What are some patterns you've noticed in kanji?

[seanblue]

What you’re noticing are semantic and phonetic components.

This script is good for pointing out phonetic components by the way:

[Userscript] Keisei 形声 Semantic-Phonetic Composition

This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. Keisei Semantic-Phonetic Composition by acm I am proud to release the stable version of my first script, Keisei Semantic-Phonetic Composition! Installation Instructions Get Tampermonkey (installation instructions in this thread) Click on the installation link (Tampermonkey should auto-detect .user.js files) …