Line Radical (丨) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
丨 is the line radical. It appears in 17 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 丨 mean?
Line radical · 丨 gǔn · 1 strokes · a vertical line
It usually appears down the middle 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: 丨
12 common characters with 丨
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 个 | gè | [generalised measure word used for nouns without a specific measure term] | A tally 丨 of people 人 |
| 中 | zhōng | in, within | A line 丨 through the center of a box 口 |
| 书 | shū | book | A mark made by a pen ⺺ |
| 门 | mén | door, gate | An open doorway or gate |
| 十 | shí | ten | |
| 山 | shān | mountain, hill | Three mountain peaks |
| 引 | yǐn | cause, make; guide, lead; quote, cite | To pull back a bow's 弓 drawstring 丨 |
| 止 | zhǐ | stop, end | A foot |
| 临 | lín | face, overlook; be present; be about to | |
| 旧 | jiù | old, used | Older than 丨 the sun 日 |
| 曲 | qǔ | [measure word for tunes, songs and melodies, etc.] | A folded object 曰 |
| 丰 | fēng | abundant, plentiful; good-looking | An ear of grass |
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