曰 (yuē) is Kangxi radical no. 73, “say”. In this form it is written with 4 strokes.
As a radical, 曰 (yuē) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “say” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 4 to 12 strokes. 2 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: 最 (zuì) most / -est, 电 (diàn) lightning, 更 (gèng) more.
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