The Radical: 丩


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Meaning
twisted threads    丩

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 1
to shout, to call
jiào
Left: mouth , right: twisted (image of two intertwined threads)
The mouth is distorted when shouting.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 4
mutually, reciprocally

Image of a spool with threads in a crosswinding. - (Please notice the similarity with the radical for intertwined threads )
Threads crossing mutually.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 4
to receive, to accept, to collect
shōu
Left: twist (= intertwined threads) But here: part of sprout , right: strike 攵 (but here: 攵 as a part of that sprout in a hand
From the sprout the hand collected sth. to receive it.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
to correct, to entangle, to investigate
jiū
Left: thread 纟/, right: intertwined (image of twisted threads)
(At the loom:) Threads that are twisted should be corrected.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
to twist (strands into a thread), to wring
jiǎo
Left: thread 纟/, right: exchange, crossing (six crosses )
(When making a rope) Threads come into an exchange, when they are twisted together.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
govern, normal nature of man, laws and rules

From top: Part of spoool , rice , thread , two hands
When you (wrap) on a spool some rice grains using a thread and both hands, you 'govern'.

Vocabulary

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