go

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph depicting a person walking or standing still, with two legs shown as two vertical strokes. In seal script and oracle-bone script, this form evolved into the modern character.

Mnemonic: Remember two legs standing or stepping in the three strokes of the "go" radical.

• 夆féng🔊

  to butt (as horned animals)

  7 strokes

• 备bèi🔊

  variant of 備|备[bei4]

  8 strokes