Here we go. Took longer than I expected. Since I’d already made a list of WaniKani radicals compared to official radicals, I thought it’d be fairly easy, but the database I chose made it a little non-trivial, especially with its ridiculous dependence on using spot-the-difference rather than Unicode to explicitly idenfity radicals. I’ve removed as many of those as I can, but there’s still some remaining; mostly the ones that simply don’t exist in Unicode - basically, if the “Radical” column displays two or more kanji in square brackets, the radical being referred to is whatever components those kanji have in common.
Many of the more complicated radicals are entire kanji on WaniKani in their own right, but I’ve decided to identify them by which radicals make them up. If you want me to use the kanji name instead, I probably could. For two radicals, the ones named “turtle” and “belt”, the radical was left blank, so I’ve simply inserted the WaniKani radicals with the same meaning. For the one identified as “tail feathers” towards the bottom, I’ve not the foggiest idea what part is being referred to, so I’ve left that as “???”.
(Also, the list I found was behind the ol’ “give us your credit card number for a free trial” type paywall, bleh. I used PayPal, so I figure if they don’t comply with my unsubscribe, I can sic PayPal’s lawyers on them.)
| Lesson | Radical | Heisig Keyword | WaniKani Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 一 | one, floor, ceiling | Ground |
| 1 | 匕 | diced, seven | Spoon |
| 1 | 九 | baseball, nine | Nine |
| 1 | 十 | needle, ten | Cross |
| 1 | 口 | mouth | Mouth |
| 1 | 日 | sun, day, tongue wagging in the mouth | Sun |
| 1 | 月 | moon, flesh, part of the body | Moon |
| 1 | 田 | rice field, brains | Rice Paddy |
| 1 | 目 | eyeball | Eye |
| 2 | 古 | old | Old |
| 2 | 早 | early, sunflower | Early |
| 3 | 丨 | walking stick | Stick |
| 3 | 丶 | drop of | Drop |
| 3 | 自 | oneself, nose, nostrils | Self |
| 3 | 白 | white, dove | White |
| 3 | 丸 | round | Circle |
| 3 | 寸 | glue | Measurement |
| 3 | 専 | specialty, acupuncturist | Specialty |
| 3 | ト | divining rod | Toe |
| 3 | [朝乾韓left side] | mist | Morning |
| 4 | ハ | animal legs | Fins |
| 4 | 儿 | human legs | Legs |
| 4 | 几 | wind | Table |
| 4 | 勹 | bound up | Prison |
| 4 | ⺈ | bound up (variant) | Prison (variant) |
| 4 | 丷 | horns | Horns |
| 4 | 貝 | shells, oyster, clam | Shellfish |
| 4 | 頁 | head | Geoduck |
| 5 | 乙 | fish hook | Nose |
| 5 | ⺄ | fish hook (variant) | Right half of “table” |
| 5 | [具真last three strokes] | tool | Ground + Fins |
| 5 | ナ | by one’s side | Narwhal |
| 5 | 工 | craft | Construction |
| 5 | 刀 | sword, dagger (saber) | Sword |
| 5 | 刂 | sword, dagger (saber) (variant) | Knife |
| 5 | 召 | seduce | Call |
| 5 | 畐 | wealth | Scarecrow |
| 5 | 丁 | street, nail, spike | Street |
| 6 | 子 | child | Child |
| 6 | 女 | woman | Woman |
| 6 | 毋 | breasts, Nintendo DS | Window |
| 6 | 母 | breasts, Nintendo DS (variant) | Sun+Drop |
| 6 | 兄 | elder brother, teenager | Older Brother |
| 7 | 小 | little | Small |
| 7 | ⺌ | little (variant) | Triceratops |
| 7 | 大 | St. Bernard, large dog | Big |
| 7 | 厂 | cliff | Cliff |
| 7 | 夕 | evening | Evening |
| 7 | 石 | stone | Stone |
| 7 | 肖 | resemblance, spark, candle | Triceratops+Moon |
| 8 | 川 | stream (stream, flood) | River |
| 8 | 巛 | stream (stream, flood) (variant) | Flood |
| 8 | 水 | water | Water |
| 8 | 氵 | water (variant) | Tsunami |
| 8 | 氺 | water (variant) | Water (variant) |
| 8 | 泉 | spring | White+Water |
| 8 | 中 | in the middle | Middle |
| 8 | 土 | ground, soil, dirt, land | Dirt |
| 8 | 圭 | squared jewel, ivy | Dirt x2 |
| 8 | 火 | fire, fireplace, conflaguration (flames, couldron) | Fire |
| 8 | 灬 | fire, fireplace, conflaguration (flames, couldron) (variant) | Boil |
| 9 | 里 | ri, logic, computer | Village |
| 9 | 冂 | hood, glass canopy | Head |
| 9 | 同 | same, monk | Same |
| 9 | 宀 | house | Roof |
| 10 | 木 | tree, wood | Tree |
| 10 | ホ | wooden pole | Angel |
| 10 | 艸 | flower | (Chinese form of the radical - obsolete) |
| 10 | 艹 | flower | Flowers |
| 10 | 莫 | graveyard | Greenhouse |
| 11 | 亀 | turtle | Turtle |
| 11 | 兆 | hairy, portent | Omen |
| 11 | 犬 | small dog | Dog |
| 11 | 犭 | pack of wild dogs | Animal |
| 11 | 牛 | cow | Cow |
| 11 | 牜 | cow (variant) | Cow (variant) |
| 11 | ⺧ | cow (variant) | Cow (variant) |
| 12 | [介全企 top part] | umbrella | Hat |
| 12 | [今令合] | meeting | Possibly Hat+Ground |
| 12 | 王 | king, scepter | King |
| 12 | 玉 | jewel, ball | King+Drop |
| 12 | 玊 | jewel, ball (variant) | King+Drop |
| 12 | 金 | gold, metal | Gold |
| 12 | 主 | candlestick | Master |
| 13 | ⻌ | road, way | Scooter |
| 13 | 車 | car, cart, wagon, vehicle | Car |
| 13 | [輸前] | butcher | Ground+Moon+Knife |
| 13 | 夂 | walking legs | Winter |
| 14 | 冖 | crown | Forehead |
| 14 | 軍 | chariot | Forehead+Car |
| 14 | 亠 | top hat | Lid |
| 14 | [坑抗 right side] | whirlwind | Lid+Table |
| 14 | [高享] | tall | Possibly Lid+Mouth |
| 14 | [舎周] | lidded crock | Possibly “Cottage” |
| 14 | 周 | lap, helmet | Circumference |
| 14 | 士 | samurai | Samurai |
| 14 | 吉 | aerosol can | Good Luck |
| 15 | [学覚栄 top part] | schoolhouse, class | Viking |
| 15 | 聿 | brush | Brush |
| 15 | 攵 | taskmaster | Winter (variant) |
| 15 | 言 | say, saying, speech, words | Say |
| 16 | 弋 | arrow | Ceremony |
| 16 | [弐武] | quiver | Ceremony+Ground |
| 16 | 戈 | fiesta | Drunkard |
| 16 | [栽載] | Thanksgiving | Drunkard+Cross |
| 16 | 成 | parade | Become |
| 16 | [威滅] | march | Possibly Drunkard+Slide |
| 16 | [桟銭浅 right side] | float | Bar |
| 17 | 止 | stop, footprint | Stop |
| 17 | 正 | mending | Correct |
| 17 | 廴 | stretch | Yoga |
| 17 | 疋 | zoo | Coat Rack |
| 18 | 衣 | garment | Clothes |
| 18 | 衤 | cloak | Spirit (variant) |
| 18 | [遠環 bottom half of right side] | scarf | Part of Zombie |
| 18 | 衣 | top hat & scarf | Clothes |
| 18 | 巾 | towel | Towel |
| 18 | [帯帝 lower half] | apron | Possibly Forehead+Towel |
| 18 | 帯 | belt | Belt |
| 18 | 云 | rising cloud | Cloud |
| 18 | 雨 | rain, weather | Rain |
| 18 | 冫 | ice | Ice |
| 18 | 天 | heavens | Heaven |
| 18 | [橋嬌 right side] | angel | Heaven+Mouth+Mustache |
| 18 | 立 | stand up, vase | Stand |
| 18 | 啇 | antique | Mohawk |
| 18 | 匕 | spoon, someone sitting on the ground | Spoon |
| 18 | [渇謁褐 right side] | siesta | Sun+Prison+Spoon |
| 18 | [毎乞 top part] | reclining, lying down | Gun |
| 18 | 复 | double back, fold in half | Black Hole |
| 18 | 欠 | yawn, lack | Lack |
| 18 | 次 | next, second | Next |
| 19 | 咅 | muzzle | Clown |
| 19 | 音 | sound | Sound |
| 19 | [識職 right side] | kazoo | Sound+Drunkard |
| 19 | [鏡境 right side] | mirror | Stand+See |
| 19 | 亡 | deceased, to perish | Death |
| 19 | 方 | direction, compass | Direction |
| 19 | 兑 | devil | Guard |
| 19 | 曽 | formerly, increase | Mask |
| 19 | 東 | east, the East, sun through the trees | East |
| 19 | [妊廷] | porter | King (variant) |
| 21 | 也 | scorpion | Alligator |
| 21 | 虫 | insect | Insect |
| 21 | 己 | self, snake | Oneself |
| 21 | 包 | wrap | Wrap |
| 21 | [亀電竜] | eel | Rice Paddy+Umbrella |
| 21 | 豕 | sow | Pig |
| 21 | [腸場湯remove日] | piglets | Wing+Ground |
| 21 | 昜 | piggy bank | Easy+Ground |
| 21 | 羊 | sheep | Sheep |
| 21 | ⺶ | wool | Horns+King+Slide |
| 21 | 隹 | turkey | Turkey |
| 21 | 午 | noon, horse | Noon |
| 21 | [歓権観] | Pegasus | Arrow+Turkey |
| 21 | 羽 | feathers | Feathers |
| 22 | 曰 | sayeth | Sun (variant) |
| 22 | 囗 | pent in | Mouth (variant) |
| 22 | 广 | cave | Canopy |
| 22 | 心 | heart (state of mind, valentine) | Heart |
| 22 | 忄 | heart (state of mind, valentine) (variant) | Soul |
| 22 | ⺗ | heart (state of mind, valentine) (variant) | Small+Drop |
| 23 | 手 | hand | Hand |
| 23 | 扌 | fingers | Fingers |
| 23 | 廾 | two hands | Twenty |
| 23 | 才 | genius, genie | Genius |
| 23 | [存在 outside] | genie in a bottle | Narwhal+Stick |
| 23 | 乃 | from, fist | Stairs |
| 23 | 及 | reach out, outstretched hands | Escalator |
| 23 | [丈史] | arm, tucked under the arm | Not a radical |
| 23 | 又 | crotch | Stool |
| 23 | 殳 | missile | Weapon |
| 23 | 圣 | spool | Tombstone |
| 23 | 爪 | claw, vulture | Claw |
| 23 | 爫 | claw, vulture (variant) | Cleat |
| 23 | [乳浮] | fledgling | Cleat+Child |
| 23 | [受愛瞬] | birdhouse | Cleat+Forehead |
| 23 | ム | elbow | Private |
| 23 | [会至] | wall | Private+Ground |
| 23 | [育充 top part] | infant | Trash |
| 24 | 山 | mountain | Mountain |
| 24 | 入 | enter, to go in, to put in | Enter |
| 24 | [鉛沿 right side] | gully | Fins+Mouth |
| 25 | [賞党堂 top part] | outhouse | Viking+Mouth |
| 25 | 歹 | bone | Yakuza |
| 25 | 舛 | sunglasses | Dance |
| 25 | 耳 | ear | Ear |
| 25 | [慢漫 right side] | mandala | Sun+Net+Stool |
| 25 | 失 | drop, to lose | Fault |
| 25 | 臣 | slave, retainer | Servant |
| 25 | 力 | power, muscle | Power |
| 25 | 行 | going | Go |
| 25 | 彳 | a column going, line of something | Loiter |
| 25 | 行 | boulevard | Go |
| 26 | 禾 | wheat, cereal | Grain |
| 26 | 米 | rice, United States, Americans | Rice |
| 26 | [漆様] | rice, grains of rice | Water (variant) |
| 26 | 竹 | bamboo | Bamboo |
| 27 | 人 | person, Mr. T | Person |
| 27 | ｲ | person, Mr. T (variant) | Leader |
| 27 | [座卒傘] | assembly line | Person+Cross |
| 28 | 以 | plow | Lion+Drop+Person |
| 28 | 并 | puzzle | Lantern+Horns |
| 28 | 敝 | shredder | Penguin |
| 29 | [施旋遊] | banner | Direction+Gun |
| 29 | [旅派] | rag | Tofu |
| 29 | 勿 | not, knot | Wing |
| 29 | 尸 | flag | Flag |
| 29 | 尺 | shaku, shakuhachi | Shrimp |
| 29 | 戸 | door | Door |
| 30 | 示 | show (altar) | Jackhammer |
| 30 | ネ | show (altar) (variant) | Spirit |
| 30 | 由 | shoot, sprout, wherefore | Reason |
| 30 | 甲 | roots, pushing down, armor | Turtle Shell |
| 30 | 申 | speaketh, monkey | Humble |
| 31 | 斤 | axe | Axe |
| 31 | 斥 | reject | Axe+Drop |
| 31 | 乍 | saw | Key |
| 31 | ヨ | broom | Wolverine |
| 31 | [争事] | rake | Brush (variant) |
| 31 | 隶 | sieve | Brush+Water |
| 31 | [伊君] | mop | Wolverine+Slide |
| 31 | 而 | comb | Rake |
| 31 | 凵 | shovel | Box |
| 31 | 斗 | measuring cup | Ladle |
| 31 | 用 | utilize, screwdriver | Task |
| 32 | 昔 | salad | Long Ago |
| 32 | 廿 | twenty | Part of Yurt |
| 32 | [庶席] | caverns | Yurt |
| 32 | [奔噴] | haystack | Cross+Flowers |
| 32 | 尭 | straw man | Gambler |
| 32 | 半 | half | Half |
| 32 | [券巻 top part] | quarter | Gladiator |
| 32 | 片 | one-sided | One Sided |
| 32 | 之 | building blocks, Zorro | Hills+Drop |
| 32 | 不 | negative | Not |
| 33 | 矢 | dart | Arrow |
| 33 | 矛 | halberd | Spear |
| 33 | [班帰] | spear | Knife (variant) |
| 33 | 弓 | bow | Bow |
| 33 | 弗 | dollar sign | Dollar |
| 33 | [巧号] | snare | Beggar |
| 33 | [与考] | slingshot | Beggar (variant) |
| 34 | 身 | somebody | Body |
| 34 | 老 | old man | Coffin+Spoon |
| 34 | 耂 | old man (variant) | Coffin |
| 34 | 者 | someone, puppet | Someone |
| 34 | [峡狭 right side] | scissors | Horns+Husband |
| 34 | [追師] | maestro | Drop+Bear |
| 34 | 父 | father | Father |
| 34 | 足 | leg, wooden leg | Foot |
| 34 | 骨 | skeleton | Bone |
| 34 | [禍渦] | jawbone | Mustache x2 |
| 35 | 阝 | pinnacle | Building |
| 35 | 穴 | hole | Hole |
| 35 | 兀 | paper punch | Pi |
| 35 | 丘 | hill | Axe+Ground |
| 36 | 糸 | thread, Spiderman | Thread |
| 36 | 幺 | cocoon | Poop |
| 36 | 玄 | mysterious | Mysterious |
| 36 | 系 | yarn, lineage | Lineage |
| 37 | 卩 | stamp | Stamp |
| 37 | 令 | chopseal | Orders |
| 37 | [犯厄] | fingerprint | Snake (variant) |
| 37 | [宛苑] | mailbox | Evening+Snake |
| 37 | [留貿remove刀] | receipt | Private (variant) |
| 37 | [印興] | staples | Comb (variant) |
| 38 | 酉 | sign of the bird, whiskey bottle | Alcohol |
| 38 | 豆 | beans, table | Beans |
| 38 | 壴 | drum | Drum |
| 38 | 皿 | dish | Plate |
| 38 | 艮 | silver | Root |
| 38 | 良 | halo, good | Good |
| 38 | 食 | eat, food | Eat |
| 38 | 无 | waitress | Obsolete in modern Japanese |
| 38 | 旡 | waitress (variant) | Obsolete in modern Japanese |
| 39 | 平 | even, water lily | Peace |
| 39 | メ | sheaf | Treasure |
| 39 | 屯 | earthworm | Barracks |
| 39 | 辛 | spicy | Spicy |
| 39 | [新親 left half] | red pepper plant | Stand+Tree |
| 39 | 辟 | ketchup | Hot Pepper |
| 39 | 丩 | cornucopia | Vines |
| 39 | [菱陸] | rice seedling | Dirt+Legs |
| 39 | 亥 | sign of the hog, acorn | Slice |
| 39 | [述術] | resin | Angel+Drop |
| 39 | 井 | celery | Well |
| 39 | 㐮 | grass skirt | Nurse |
| 40 | [毒素] | grow up | Life (variant) |
| 40 | 生 | life, cell | Life |
| 40 | [峰縫拝] | bushes | Dry x2 |
| 40 | 耒 | Christmas tree | Plow |
| 40 | [春泰 top part] | bonsai | Spring |
| 40 | [奉 bottom parti] | cornstalk | Dry (variant) |
| 40 | 堇 | cabbage | Boot |
| 40 | [漢嘆 right side] | scarecrow | Chinese |
| 40 | [華垂] | silage | Car (variant) |
| 41 | 今 | now, clock | Now |
| 41 | 予 | beforehand | Beforehand |
| 41 | 兼 | concurrently | Mona Lisa |
| 41 | 西 | West, Old West | West |
| 41 | 覀 | West, Old West (variant) | Helicopter |
| 42 | 門 | gates | Gate |
| 42 | 非 | un-, jail cell | Criminal |
| 42 | ユ | key | Hook |
| 42 | [決快 right side] | guillotine | Person+Hook |
| 42 | 韋 | locket | Korea |
| 43 | 干 | dry, clothesline | Dry |
| 43 | [芋宇 bottom part] | potato | Dry (variant) |
| 43 | 余 | too much, scale | Surplus |
| 43 | [険検倹 right side] | awl | Squid |
| 44 | 疒 | sickness, caveman | Sick |
| 44 | 匚 | box | Cage |
| 44 | 癶 | teepee | Tent |
| 44 | 尞 | pup tent | Charcoal |
| 45 | 彡 | shape | Hair |
| 45 | 文 | sentence, plaid | Writing |
| 45 | 丿 | fence posts | Slide |
| 45 | 丨 | fence posts | Stick |
| 45 | [塁楽] | sparkler | Explosion |
| 45 | 赤 | red | Red |
| 45 | [変跡] | apple | Red (variant) |
| 45 | 角 | mosaic | Angle |
| 46 | 甘 | wicker basket, sweet | Sweet |
| 46 | 其 | bushel basket, rook | Crab |
| 46 | [貴遣] | purse | Insect (variant) |
| 47 | 且 | shelf | Top Hat |
| 47 | 並 | row | Line Up |
| 47 | [湿繊霊] | row (below a radical) | Spikes (variant) |
| 47 | [業撲僕] | upside down in a row (atop radical) | Spikes |
| 47 | 共 | together | Together |
| 47 | [港恭] | strung together | Together |
| 48 | 角 | angle | Angle |
| 48 | 冓 | funnel | Lifeguard |
| 48 | 冊 | scrapbook | Bookshelf |
| 49 | 氏 | family name | Clan |
| 49 | [低抵] | calling card, business card | Clan+Ground |
| 49 | 甫 | dog tag | Wedding |
| 49 | 阝 | city walls | Building |
| 50 | ⺁ | drag | Cliff (variant) |
| 50 | [段remove殳] | staple gun | Comb |
| 50 | [幻司] | clothes hanger | Cape |
| 50 | 舟 | boat | Boat |
| 51 | [呉remove口,tool] | hand crank | Possibly Lion |
| 51 | 丞 | completely water | Coral |
| 52 | 釆 | animal tracks | Sickle |
| 52 | 番 | turn, pair of dice | Number |
| 52 | 牙 | tusk | Fang |
| 52 | 毛 | fur | Fur |
| 52 | [宅託] | lock of hair | Slide+Seven |
| 52 | [鳥馬] | tail feathers | ??? |
| 52 | 長 | long | Long |
| 52 | [bottom half of 長] | hairpin | Kick |
| 52 | 镸 | hair (atop radical) | Long (variant) |
| 52 | [top half of 長] | mane | Comb (variant) |
| 53 | ⺍ | owl | Grass |
| 53 | 爰 | migrating ducks | Football |
| 53 | 禹 | gnats | Mantis |
| 53 | 禺 | talking cricket | Splinter |
| 53 | [逆塑] | mountain goat | Barracks (variant) |
| 53 | [揺謡 right side] | condor | Satellite |
| 53 | 豸 | skunk | Badger |
| 53 | 免 | excuse, rabbit | Excuse |
| 54 | 馬 | team of horses | Horse |
| 54 | 虍 | tiger | Tiger |
| 54 | [薦慶] | deer | Canopy+Helicopter |
| 54 | 鹿 | painting of a deer | Canopy+Helicopter+Compare |
| 55 | 辰 | sign of the dragon, Bruce Lee | Landslide |
| 55 | [送咲関] | golden calf | Horns+Heaven |
| 55 | 鬼 | ghost, oni | Demon |
| 55 | 龍 | [old form of dragon] | Imperial |
| 56 | 臼 | broken window | Possibly Comb (variant), but unused in WaniKani otherwise |
| 56 | 巳 | snake biting itself | Snake |