廾 (gǒng) is Kangxi radical no. 55, “two hands”. In this form it is written with 3 strokes.
As a radical, 廾 (gǒng) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “two hands” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 4 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: 开 (kāi) open / drive / start.
← 广 (guǎng) · All characters · 弓 (gōng) →
Enable JavaScript to use the full app.