攵 (pū) is Kangxi radical no. 66, “tap; strike”. It also appears as 攴 (pū). In this form it is written with 4 strokes.
攵 (pū) is a hand holding a stick; it points to action and causing something - teaching, governing, changing.
The characters range from 6 to 16 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: 教 (jiāo) to teach, 收 (shōu) to receive, 放 (fàng) to put, 故 (gù) happening.
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