line

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a simple vertical stroke in oracle-bone and seal script, representing a line or natural boundary. It is the most fundamental radical, serving to distinguish and structure other characters.

Mnemonic: One vertical stroke—the line radical is the foundation of all Chinese characters, like a taut string.

• 丨gǔn🔊

  radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

  1 strokes

• 丩jiū🔊

  old variant of 糾|纠[jiu1]

  2 strokes

• 个gè🔊

  variant of 個|个[ge4]

  HSK 1

  3 strokes

• 丫yā🔊

  fork

  3 strokes

• 㐄kuà🔊

  component in Chinese characters, mirror image of 夂[zhi3]

  3 strokes