48 MOST FREQUENT KANJI RADICALS based on the new 2136 jôyô kanji list

© Patrick Chaury

water person hand tree heart mouth

= 25%!

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6 most frequent radicals

= 50%!

+12

to say thread path ground meat city wall sun woman roof shell metal/gold

plant 択

= 75%!

(拭)

+30

sword fire bamboo power grain head cloak to go rice field eye big cloth building dog one

(公)

% = percentage of jôyô kanji that have one of these radicals

mountain action stone corpse jewel/king illness altar vehicle bottle rain enclosure inch eat ten bow