Kanji Primes
Kanji Primes are not characters on their own but appear as parts of kanji often.
For example, "宀" is not a character on its own but appears in 字, 空, 穴, 室, 宇, 宙, etc. so we attach a meaning to it to make it easy to recall and make mnemonics with.
For example, "宀" is not a character on its own but appears in 字, 空, 穴, 室, 宇, 宙, etc. so we attach a meaning to it to make it easy to recall and make mnemonics with.
1
丨
stick
1
丶
dot
1
丿
bend
1
乚
fishhook
1
亅
barb
1
乛
fishing spear
1
∟
steel square
2
亠
pot lid
2
亻
human
2
doing the splits
2
儿
legs
2
冂
window pane
2
冖
crown
2
冫
ice
2
凵
container
2
刂
katana
2
⺈
bound
2
勹
wrapped
2
匕
spoon
2
匚
box
2
卜
magic wand
2
卩
seal
2
㔾
mini seal
2
厂
cliff
2
厶
private
2
マ
end
2
丷
horns
2
ユ
coat hanger
2
メ
buried treasure
2
roundhouse kick
2
几
table
2
give
2
丂
hook hand
2
ラ
skilled
2
measure
2
hood
2
丩
wrench
2
丅
nail
2
⺁
mudslide
3
囗
enclosure
3
宀
roof
3
尸
flag
3
屮
sprout
3
巛
flood
3
幺
short thread
3
广
rainy cliff
3
廴
stretch
3
廾
both hands
3
弋
ceremony
3
彑
pig's head
3
彡
stubble
3
彳
water slide
3
忄
standing heart
3
扌
foam finger
3
犭
mutt
3
⻌
road
3
阝
Colorado
3
⻏
Chicago
3
艹
flower
3
氵
water
3
⺍
dwarf
3
⺌
microscopic
3
ヨ
yo
3
夂
winter
3
也
shipwreck
3
socks
3
之
cruise ship
4
攵
folding chair
4
⺗
bottom of the heart
4
戈
parade float
4
殳
missile
4
毋
mom
4
礻
tall altar
4
⺣
stove top
4
气
vapor
4
skirt
4
wooden sandals
4
开
torii
4
云
whisper
4
耂
aging
4
歹
skeleton
4
廿
twenty one
4
勿
must not
4
巴
big-eyed snake
4
爫
eagle
4
⺝
body part, meat
4
尤
broken-legged dog
4
卬
rabbit ears
4
丰
topiary
4
丑
bull
5
疋
hat rack
5
⺪
small spool of cloth
5
疒
sickness
5
癶
rainy tent
5
禾
wheat
5
衤
ill-fitting clothes
5
罒
eyes
5
乍
suddenly
5
dragon
5
ruler
5
㠯
glasses
5
业
smokestacks
5
戊
promotion
5
丗
thirty one
5
卌
forty
5
弗
dollar
5
朮
acrobat
5
乎
uneven
5
氐
earth's core
6
而
rake
6
聿
brush
6
艮
pretty good
6
虍
tiger stripes
6
产
standing on a cliff
6
wing
6
兴
boombox
6
覀
dynamite
6
亥
wild boar
6
关
demon
7
舛
opposite
7
豸
badger
7
釆
divide
7
豕
pig
7
甫
confucius
7
酉
alcohol
7
夾
scissors
7
㐬
chalice
8
隶
servant
8
隹
turkey
8
龺
morning
8
其
rocket
8
㑒
helmet
8
侖
orderly
8
坴
clod
8
鼡
rat
8
尭
vampire
9
頁
page
9
畐
fortune
9
俞
butcher shop
9
咼
smirk
9
禺
planthopper
9
爰
abducted
10
韋
Korea
10
髟
long hair
10
鬯
sacrificial wine
10
鬲
tripod
10
袁
long kimono
11
啇
secret base
12
尞
gasoline
13
㐮
cat cafe