ANATOMICAL DECODER / 214 KANGXI SYSTEM

Radical & Component Explorer.

Over 85% of Chinese characters are built from recurring building blocks. Select a radical below to decode its meaning clue and unlock related HSK vocabulary.

214 Kangxi Radicals · Core & Rare Highlighted

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Kangxi dictionary headings preserve traditional canonical forms; positional variants (such as 氵 for 水 or 扌 for 手) change shape and stroke count by placement.

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How Phono-Semantic Characters Work

Most characters combine a Semantic Radical (topic clue, like 氵 for water) with a Phonetic Root (sound clue, like 青 qīng) ➔ 清 (qīng, clear water).

一

Radical #1: 一 (yī)

Common1 strokesKangxi #1Multi-position

📚 Common Radical — appears regularly across HSK 1–6 vocabulary.

Semantic category: one, horizontal line. Characters featuring this radical often share this underlying concept.

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Why It Matters: Kangxi Radical #1 (1 stroke). Typical placement: flexible.

Characters containing 一 (component)

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Dictionary radical (部首) vs. component (部件): every character has ONE dictionary radical used for indexing, and may contain several graphical components. This list shows compound characters whose decomposition directly contains 一.

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