MR
Short for MUTANT RADICAL: some very common PRIMARY KANJI change shape when they are used as radicals. They tend to get squished and simplified. 水 becomes
![](/assets/radsmall/water.jpg)
火 becomes ![](/assets/radsmall/firebottom.jpg)
, and 人 becomes ![](/assets/radsmall/man.jpg)
.These simplified, squished versions are MUTANT RADICALS.
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