Bitter radical 辛 (xīn): 7 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Bitter radical 辛 (xīn): 7 characters辛 (xīn) is Kangxi radical no. 160, “bitter”. In this form it is written with 7 strokes.As a radical, 辛 (xīn) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “bitter” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.The characters range from 7 to 17 strokes. None of them is in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.Good ones to start with: 辣 (là) spicy / hot / pungent, 辛 (xīn) bitter, 辜 (gū) crime, 辟 (pì) law, rule.Characters with this radical7 strokes

辛 (xīn) - bitter

12 strokes

辜 (gū) - crime

13 strokes

辟 (pì) - law, rule

14 strokes

辣 (là) - spicy / hot / pungent

16 strokes

辩 (biàn) - to dispute

辨 (biàn) - to distinguish

17 strokes

辫 (biàn) - a braid or queue

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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