The Radical: 匕


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Meaning
spoon, ladle    匕

Explanation In the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged , lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled , bending ,, slumped or husband )

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 1
talent, ability, capability
néng
Left: nose , body /, right: claws /
(In dog breeding:) Nose, body and claws prove talent.

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JLPT HSK 1
some, few, several, small amount
xiē
Top: this/these (He stopped and sat down: This person!), below: two
These two are some, ..

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JLPT HSK 1
aged/old (of people), venerable, experienced
lǎo
Top: old man , below: sitting person
The old man sitting there is aged and experienced.

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JLPT HSK 1
north
běi

Two persons , sit back-to-back, because they feel cold: in the north.

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JLPT HSK 1
End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"
ne, ní
Left: Mouth , right: buddhist nun (buttocks from side , to sit )
May the mouth of a buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?

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JLPT HSK 2
to compare, to contrast, gesture with hands, Belgium

Sitting persons
There are two sitting persons: Compare them.

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JLPT HSK 2
it, (used for lifeless things)

Top: roof , below: ladle/spoon
Under the roof the ladle is a lifeless thing, an "it".

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JLPT HSK 3
change, transform, to make into
huà
Left: standing person , right: ladle/spoon (here: sitting person),
If a standing person becomes a sitting person, it is a change.

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JLPT HSK 3
bear, raging flames
xióng
Top: talent, ability (nose , body / and claws prove talent.), bottom: four legs
The 'talent' on four legs is the bear.

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JLPT HSK 4
discuss, to comment on, theory, to evaluate
lún, lùn
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: set up (Here: a person over another sitting person)
Words whether persons can be above other persons are in this discussion.

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JLPT HSK 4
this, these

Left: stop (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line ), right: sitting person
He stopped and sat down: This person.

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JLPT HSK 4
to die, impassable, inflexible

bad, wicked (= vertebrae or rib) and sitting person under the ground
If the bones of the sitting person are under the earth, this means: to die.

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JLPT HSK 4
spoon
chí
Left: correct (sun , variant of correct ), right: spoon (sitting person and eating)
It is correct: this is a spoon.

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JLPT HSK 4
finger, to point at or to, to indicate
zhǐ
Left: hand , right top: sitting person , below: sun
The hand of a sitting person points at the sun with: its finger.

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JLPT HSK 5
purple, violet, amethyst

Top: this (He stopped and sat down: This person.), below: thread
Stop at the person with the threads in purple.

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JLPT HSK 5
snake, serpent
shé
Left: insect , right: it (lifeless) (roof , sitting person )
The 'insect' next to the house with the sitting person is: a snake.

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JLPT HSK 6
incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
qīng
Left: person , right: short while ago, area size qǐng (sitting person , page, (fore)head / (=head with shoulders and eyebrows ) Better left: change
If a person turns to a sitting person, it's in the head, that is inclining.

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JLPT HSK 6
mud, clay, paste, pulp
ní, nì
Left: water , right: nun (buttock from the side , sitting person )
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.

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JLPT HSK 6
fat, rouge (cosmetics), resin
zhī
Left: meat/body /, right: order, purpose (If sb. is sitting in sun he has the purpose [to indicate with the fingers ])
Meat/Flesh has been 'ordered' to contain: fat.

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JLPT HSK 6
coherence, human relationship, order
lún
Left: person , right: arrange, set up (When a person turns into a sitting person , it is well arranged.)
A person, who is "well arranged" thinks in terms of coherence and relationships.

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JLPT HSK 6
clever, gifted, new and original, head of grain
yǐng
Top: a short while ago (sitting person , head /), below left: rice plant
It sits on the rice plant the spike (="the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".

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JLPT HSK 6
order, purpose, imperial decree, aim
zhǐ
Top: sitting person , bottom: sun
If sb. sits above the sun, he can issue orders and decrees.

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JLPT no HSK
a little while ago, unit of area equal to 100 亩 or 6.67 hectares
qǐng
Left: sitting person , right: page,leaf, head / (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The sitting person has in his head the area of 6.7 hectares

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JLPT no HSK
Buddhist nun, (often used in phonetic spellings)

Buttock from the side , sitting person
Sitting on her buttocks is the nun.

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JLPT no HSK
to scold, shout at, to hoot at
chì
Left: mouth , right: sitting person
With his mouth wide open, he is sitting and scolding.

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JLPT no HSK
girl, phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)

Left woman , right: buddist nun (buttock from the side , sitting person )
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.

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JLPT no HSK
dagger, ladle, ancient type of spoon

In the radicals often understood as: a sitting person
Image of a spoon.

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JLPT no HSK
arrange, (mountain range in Xinjiang)
lún
Top: person , bottom: sitting person
When a person turns into a sitting person, he is well arranged.

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