50 Kanji Radicals & Mini Course – Learn with Video Lessons
Unlock the key to understanding kanji with this 50 Kanji Radicals & Mini Course! This beginner-friendly resource includes:
✅ A comprehensive list of 50 essential kanji radicals to help you recognize patterns and remember kanji more easily.
✅ A clear introduction to kanji radicals and how they can help you understand the structure and meaning of kanji.
✅ A short lesson explaining why many kanji have multiple readings, including ON-yomi and KUN-yomi.
✅ Two focused radical lessons on にんべん (Ninben) and ごんべん (Gonben), with step-by-step examples of 13 useful kanji.
Build a stronger foundation for recognizing, understanding, and remembering kanji with this easy-to-follow guide and video mini-course. 🚀
323 Example Kanji with JLPT Levels
Each sample kanji in this list is labeled with its JLPT level, helping you gauge its difficulty and relevance to your studies.
✔️ Recognize familiar kanji and discover new ones.
✔️ Track your progress by checking or circling the kanji you already know.
✔️ Study efficiently by focusing on kanji at your target JLPT level.
Ninben (にんべん) – The "Person" Radical Lesson
Explore seven essential kanji with the "にんべん" (person radical) and learn how each character is constructed.
Gonben (ごんべん) – The "Speech" Radical Lesson
Explore six essential kanji with the "ごんべん" (speech radical) and learn how each character is constructed.
Discover how this radical shapes meaning, and see real-life examples of kanji words to build your vocabulary! 🚀
About Yuko Sensei
こんにちは！I’m ゆうこせんせい (Yuko Sensei), a professional Japanese instructor with an M.A. in Japanese Pedagogy and more than 25 years of teaching experience at colleges in the United States.
Teaching Japanese is truly my calling, and I love helping learners make steady progress with clear, practical instruction. My students often describe my teaching as engaging, easy to follow, and encouraging.
I created this Radical List and Mini Course to help you recognize common kanji components and make unfamiliar kanji feel easier to understand and remember. I hope it gives you greater confidence as you continue your kanji studies. Thank you for being such a dedicated Japanese learner!