The Chinese Radical: 有




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Meaning
exist, to have    有

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to have, there is, there are, to exist, to be
yǒu
Top left: hand /彐 (The fingers are left and at the right the forearm.), below: body 月/肉
I have a hand and a body: I'm existing!
HSK 4
to follow, to comply with, to allow
suí
Left: hill 阝, right: 迶 (movement 辶, have/exist 有 [I have hand and body 月/肉, thus I exist])
(It is best to walk along the paths between the hills as this is easier:) Between hills there are existing movements that you follow.
HSK 6
dense (growth), melancholy, elegant

Left: have/exist 有 (I have hand and body 月/肉, thus I am existing.), right: village⻏
The possessings in the village is caused by the dense growth.
贿
HSK 6
bribe, bribery
huì
Left: money 贝/貝, right: have/exist 有 (I have hand and body 月/肉, thus I exist.)
If I want the money having/existing for me, is becomes a bribery.
HSK 6
to degenerate, destroy, to fall, overthrow
duò, huī
Left: hill 阝, right: be, have, exist 有 (I have hand and body 月/肉, thus I exist.), below: earth 土
(The loose earth slides down the hill:) A hill is made of earth, and it goes downhill with it.
HSK 6
mess, confused and disorderly, mixed
xiáo
Left: water 氵, right: deli food, dishes 肴 (I marked with the cross 㐅, what I want to have 有 from these deli-dishes.)
The water 氵 can cause (at a flood) with things 㐅 I have 有: a mess.
HSK 6
ellipse, oval, elliptic
tuǒ
From left: tree 木, hill 阝, exist, have 有 (I have hand and body 月/肉, thus I am existing.)
(not a round cross-section) Trees that have sth. "hill-like" in their existence are: oval.
HSK 6
deli food, (meat or fish) dishes, mixed viands
yáo
Top: cross 㐅, below: have/exist 有 (I have hand and body 月/肉, thus I exist.)
I marked with the cross 㐅, which I want to have 有 from this deli food.

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