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RADICAL EXPLORER

Radicals turn visual chaos into semantic families.

Radicals should become clickable families. A learner can open a character, inspect its component logic, then jump sideways into related characters.

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氵

water radical

Appears in characters connected to water, liquids, washing, rivers, oceans, and fluid movement.

semantic3 strokesvisual family
examples
河, 海, 洗, 酒
meaning
water / liquid

semantic

口

mouth radical

A family for speaking, eating, openings, names, and sound-related characters.

semantic3 strokesspeech
examples
吗, 吃, 叫, 喝
meaning
mouth / opening

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忄

heart-mind radical

A compact doorway into emotion, attention, thought, fear, memory, and inner life.

semantic3 strokesemotion
examples
忙, 快, 怕, 想
meaning
heart / mind