Radical family

radical character index

shì · ritual; spirit

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43 indexed characters

Characters are grouped by total stroke count so you can narrow the family the same way a traditional radical index works.

4

4 strokes

1 character
shì

spirit

5

5 strokes

1 character

courtesy, manners, social customs

6

6 strokes

1 character

to pray

7

7 strokes

2 characters
shè

group, organization, society

to sacrifice, to worship

8

8 strokes

5 characters

only, just, simply

to pray, to entreat, to beseech

xiān

Ormazda, the Zoroastrian sun god

excellent, rare

zhǐ

blessings, happiness, good luck

9

9 strokes

11 characters
shén

god, spirit

zhù

to pray

ancestral temple

to exorcise

blessings, happiness, prosperity

one's deceased father

secret, mysterious, abstruse

to expel, to disperse

zhī

to revere, to respect, to look up to

ancestor, forefather

zuò

throne

10

10 strokes

3 characters
tiāo

ancestral hall

xiáng

happiness, good fortune

zhēn

lucky, auspicious

11

11 strokes

2 characters
dǎo

to pray, to entreat, to beg

huò

misfortune, disaster, calamity

12

12 strokes

4 characters
chán

meditation, contemplation

blessing, happiness, prosperity

祿

blessing, happiness, prosperity

good luck, good fortune

13

13 strokes

5 characters

happiness, good fortune, blessings

huò

misfortune, disaster, calamity

a semi-annual ceremony of purification

excellent, rare

zhēn

lucky, auspicious

14

14 strokes

2 characters
zhēn

to receive blessings

zhuó

a place name

16

16 strokes

2 characters
chán

meditation, contemplation

happiness

17

17 strokes

1 character

courtesy, manners, social customs

18

18 strokes

2 characters
dǎo

to pray, to entreat, to beg

one's deceased father

21

21 strokes

1 character
ráng

to sacrifice

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