几 (jī) is Kangxi radical no. 16, “small table”. In this form it is written with 2 strokes.
As a radical, 几 (jī) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “small table” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 2 to 14 strokes. 1 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.
Good ones to start with: 几 (jī) how many (small number).
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