Name

Primary

Sword

Mnemonic

This is the sword radical. The part is the curvy sword, while the rest is a samurai bowing deeply, like 90 degrees, as he holds that sword — probably before a sword fight. By the way, don't confuse this with the power radical (). See the difference? In the sword radical (), the doesn't pierce through the bowing samurai. (Lucky for him.)

Found In Kanji