The Chinese Radical: 3


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Meaning
three parts    3

Explanation This radical covers characters that have the same component three times.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
many persons, numerous, crowd
zhòng
3
Shows three times the sign for person
Three persons stand for many people.
JLPT HSK 4
forest
sēn
3

Three trees symbolize the forest.
JLPT HSK 5
product, goods, kind
pǐn
3

Three boxes with goods.
JLPT HSK 6
crystal
jīng
3
3 x sun
(Light refraction at its cut surfaces) It becomes like three suns at the: crystal.
JLPT no HSK
lofty, to erect, upright
chù
3
Three times: straight (Ten eyes watch the base line __ which is straight.)
If one 'straight' thing is directly piled on two others, it becomes: lofty.
JLPT no HSK
stamen, pistil
ruǐ
3
Top: plant , bottom: 惢
The plant has its 3 hearts in the stamen.
JLPT no HSK
plants, grass
huì
3
Top: ten , bottom: twenty (also understood as two hands ,)
Like a meadow this stands thirty-fold for plants and grasses.
JLPT no HSK
lumpy, rock pile, uneven, fig. sincere, open and honest
lěi
3

Triple stones stands for lumpy or sincere.
JLPT no HSK
(symbol of prosperity & wealth)
xīn
3
Tree times metal, gold
Triple gold for: prosperity!

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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