Is this a kanji, a radical or something?


I've seen some kanjis have this figure inside it. It's similar to other
radicals and kanjis, but I couldnt find anywhere that it is a kanji or radical
of its own. Is this a kanji or a radical by its own? Being able to identify
part of a kanji as another kanji or as a radical helps memorizing them

I can't type the symbol with my computer, if someone can please add it to the
title it would be appreciated and it would make the question more descriptive
and useful for others

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ye5l3.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ye5l3.jpg)

For example it's used in this one above [![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2kPgc.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2kPgc.png)




This would **appear to** be the kanji
[主](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%BB). This is not a radical itself:
this character is composed of the single-stroke radical
[丶](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Index:Chinese_radical/%E4%B8%B6) followed
by the body [王](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B). Although this is
not a radical, the kanji does appear as a component of other more-complicated
characters, as you note.

(For what it's worth, the radical of the
[憲](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%86%B2) character is
[心](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Index:Chinese_radical/%E5%BF%83), the
element on the bottom.)

### Update

User istrasci pointed out that the central component of 憲 is four strokes, not
five. Upon further research into the historical development of the character,
it is clear that this component was originally something more like
[丰](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B0) ("ear of grass" pictogram) or
[丯](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AF) ("dense"), where the vertical
stroke extends below the bottom-most horizontal bar.

So depending on the context in which you see the graphical element you
included in your post, it might be
[主](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%BB), or it might be one of these
other elements.




This would **appear to** be the kanji
[主](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%BB). This is not a radical itself:
this character is composed of the single-stroke radical
[丶](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Index:Chinese_radical/%E4%B8%B6) followed
by the body [王](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B). Although this is
not a radical, the kanji does appear as a component of other more-complicated
characters, as you note.

(For what it's worth, the radical of the
[憲](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%86%B2) character is
[心](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Index:Chinese_radical/%E5%BF%83), the
element on the bottom.)

### Update

User istrasci pointed out that the central component of 憲 is four strokes, not
five. Upon further research into the historical development of the character,
it is clear that this component was originally something more like
[丰](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B0) ("ear of grass" pictogram) or
[丯](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AF) ("dense"), where the vertical
stroke extends below the bottom-most horizontal bar.

So depending on the context in which you see the graphical element you
included in your post, it might be
[主](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%BB), or it might be one of these
other elements.

