部首

Most 部首 is a word in itself, so when a character is combined with a radical, its connotation is affected by the radical. The same happens when a 部首as a word is used with other words.

Some of the 部首 are classified according to their shape. They do not have the original connotation.

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This may shed some light. The similarities and differences between English and Traditional Chinese

1. 五行 Five Phases：金167、木075、水85、火86、土032
2. 五感 Five Senses and 五官 Facial Features：耳128、口30、鼻209、目109、肉130
3. 身體 Body：
   手64、身158、皮107、髮214、毛82
   心61、齒211、牙92、舌135、骨188
4. 時間 Time +1：日72、月74、辰161、生100
5. 天空 Sky & 元素週期表 Periodic table：雨 73 、風182 、气84、石112
6. 移動 Movement：走155、足157、止77、辵162、車159
7. 生物 Creatures：
   

   犬94、豸153、虍141、牛93、豕152
   

   馬187、魚195、鳥196、隹172、虫142
8. 人 Human：人9、女38、子39、父88、母80
9. 植物 Plant：艸、竹、禾、米、酉
   
10. 材質 Material ：刀、革、糸、巾、衣
11. The 部首 are common, but can't be classified：言、貝、門、宀、彳
12. 部首 that look the same but are entirely different：
    1. 宀 、冂、冖 2. 門、鬥 3. 彳、人、八、入 4. 土、士
    1. 日、曰 2. 月、肉(⺼) 3. 口、囗 4. 衣(衤)、示(礻) 5. 刀、力