Lid Radical (亠) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
亠 is the lid radical. It appears in 26 of the most common Chinese characters — these 12 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 亠 mean?
Lid radical · 2 strokes · the dot-and-line “lid” on top of a character
As a radical it is called 点横头 (diǎn héng tóu).
It usually appears across the top of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 亠
12 common characters with 亠
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 方 | fāng | side, party; square; direction | |
| 高 | gāo | tall, high | A tall palace |
| 文 | wén | script, language; essay, writing | A tattooed chest, representing writing |
| 产 | chǎn | produce, yield; reproduce | 厂 supplies the sound |
| 立 | lì | stand; erect, set up; establish | A man standing on the ground 一 |
| 市 | shì | city, town; market | |
| 商 | shāng | discuss, consult | 章 supplies the sound |
| 言 | yán | speech, word | A tongue sticking out of a mouth 口 |
| 离 | lí | leave, be away | An animal standing straight; 亠 is the head |
| 育 | yù | give birth; raise, keep; educate | A pregnant woman with a baby ⺼ in her womb |
| 脑 | nǎo | brain, head | meaning from ⺼ (flesh) |
| 六 | liù | six |
Related Radicals
- 丿Slash radical · piě24 common characters · a downward-left slash
- 乚Second radical · yǐ18 common characters · second (of the heavenly stems); a swallow in flight
- 二Two radical · èr17 common characters · two; a pair of horizontal lines
- 亻Person radical · rén115 common characters · person; people
- 儿Legs radical · ér10 common characters · son; a pair of legs
- 八Eight radical · bā44 common characters · eight; a pair dividing left and right
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