舌 (shé) is Kangxi radical no. 135, “tongue”. In this form it is written with 6 strokes.
As a radical, 舌 (shé) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “tongue” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 6 to 14 strokes. 1 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 0 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 舒 (shū) to stretch.
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