Roof radical 宀 (mián): 43 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Roof radical 宀 (mián): 43 characters宀 (mián) is Kangxi radical no. 40, “roof”. In this form it is written with 3 strokes.The roof 宀 (mián) sits on top of characters about houses, rooms and the people or things kept safe inside.The characters range from 5 to 14 strokes. 6 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 4 have a full word page of their own.Good ones to start with: 它 (tā) it (things, animals), 家 (jiā) home / family, 完 (wán) finish / complete, 宜 (yí) proper.Characters with this radical5 strokes

它 (tā) - it (things, animals)

宁 (níng) - calm, peaceful

6 strokes

安 (ān) - (bound form) calm

守 (shǒu) - to guard

宅 (zhái) - residence

宇 (yǔ) - room

7 strokes

完 (wán) - finish / complete

宏 (hóng) - great

8 strokes

宜 (yí) - proper

定 (dìng) - to set

实 (shí) - real

宝 (bǎo) - jewel

宠 (chǒng) - to love

官 (guān) - government official

审 (shěn) - to examine

宙 (zhòu) - space, time, space-time

宗 (zōng) - school

9 strokes

客 (kè) - customer

室 (shì) - room

宣 (xuān) - to declare

宫 (gōng) - palace

宪 (xiàn) - statute

10 strokes

家 (jiā) - home / family

宾 (bīn) - visitor

害 (hài) - to do harm to

容 (róng) - to hold

宽 (kuān) - wide / broad / lenient

宴 (yàn) - to entertain at a banquet

宵 (xiāo) - night

宰 (zǎi) - to slaughter

11 strokes

寄 (jì) - to send

密 (mì) - secret

宿 (sù) - lodge for the night

寂 (jì) - silent

12 strokes

富 (fù) - rich

寒 (hán) - cold

寓 (yù) - residence, lodge, dwelling

13 strokes

寞 (mò) - silent, still

寝 (qǐn) - to lie down to sleep or rest

14 strokes

察 (chá) - to examine

寡 (guǎ) - widowed

寥 (liáo) - empty

寨 (zhài) - stronghold

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Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License