What is the 丷 component in Chinese characters?

丷 (ha) is a Chinese character component associated here with “kwukyel”. It appears in 33 indexed related characters and is taught as a Visual pattern.

Is 丷 a radical or a component?

丷 serves as both a component used for learning patterns and a radical used for dictionary indexing. This page focuses on the learning pattern; the linked radical page focuses on lookup.

Home›Components›丷

Visual pattern

丷 component

ha · kwukyel

A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.

View stroke order Open radical family

A repeatable reading move

How to use 丷

Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.

Spot 丷

Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.

Compare the visual pattern

Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.

Check what changes

Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.

Shared clue丷Visual pattern

Read the pattern before memorizing the list

Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.

The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.

Compare the family

What stays the same, what changes?

These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 丷.

并=

丷+开

bìngHSK 3.0 · L4

to combine, to annex

Study character

曾=

丷+𭥴

céngHSK 3.0 · L5

already, formerly, once

Study character

半=

丷+二+丨

bànHSK 3.0 · L1

half

Study character

金=

人+王+丷

jīn

gold, metal

Study character

单=

丷+甲+一

dānHSK 3.0 · L5

single, individual, only

Study character

关=

丷+天

guānHSK 3.0 · L3

frontier pass

Study character

平=

干+丷

píngHSK 3.0 · L5

flat, level, even

Study character

立=

亠+丷+一

lìHSK 3.0 · L6

to stand

Study character

率=

玄+丷+八+十

lǜHSK 3.0 · L6

to command, to lead

Study character

旁=

亠+丷+冖+方

páng

side

Study character

产=

亠+丷+厂

chǎnHSK 3.0 · L5

to give birth, to bring forth, to produce

Study character

夹=

夫+丷

jiāHSK 3.0 · L6

to support

Study character

Additional indexed matches

Some matches have only a partial visual index. Open a character to see whether a complete decomposition is available; partial data is never shown as an equation.