Re: The name of a radical


Konrad Viltersten (Den Ende) wrote:
> I'm looking for the name of the radical that is below
> 雨 in 雪. For some reason Gahoh doesn't list it (or i
> have missed it).

I haven't looked this one up, but usually you can search a kanji
dictionary directly for that component unless it's super-deformed like
the 人 in 休.

> As we're on the subject - i was googling after a nice
> table of (most of) the radicals but didn't find one.
> Any hints on that?

I find it easier to work with a good paper kanji dictionary than using
an on-line radical chart. You need something fairly big and easy to
read and that you can keep open while searching on-line or in a
dictionary. You can probably just photocopy one out of an existing
dictionary. If it's a small font, I recommend enlarging.

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