lantern radical in Chinese

You might remember the lantern radical with this easy mnemonic:

This radical looks like a lantern post with two lanterns hooked to the post.

Using mnemonics to remember Chinese radicals like lantern has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 愕
• 惕
• 懈
• 憎
• 恍
• 怡
• 怯
• 惶
• 愧
• 憾
• 愣
• 懒
• 慨
• 怔
• 悦
• 愉

• 遗憾
• 愉快

Learning radical like lantern and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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