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radicals have been used to refer to components of Kanji (Chinese
characters in the Japanese writing system). The concept of radicals
was developed to classify and index a large number of Kanji.
In modern Japanese, over 200 radicals are used to index Kanji. A radical is assigned to every Kanji. Some radicals indicate the meaning or meaning category of Kanji. Other radicals indicate an on-reading of Kanji. The radicals appear in various places within Kanji, but some have fixed places in Kanji such as the left, right, top, bottom, upper left and lower left. |
are
where the components express the meaning of the Kanji. We call these components
"Bushu (the radicals)"