Hello!
I was just wondering why some radicals were still made of other radicals. I mean, we could directly learn these radicals as kanjis (because most of the time, there is a kanji that looks like the radical, and means something similar).
Thank you!
Marie
It’s more efficient to have some overlap than to build every kanji out of the smallest possible radicals.
Do you have a specific example in mind?
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Okay, I understand!
Yes, for instance the radical and the kanji 牛 mean the exact same thing and are built from two other radicals (the gun and the cross).
Well, that radical is going to be used again in all of these kanji.
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As you can see, some of them have many parts. WK will never force you to use more than 4 radicals to remember a kanji, so occasionally the parts get combined together into bigger radicals to make the mnemonics easier.
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Crystal clear, thank you very much!
Have a good day! 
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