Boost Your Kanji Retention! Learn about Japanese Kanji Radicals 部首 (Bushu)

Japanese Kanji Radicals (components) are typically related to the meaning or origin of the Kanji. They are called 部首 (ぶしゅ) Bushu in Japanese.
0:00 What is "Bushu" - Kanji Radicals?
0:26 How does the Bushu radical signify the meaning of Kanji?
0:57 Five Most Common Locations of Bushu
1:48 Each Radical has meaning
4:10 Get the List of 50 Bushu
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[@YouTubeLate]

This really changed my perception of Kanji.

[@wareforcoin5780]

Very interesting lesson! I knew they existed, but didn't know the name, and didn't have "this one means water" type thing figured out. Much easier to just be told instead of trying to guess the radical's meaning. Thanks for posting this, it'll help me a lot in the future, I know it.

[@theworld7311]

ありがとうございます

[@unapatton1978]

I knew the water radikal.
So when I saw a kanji illustration, that's what I knew. When I was told it meant Beijing, it made sense.

[@sweiji]

as a beginner in Japanese, this helped me a lot !! thank you very much

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ありがとうございます🎉

[@hyperdevil7026]

ありがとうございました

[@curtpiazza1688]

Informative video! Thank you! 😊

[@KlaasDeforche]

Yuko先生ありがとう

[@Janita_S]

Wow this makes kanji a lot more approachable! Thanks

[@LuisCalazans]

ありがとうございます！先生

[@zawakuchi]

Thank you, this is going to make learning kanji a lot easier now that I know there is a way to break them down and workout what they mean. all the apps I've found just tell you what they each mean and some will show you the stroke order but I haven't seen any that teach you the components of kanji.

[@Phantom_VII]

Hi, I have a question that's making me go crazy - why is the katakana カ by itself pronounced "chikara"?

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@@YukoSensei I needed the kanji radicals for 3 $. Is there other ways.

[@peteypops]

Why are kanji still used? Surely, hiragana/katakana are far quicker to use?

[@joshuab3918]

It really helps with clearing up homophones. And why get rid of one of the defining characteristics of Japanese writing?

[@addibbaaj2]

Agreed. Kanji is the most interesting part of the Japanese language (yes, I know it is derived from Chinese Han zi) so getting rid of it is no brainer and takes away the beauty of Japanese language!@@joshuab3918

[@nefreston8503]

Imagine how lengthy the texts would have been if only hiragana and katakana is used