosure xǐ 2 24十
ten shí 2 25卜
divination bǔ 2 26卩
seal jié 2 27厂
cliff hàn 2 28厶
private sī 2 29又
again yòu 2 30口
mouth kǒu 3 31囗
enclosure wéi 3 32土
earth tǔ 3 33士
scholar shì 3 34夂
go suī 3 35夊
go slowly zhī 3 36夕
night xī 3 37大
big dà 338
女
woman nǚ 3 39子
child zǐ 3 40宀
roof gài 3 41寸
inch cùn 3 42小
small xiǎo 3 43尢
lame yóu 3尣
44尸
corpse shī 3 45屮
sprout chè 3 46山
mountain shān 3 47川
river chuān 3巛
巜
48工
work gōng 3 49己
oneself jǐ 3 50巾
towel jīn 3 51干
dry gān 3 52幺
thread yāo 3 53广
shelter guǎng 3 54廴
stride yǐn 3 55廾
hands joined gǒng 356
弋
shoot with a bow yì 357
弓
bow gōng 3 58彐
snout jì 3彑
59彡
hair shān 3 60彳
step chì 3 61心
heart xīn 4忄
62戈
spear gē 463
户
door hù 4 64手
hand shǒu 4扌
65支
branch zhī 4 66攴
rap pū 4攵
67文
script wén 4 68斗
dipper dǒu 4 69斤
axe jīn 4 70方
square fāng 4 71无
not wú 4 72日
sun rì 4 73曰
say yuē 4 74月
moon yuè 4 75木
tree mù 4 76欠
lack qiàn 4 77止
stop zhǐ 4 78歹
death dǎi 4 79殳
weapon shū 4 80母
mother mǔ 4毋
81比
compare bǐ 4 82毛
fur máo 4 83氏
clan shì 4 84气
steam qì 4 85水
water shuǐ 4氵
86火
fire huǒ 4灬
87爪
claw zhǎo 4爫
88
父
father fù 4 89爻
lines on a trigram yáo 4 90爿
half of a tree trunk qiáng 491
片
slice piàn 4 92牙
fang yá 4 93牛
cow niú 4牜
94犭
dog quǎn 3犬
95玄
profound xuán 5 96玉
jade yù 5王
97瓜
melon guā 5 98瓦
tile wǎ 5 99甘
sweet gān 5 100生
life shēng 5 101用
use yòng 5 102田
field tián 5 103疋
cloth pǐ 5 104疒
ill bìng 5 105癶
foot steps bō 5 106白
white bái 5 107皮
skin pí 5 108皿
dish mǐn 5 109目
eye mù 5 110矛
spear máo 5 111矢
arrow shǐ 5 112石
stone shí 5113
示
spirit shì 5礻
114禸
track róu 4 115禾
grain hé 5 116穴
cave xuè 5 117立
stand lì 5 118竹
bamboo zhú 6 119米
rice mǐ 6 120纟
silk sī 3(
糸
)
121缶
jar fǒu 6 122网
net wǎng 6罒
123羊
sheep yáng 6 124羽
feather yǔ 6 125老
old lǎo 6 126而
and ér 6 127耒
plow lěi 6 128耳
ear ěr 6 129聿
brush yù 6 130肉
meat ròu 6 131臣
minister chén 6 132自
oneself zì 6 133至
arrive zhì 6 134臼
mortar jiù 6 135舌
tongue shé 6 136舛
contrary chuǎn 6 137舟
boat zhōu 6138
艮
mountain gèn 6 139色
color sè 6 140艹
grass cǎo 3 141虍
tiger hǔ 6 142虫
insect chóng 6 143血
blood xuě 6 144行
walk xíng 6 145衣
clothes yī 6衤
146西
west xī 6覀
147见
see jiàn 4(
見
)
148角
horn jiǎo 7 149讠
speech yán 2(
言
)
150谷
valley gǔ 7 151豆
bean dòu 7 152豖
pig shǐ 7 153豸
badger zhì 7 154贝
shell bèi 4(
貝
)
155赤
red chì 7 156走
walk zǒu 7 157足
foot zú 7 158身
body shēn 7 159车
cart chē 4(
車
)
160辛
bitter xīn 7 161辰
morning chén 7 162辶
walk chuò 3163
邑
city yì 7阝
164酉
wine yǒu 7 165釆
distinguish biàn 7 166里
village lǐ 7 167钅
metal jīn 5金
168长
long cháng 4(
長
)
169门
gate mén 3(
門
)
170阜
mound fù 8阝
171隶
slave lì 8172
隹
short-tailed bird zhuī 8173
雨
rain yǔ 8174
青
blue qīng 8175
非
wrong fēi 8176
面
face miàn 9177
革
leather gé 9178
韦
soft leather wěi 4(
韋
)
179
韭
leek jiǔ 9 180音
sound yīn 9 181页
page yè 6(
頁
)
182风
wind fēng 4(
風
)
183飞
fly fēi 4(
飛
)
184饣
eat shí 3飠
食
185首
head shǒu 9 186香
fragrant xiāng 9 187马
horse mǎ 3(
馬
)
188
骨
bone gǔ 9189
高
high gāo 10190
髟
long hair biāo 10191
鬥
fight dòu 10 192鬯
sacrificial wine chàng 10 193鬲
cauldron lì 10 194鬼
ghost guǐ 9 195鱼
fish yú 8(
魚
)
196鸟
bird niǎo 5(
鳥
)
197卤
salty lǔ 7 198鹿
deer lù 11 199麦
wheat mài 7(
麥
)
200麻
hemp má 11 201黃
yellow huáng 11 202黍
millet shǔ 12 203黑
black hēi 12 204黹
embroidery zhǐ 12 205黾
frog mǐn 8(
黽
)
206鼎
tripod dǐng 12 207鼓
drum gǔ 13 208鼠
rat shǔ 13 209鼻
nose bí 14 210齐
even qí 6(
齊
)
211齿
tooth chǐ 8(
齒
)
龙
龍
213
龟
turtle guī 7(
龜
)
214
龠
flute yuè 17Chinese Character Structure
The character structure information is very useful for Chinese language learners to recognize the character composition. The following table lists the common character structures of modern Chinese characters. It is based on the the 12 Ideographic Description Characters (IDCs) introduced in ISO 10646 and the version 3.0 of the Unicode standard, They describe the ideographic character composition at the abstract level.
Ideographic Description Character Unicode Description Description in Chinese Example Characters
⿰
2FF0 Left to Right 左右结构好
,
你
,
吗
,
他
⿱
2FF1 Above to Below 上下结构主
,
全
,
分
,
乔
⿲
2FF2 Left to Middle and Right 左中右结构辩
,
班
,
辙
,
弼
⿳
2FF3 Above to Middle and Below 上中下结构复
,
享
,
兽
,
养
⿴
2FF4 Full Surround 全包围结构囚
,
回
,
因
,
叉
⿵
2FF5 Surround from Above 上包围结构冈
,
闭
,
咸
,
凤
⿶
2FF6 Surround from Below 下包围结构凶
,
凿
,
鼎
,
凼
⿷
2FF7 Surround from Left 左包围结构匠
,
区
,
医
,
匪
,
⿸
2FF8 Surround from Upper Left 左上包围结构厘
,
危
,
友
,
发
⿹
2FF9 Surround from Upper Right 右上包围结构乌
,
可
,
包
,
乃
⿺
2FFA Surround from Lower Left 左下包围结构勉
,
处
,
起
,
建
,
⿻
2FFB Overlaid 交叉结构坐
,
农
,
幽
,
臾
Note that the characters that appear in the first column of the table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.
Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Table
The Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Table (汉语拼音表) provides the complete listing of all Pinyin syllables used in standard Mandarin. An empty cell on the table indicates that the corresponding syllable does not exist in standard Mandarin. The tone variations of the syllable will display on the top of the table after you click on a syllable. Click on the tone variations of a syllable to listen and practice the pronunciation. Not all 4 tones exist for each syllable. The system displays only the tone variations that exist in standard Mandarin.
Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Table
Initials (Consonants) b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s F i n a l s ( V o w e l s )
a a ba pa ma fa da ta na la ga ka ha zha cha sha za ca sa
ai ai bai pai mai dai tai nai lai gai kai hai zhai chai shai zai cai sai an an ba n pa n ma n fan da
n tannanlan gan kan han zhan chanshanran za n ca n sa n an g ang ba ng pa ng ma ng fan g da ng tan g nan g lan g gan g kan g han g zhan g chan g shan g ran g za ng ca ng sa ng ao ao ba o pa o ma o da
o taonaolao gao kao hao zhao chaoshaorao za o ca o sa o
e e me de te ne le ge ke he zhe che she re ze ce se
ei ei bei pei mei fei dei nei lei gei hei shei zei
en en be n pe n me n fen de
n nen gen ken hen zhen chenshenren ze n ce n se n en g be ng pe ng me ng fen g de ng ten g nen g len g gen g ken g hen g zhen g chen g shen g ren g ze ng ce ng se ng er er
i yi bi pi mi di ti ni li ji qi xi zhi chi shi ri zi ci si
ia ya dia lia jia qia xia
ianyanbia n pia n mia n dia n tia n nia n lia n jia n qia n xia n ian g yan g nia ng lia ng jia ng qia ng xia ng iaoyaobia
o pia o mia o dia o tia o nia o lia o jia o qia o xia o
ie ye bie pie mie die tie nie lie jie qie xie
in yin bin pin min nin lin jin qin xin
ing yin g bin g pin g min g din g tin g nin g lin g jin g qin g xin g io yo
ion g yon g jio ng qio ng xio ng
iu you miu diu niu liu jiu qiu xiu
o o bo po mo fo lo on g we ng do ng ton g non g lon g gon g kon g hon g zhon g chon g ron g zo ng co ng so ng ou ou po u mo u fou do
u tounoulou gou kou hou zhou choushourou zo u co u so u
u wu bu pu mu fu du tu nu lu gu ku hu zhu chu shu ru zu cu su
ua wa gua kua hua zhua shua
uai wai guaikuaihuai chuaishuai
ua n wa n du an tua n nua n lua n gua n kua n hua n zhua n chua n shua n rua n zu an cu an su an ua ng wa ng gua ng kua ng hua ng zhua ng chua ng shua ng
ue yue nüelüe juequexue
ui wei dui tui gui kui hui zhui chui shui rui zui cui sui
un we n
du
n tun lun gun kun hun zhun chunshunrun zu n cu n su n uo wo du
o tuonuoluo guo kuo huo zhuo chuoshuoruo zu o cu o su o ü yu nü lü ju qu xu üa n yua n jua n qua n xua n
ün yun junqunxun
Next to each syllable variation, there is an characters link. You can click the link to display all the characters that have the same pronunciation. The characters are ordered by the usage frequency. You can move your mouse over the characters to view their English defintions. If you want to know more about a character, click it to bring up the character details page.
If you are looking for characters with a particular radical, you can use Chinese Radical Table; if you are looking for characters with a non-radical component, you can use the Search by Component page.
Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation
Arch Chinese offers Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Table, Mandarin Chinese Tone Drill and Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Converter to help you study and practice Mandarin Chinese pronunciation.
Chinese characters. Pinyin, the romanization system for Mandarin Chinese, is used to teach Chinese school children and foreign learners the standard pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese.
The fundamental elements in Pinyin are initials and finals, which represent the segmental phonemic portion of the language. Initials are initial consonants, while finals are the combinations of medials (semivowels coming before the vowel), the nucleus vowel, and coda (final vowel or consonant).
Chinese is a tonal language. There are four tones in Mandarin Chinese (Click the tone examples to hear the tone differences):
1. The first tone: flat tone, marked by a macron on top of the Pinyin vowel, such as ā in mā (妈, mother)
2. The second tone: rising tone, marked by an acute accent on top of the Pinyin vowel, such as á in má (麻, numb)
3. The third tone: falling-rising tone, marked by a caron (or rounded breve) on top of the Pinyin vowel, such as ă in mă (马, horse)
4. The fourth tone: falling tone, marked by a grave accent on top of the Pinyin vowel, such as à in mà (骂, to scold)
The tone marks are important for correct pronunciation of Mandarin syllables. A common convention is to use a tone number at the end of individual syllables to mark their tones.
Certain tones change depending on what tone follows. When a third tone follows a third tone, the first syllable is said almost as a second tone, such as ni3 hao3(hello). As an example, the character 一 (yi1, one) is pronunced as a second tone before a fourth tone and as a fourth tone before the other tones. The character 不 (bu4, not) also changes its pronunctiation depending on its place in the sentence or the syllable which follows it.
An umlaut is placed over the letter u when it occurs after the initials l and n in order to represent the sound
yü. Tonal markers are added on top of the umlaut, as in lǜ and nǚ. v is commonly used instead by
convention.
In Mandarin Chinese, there is also a special sandhi for four tones, called neutral tone (toneless). It is
normally pronounced short and light. It occurs on stressless syllables and has a pitch entirely determined by the tones of adjacent syllables, for examples, bà ba (爸爸, father), shén me (什么, what,why).
To help you study Mandarin Chinese pronunciation, the Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Table provides the complete listing of all Pinyin syllables used in standard Mandarin. An empty cell on the table indicates that the corresponding syllable does not exist in standard Mandarin. The tone variations of the syllable will display on the top of the table after you click on a syllable. Click on the tone variations of a syllable to practice the pronunciation. Not all 4 tones exist for each syllable. The system displays only the tone variations that exist in standard Mandarin.
Another userful Pinyin tool is the Mandarin Chinese Pinyin Converter, which allows you to convert Pinyin with tone number notation to Pinyin with tone marks.
and tones. When you click the Play button on the toolbar, the system randomly plays the pronunciation of a Chinese character. After your listen to it, you can press one of the tone buttons to check. You can also click the Show Pinyin button on the toolbar to view the Pinyin corresponding to the pronunciation.
Drill history is listed at the bottom of the page. You can click any of the Pinyin links to review the related characters and phrases.
