丨 (gǔn) is Kangxi radical no. 2, “vertical line”. In this form it is written with 1 stroke.
As a radical, 丨 (gǔn) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “vertical line” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 3 to 9 strokes. 3 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 3 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 个 (gè) general measure word, 书 (shū) book, 中 (zhōng) middle / center / China.
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