# Radicals before kanji, right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Requesting Help\ **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872 "2025-04-01T06:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tester123](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@tester123](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tester123)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/1 "2025-04-01T06:03:35Z")
I just wanted to confirm that WK is always teaching the radicals before kanji? I had a few kanji shown first over the last few levels and then the corresponding radical shows up in the next level. But before I go and screenshot everything, i thought, I’d ask first… ---
**Author:** ![RebBlue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rebblue/32/326819_2.png) [@RebBlue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RebBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/2 "2025-04-01T06:06:31Z")
Yes, but sometimes a kanji becomes a radical after you’ve learnt it. ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:07am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/3 "2025-04-01T06:07:10Z")
Kanji are made up from radicals, but then some of the kanji are re-introduced as radicals later into order to become components for more complicated kanji. ---
**Author:** ![tester123](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@tester123](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tester123)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/4 "2025-04-01T06:12:23Z")
🤯 (character limit) ---
**Author:** ![YandrosTheSane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yandrosthesane/32/728374_2.png) [@YandrosTheSane](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YandrosTheSane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 10:58am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/5 "2025-04-01T10:58:31Z")
🫠 ---
**Author:** ![tester123](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@tester123](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tester123)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/6 "2025-04-01T12:32:43Z")
How did you get around having to type at least 10 characters, as imposed by the forum overlords? ---
**Author:** ![YandrosTheSane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yandrosthesane/32/728374_2.png) [@YandrosTheSane](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YandrosTheSane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/7 "2025-04-01T12:44:48Z")
I’m a wizard 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tester123](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@tester123](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tester123)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/8 "2025-04-01T12:46:46Z")
Two major shocks to my system in a day! Off to sleep 🫩 ---
**Author:** ![YandrosTheSane](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yandrosthesane/32/728374_2.png) [@YandrosTheSane](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YandrosTheSane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/9 "2025-04-01T12:48:50Z")
You may seek forbidden knowledge in the land of POLL… The arcanes of the art of discourse markdown are a rewarding endeavor. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/radicals-before-kanji-right/69872/11 "2026-04-02T12:58:42Z")
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