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How to FindThe Kanji

Radical

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What is a Kanji

Radical?

help you figure out

the meaning

The Kangxi

Radicals

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Why are

Radicals Important?

Not Everything isa Radical!

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Modified Radicals

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The Seven RadicalLocations

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The Twelve Steps

to Finding the

Radical

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their own

methods

Missing Radicals

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The Most CommonRadicals

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