STEP 1 · KANJI HAVE BUILDING BLOCKS

20 radicals. Half of the kanji you’ll actually see.

部首を20こ覚えれば、よく使う漢字の半分が「知ってる顔」になる。

Every kanji is filed under a radical — 部首 — like 氵 for water or 言 for words. Just 20 of them are the radicals of 512 of the 1,000 most-used kanji. Hover one below and watch them light up.