The Most Commonly Used Classifiers of Chinese Characters

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常见汉字偏旁名称表

Chángjiàn Hànzì Biānpáng Míngchēng Biǎo

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The following table lists the most commonly used radicals that a beginning student should familiarise himself/herself with in his/her study of the Chinese characters. Similar tables are available everywhere on the Internet, but this one is adapted from a source on the Xīnhuá Zìdiǎn 新华字典 website: <http://xh.5156edu.com/page/18315.html>. 

In the list presented here, I have made a number of distinctions which are useful to the learners. For instance, I have described the stroke order of the radicals by listing their stroke codes (click the link for a separate article), and re-arranged the sequence of the list accordingly. I have distinguished the left-阝from the right-阝as they are of different etymological origins. I have also removed alternative names of the same radical. 

The list will be expanded in the course of our programme. Some of the most commonly used individual radicals will be explained in class. To students of advanced Chinese at a later stage, a systematic study of the etymology of all the essential radicals is recommended.

Youxuan Wang
2011-10-21

Radical	Stroke Order	Name	Examples
厂	13	piānchǎngr 偏厂儿	厅、历、厚
匚	15	sānkuānglánr 三匡栏儿	区、匠、匣
刂	22	lìdāopángr 立刀旁儿	列、别、剑
冂	25	tóngzìkuāngr 同字匡儿	同、网、周
亻	32	dānrénpángr单人旁儿	仁、位、你
勹	35	bāozìtóur 包字头儿	勺、勾、句
冫	41	liǎngdiǎnshuǐr 两点水儿	次、冷、冰
冖	45	tūbǎogàir 秃宝盖儿	写、军、冠
讠	45	yánzìpángr 言字旁儿	语、说、请
卩	52	dān'ěrpángr 单耳旁儿	卫、印、却
阝	52	yòu'ěrdāor 右耳刀儿 (right)	邦、那、郊 鄢、郢
阝	52	zuǒ'ěrdāor 左耳刀儿 (left)	防、阻、院
廴	54	jìànzhīpángr 建之旁儿	建、延、廷
厶	54	sīzìr 私字儿	允、去、矣
扌	121	tíshǒupángr 提手旁儿	扛、担、摘
土	121	títǔpángr 提土旁儿	地、场、城
艹	122	cǎozìtóur 草字头儿	艾、花、英
廾	132	nòngzìdǐr 弄字底儿	开、弁、异
尢	135	yōuzìpángr 尤字旁儿	尤、龙、尥
囗	251	fāngkuàngr 方匡儿	因、国、图
彳	332	shuāngrénpángr 双人旁儿	行、征、徒
彡	333	sānpiěr 三撇儿	形、参、须
犭	353	fǎnquǎnpángr 反犬旁儿	狂、独、狠
夂	354	zhéwénr 折文儿	冬、处、夏
饣	355	shízìpángr 食字旁儿	饮、饲、饰
广	412	guǎngzìpángr 广字旁儿	庄、店、席
丬(爿)	412	jiàngzìpángr 将字旁儿	壮、状、将
氵	441	sāndiǎnshuǐr 三点水儿	江、渴、活
忄	442	shùxīnpángr 竖心旁	情、快、性
宀	445	bǎogàir 宝盖儿	家、定、宾
辶	454	zǒuzhīpáng 走之旁	过、还、送
子	521	zǐzìpángr 子字旁儿	孔、孙、孩
纟	551	jiǎosīpángr 绞丝旁儿	红、约、纯
巛	555	sānguǎir 三拐儿	甾、邕、巢
王	1121	xiéyùpángr 斜玉旁儿	玩、珍、班
木	1234	mùzìpángr 木字旁儿	朴、杜、栋
牛	3112	niúzìpángr 牛字旁儿	牡、物、牲
攵	3134	fǎnwénpángr 反文旁儿	收、政、教
火	4334	huǒzìpángr 火字旁儿	灯、灿、烛
灬	4444	sìdiǎnr 四点儿	杰、点、热
礻	4524	shìzìpángr 示字旁儿	礼、社、祖
	11134	chūnzìtóur 春字头儿	奉、奏、秦
皿	25221	mǐnzìdǐr 皿字底儿	盂、益、盔
罒	25221	sìzìtóur 四字头儿	罗、罢、罪
禾	31234	hémùpángr 禾木旁儿	和、秋、种
钅	32225	jīnzìpángr 金字旁儿	钢、钱、铃
疒	41341	bìngzìpángr 病字旁儿	症、疼、痕
衤	45234	yīzìpángr 衣字旁儿	初、袖、被
癶	54334	dēngzìtóur 登字头儿	癸、登、凳
虍	215315	hǔzìtóur 虎字头儿	虏、虑、虚
⺮	314314	zhúzìtóur 竹字头儿	笑、笔、笛
米	431234	mǐzìpángr 米字旁儿	粉、料、粮
⻊	2512121	zúzìpángr 足字旁儿	跃、距、蹄

Adapted from source: <http://xh.5156edu.com/page/18315.html>

Read also:

Complete list of the classifiers used in Chinese dictionaries of characters 汉语字典部首表.

URL: <http://intensive-chinese.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/classifier-radicals.html>.

Wang, Youxuan. (2011). 'Configurations of radicals in the Chinese characters'. 2011-10-25. URL: <http://intensive-chinese.blogspot.com/2011/10/spatial-relations-among-radicals-in.html>.

Wang, Youxuan. (2011). 'Five basic strokes and their stroke code'. 2011-11-13. URL: <http://intensive-chinese.blogspot.com/2011/11/stroke-code-and-stroke-order.html>.

Wang, Youxuan. (2011). 'The stroke order of Chinese characters'. 2011-12-05. URL: <http://intensive-chinese.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-do-radical-matter.html>.

 
>> Onbline discussion: 
Youxuan Wang. (2011, November 13). 'What is the organizing principle for arranging the sequence of two radicals/classifiers whihc share a string of stroke order serical code? ( 如何根据笔画来排列笔顺编号相同的汉字或部首？). Zdic. <http://bbs.zdic.net/thread-156346-1-1.html>.

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