Can Kanji radicals be made of other radicals?
I was going through the list of Kanji radicals, and many, especially the higher stroke-count ones, seem to be a combination of radicals themselves. for example, 雨 I can see three or four different radicals. So, radicals can be made of radicals, and still be a radical themselves?
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Hummm. For example, in 雨, what radicals do you see?
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Yes.
Instead of going through list, how about a structured learning?
Heisig: Remembering the Kanji
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Mina-san, Arigatou~
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We are usually taught at elementary schools that 雨 is not a combination of more elementary radicals but one of the radicals.
"Radicalization" is not a universal way of remembering kanjis. Sometimes it is useful. For example, 親 consists of 立 (stand), 木(tree), and 見(look), and therefore "the person who is looking for his/her lost child from the top of a tree". However, I don't know any similar radicalization for 鬱.
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Yep, like 雨 in 電 (electricity)、雪 (snow)、etc. Although I do not believe that 雨 can be broken down itself into other radicals. However, 親しい （intimate) contains 見 which contains 目 (eye) and 儿 (a radical with no meaning alone in Japanese).
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