Good morning,
I took a guess at a radical I wasn’t confident about, got the wonderful green light, but reflexively checked the answer anyway and saw they were different. I’ve never seen multiple answers for a radical. Am I crazy?
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Not crazy. ^^
Helmet was the name of that radical before WK had a major overhaul of content. You stumbled upon the secret white list answer. Old radical names are still accepted for those that learned under the old system.
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Whew! I was second guessing all of my questionable, not really sure about this but I was correct anyway, answers. Thank you.
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This is proof that the old radical names are actually very logical.
But then again, there was “longcat”… 
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xD What radical was that for?
I think it’s called “good luck” now.
The kanji will appear in level 44.
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Also makes zero sense.
What makes zero sense, “good luck”? That’s just what it means as a kanji.
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Remember the Heisig story? Look in a samurai’s mouth for good luck.
Well, yes that’s what the kanji means, but the mnemonic has no connection to the visual or components of the radical.
I mean… I guess if you consider the mnemonic that they have as having no connection… does that mean something like the dog radical 犬 falls into the same category? In their mnemonic, the dog is the dot, perched on the shoulder of the big man. Doesn’t look like a dog and dogs don’t perch on shoulders generally.
I guess they’re never going to be able to avoid complaints, whether the radicals have unique names or the “true” meanings.
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