<p>I suppose you are looking for a list of such characters in Simplified Chinese. There is probably more, but here you go. </p>

<p><strong>Notes</strong></p>

<ul>
<li>I added extra lists just for completeness. Feel free to add to it!</li>
<li>By "non-radical" I mean the identical parts are not a radical themselves. </li>
</ul>

<hr>

<ul>
<li><strong>Top-bottom Radical Pair</strong></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>炎、多、昌、二、亖、畕、仌、歨（not 走）</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li><strong>Left-right Radical Pair</strong></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>林、双、从、朋、赫、竝、孖</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li><strong>Top-down Non-radical Pair</strong></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>出、哥、爻、串</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li><strong>Left-right Non-radical Pair</strong></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>囍、吕、二、羽、兢、非、弱</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li><strong>Three-character/radical Words</strong></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>淼、鑫、焱、垚、森、众、磊、品、晶、羴、鱻、犇、厽、惢、掱、聶、姦、畾、尛、孨、毳、蟲、麤、猋、骉、龘、赑、轟、矗、嚞、芔、歮、雥、叒、皛、馫、靐、飍、飝、刕、譶、毳、劦、舙、厵、灥</p>
</blockquote>

<ul>
<li><strong>Four-character/radical Words</strong></li>
</ul>

<blockquote>
  <p>燚、朤、茻、叕</p>
</blockquote>

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btw there's a looooong list of these @ http://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/5353/3674
flow
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@flow Hmm, I'm profoundly impressed by your effort.
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<p>A quick perusal of my database gives me</p>

<pre><code>u-cjk/6299      抙  ⿰扌手
u-cjk/726a      牪  ⿰牜牛
u-cjk/72be      犾  ⿰犭犬
u-cjk/73cf      珏  ⿰王玉
u-cjk/8aa9      誩  ⿰言言
u-cjk/8e00      踀  ⿰足
u-cjk-xa/3908   㤈  ⿰忄心
u-cjk-xb/201a7    ⿰亻人
u-cjk-xb/23c99    ⿰氵水
u-cjk/9342      鍂  ⿰金金
</code></pre>

<p>(considering only Unicode code points). I tested against the RegEx <code>氵水|礻示|⺬示|釒金|钅金|王玉|忄心|竹|讠言|言言|冫氷|扌手|足|⻗雨|爫爪|亻人|火灬|犭犬|牜牛|飠食|食|饣食</code>, which may be incomplete. </p>

<p>In related news, a search for <code>水水|示示|金金|王王|玉玉|心心|竹竹|手手|足足|雨雨|爪爪|人人|火火|犬犬|牛牛|食食</code> brings up, amongst others, these:</p>

<pre><code>u-cjk/4ece      从  ⿰人人
u-cjk/6c9d      沝  ⿰水水
u-cjk/708f      炏  ⿰火火
u-cjk/73a8      玨  ⿰王王
u-cjk/7958      祘  ⿰示示
u-cjk-xa/3e5c   㹜  ⿰犬犬
u-cjk-xb/225f0    ⿰心心
u-cjk-xb/22a92    ⿰手手
u-cjk-xb/24519    ⿱爪⿰爪爪
u-cjk-xb/24934    ⿰玉玉
u-cjk-xb/25d12    ⿱竹⿰竹竹
</code></pre>

<p>some of which may violate your expectations about how to correctly write characters, as the usual positional variants are not used in these forms.</p>

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flow
<ul>
<li>How Many Characters Are There Where The Radical Is The Same As The Main Component?</li>
</ul>

<p>Example:</p>

<p><a href="http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=E686" rel="nofollow noreferrer">字海网: </a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Pa3mo.png" alt="o"></p>
</blockquote>

<p><a href="http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=2767F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">字海网: </a></p>

<blockquote>
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TtUZ3.png" alt="o"></p>
</blockquote>

<p>This question is definitely answerable as there are only a certain amount of radicals.</p>

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Here is one: 冰 (ice) both parts mean water.
Tzu
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 (钅金) is a SunmanPUA character incase anyone is wondering.
Mou某
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Does 朋 count, ？
Mou某
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there are also 从，林
Tzu
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if you extend the search over repetitious characters, there are *many* more
flow
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@Maroon not quite right, as the line between 'simplified' and 'traditional' characters is somewhat blurry, cf. 网, which is really the original pictograph used for later 網, and, likewise, 从 is the original form of 從. The latter one is used throughout the 說文解字.
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How Many Characters Are There Where The Radical Is The Same As The Main Component?
# How Many Characters Are There Where The Radical Is The Same As The Main Component?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-05-07)

* How Many Characters Are There Where The Radical Is The Same As The Main Component?

Example:

[字海网: ](http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=E686)

> ![o](https://i.sstatic.net/Pa3mo.png)

[字海网:](http://zisea.com/zscontent.asp?uni=2767F)

> ![o](https://i.sstatic.net/TtUZ3.png)

This question is definitely answerable as there are only a certain amount of radicals.

**Tags:** characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Here is one: 冰 (ice) both parts mean water.  
> **username_0**:  (钅金) is a SunmanPUA character incase anyone is wondering.  
> **username_0**: Does 朋 count, ？  
> **username_1**: there are also 从，林  
> **username_2**: if you extend the search over repetitious characters, there are *many* more  
> **username_2**: @Maroon not quite right, as the line between 'simplified' and 'traditional' characters is somewhat blurry, cf. 网, which is really the original pictograph used for later 網, and, likewise, 从 is the original form of 從. The latter one is used throughout the 說文解字.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2015-05-07. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

A quick perusal of my database gives me

```
u-cjk/6299      抙  ⿰扌手
u-cjk/726a      牪  ⿰牜牛
u-cjk/72be      犾  ⿰犭犬
u-cjk/73cf      珏  ⿰王玉
u-cjk/8aa9      誩  ⿰言言
u-cjk/8e00      踀  ⿰足
u-cjk-xa/3908   㤈  ⿰忄心
u-cjk-xb/201a7    ⿰亻人
u-cjk-xb/23c99    ⿰氵水
u-cjk/9342      鍂  ⿰金金

```

(considering only Unicode code points). I tested against the RegEx `氵水|礻示|⺬示|釒金|钅金|王玉|忄心|竹|讠言|言言|冫氷|扌手|足|⻗雨|爫爪|亻人|火灬|犭犬|牜牛|飠食|食|饣食`, which may be incomplete.

In related news, a search for `水水|示示|金金|王王|玉玉|心心|竹竹|手手|足足|雨雨|爪爪|人人|火火|犬犬|牛牛|食食` brings up, amongst others, these:

```
u-cjk/4ece      从  ⿰人人
u-cjk/6c9d      沝  ⿰水水
u-cjk/708f      炏  ⿰火火
u-cjk/73a8      玨  ⿰王王
u-cjk/7958      祘  ⿰示示
u-cjk-xa/3e5c   㹜  ⿰犬犬
u-cjk-xb/225f0    ⿰心心
u-cjk-xb/22a92    ⿰手手
u-cjk-xb/24519    ⿱爪⿰爪爪
u-cjk-xb/24934    ⿰玉玉
u-cjk-xb/25d12    ⿱竹⿰竹竹

```

some of which may violate your expectations about how to correctly write characters, as the usual positional variants are not used in these forms.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-05-07. Score: 6

I suppose you are looking for a list of such characters in Simplified Chinese. There is probably more, but here you go.

**Notes**

* I added extra lists just for completeness. Feel free to add to it!
* By "non-radical" I mean the identical parts are not a radical themselves.

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* **Top-bottom Radical Pair**

> 炎、多、昌、二、亖、畕、仌、歨（not 走）

* **Left-right Radical Pair**

> 林、双、从、朋、赫、竝、孖

* **Top-down Non-radical Pair**

> 出、哥、爻、串

* **Left-right Non-radical Pair**

> 囍、吕、二、羽、兢、非、弱

* **Three-character/radical Words**

> 淼、鑫、焱、垚、森、众、磊、品、晶、羴、鱻、犇、厽、惢、掱、聶、姦、畾、尛、孨、毳、蟲、麤、猋、骉、龘、赑、轟、矗、嚞、芔、歮、雥、叒、皛、馫、靐、飍、飝、刕、譶、毳、劦、舙、厵、灥

* **Four-character/radical Words**

> 燚、朤、茻、叕

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: btw there's a looooong list of these @ http://chinese.stackexchange.com/a/5353/3674  
> **username_3**: @username_2 Hmm, I'm profoundly impressed by your effort.  

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