Radicals Quiz

Select the correct meaning of each radical.

  1. What does 亻(人) (rén) mean?
    1. Ice
    2. Enclosure
    3. Person
    4. Fire
  2. What does 木 (mù) mean?
    1. Mouth
    2. Stand
    3. Big
    4. Tree/wood
  3. What does 冫(bīng) mean?
    1. Enclosure
    2. Ice
    3. Moon
    4. Bamboo
  4. What does 又 (yòu) mean?
    1. Again
    2. Heart
    3. Metal
    4. Ice
  5. What does 忄(心, xīn) mean?
    1. Metal
    2. Power
    3. Heart
    4. Stand
  6. What does 子 (zǐ) mean?
    1. Child
    2. Rain
    3. Speech
    4. Grass
  7. What does 小 (xiǎo) mean?
    1. Tree/wood
    2. Night
    3. Sun
    4. Small
  8. What does 大 (dà) mean?
    1. Dog
    2. Bamboo
    3. Knife
    4. Big
  9. What does 刂 (刀, dāo) mean?
    1. Knife
    2. Again
    3. Power
    4. Moon
  10. What does 女 (nǚ) mean?
    1. Child
    2. Water
    3. Woman
    4. Metal
  11. What does 氵(水, shuǐ) mean?
    1. Rice
    2. Water
    3. Fire
    4. Speech
  12. What does 寸 (cùn) mean?
    1. Inch
    2. Water
    3. Child
    4. Gate
  13. What does 犭(犬, quǎn) mean?
    1. Night
    2. Person
    3. Sun
    4. Dog
  14. What does 力 (lì) mean?
    1. Inch
    2. Big
    3. Power
    4. Rice
  15. What does 口 (kǒu) mean?
    1. Again
    2. Mouth
    3. Walk
    4. Heart
  16. Not a typo – the radical 囗 has two different meanings. What does 囗 (wéi) mean?
    1. Big
    2. Tree/wood
    3. Enclosure
    4. Rain
  17. What does 夕 (xī) mean?
    1. Person
    2. Heart
    3. Water
    4. Night
  18. These two radicals mean the same thing. What do 火 and 灬 (huǒ) mean?
    1. Small
    2. Mouth
    3. Fire
    4. Dog
  19. What does 日 (rì) mean?
    1. Stand
    2. Sun
    3. Eat
    4. Night
  20. What does 月 (yuè) mean?
    1. Moon
    2. Grass
    3. Inch
    4. Child
  21. What does ⻗ (雨, yǔ) mean?
    1. Bamboo
    2. Rain
    3. Dog
    4. Again
  22. What does 米 (mǐ) mean?
    1. Fire
    2. Ice
    3. Tree/wood
    4. Rice
  23. What does 釒(金, jīn) mean?
    1. Metal
    2. Sun
    3. Rice
    4. Woman
  24. What does 门 (mén) mean?
    1. Gate
    2. Moon
    3. Grass
    4. Inch
  25. What does ⺿ (cǎo) mean?
    1. Knife
    2. Grass
    3. Gate
    4. Enclosure
  26. What does 讠(言, yán) mean?
    1. Woman
    2. Small
    3. Mouth
    4. Speech
  27. What does 飠(食, shí) mean?
    1. Walk
    2. Knife
    3. Eat
    4. Power
  28. What does 立 (lì) mean?
    1. Eat
    2. Rain
    3. Person
    4. Stand
  29. What does ⺮(竹, zhú) mean?
    1. Gate
    2. Bamboo
    3. Sun
    4. Walk
  30. These two radicals mean the same thing. What do ⻎ (chuò) and 走 (zǒu) mean?
    1. Walk
    2. Speech
    3. Woman
    4. Small

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