The Chinese Radical: 各


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Meaning
each, everybody    各

Explanation Watch for the very similar meaning of the radical every 每.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
guest, customer, visitor

At top: roof 宀, bottom: every 各 (Sitting with crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
He sits under the roof cross-legged on a cushion: Our guest!  
JLPT HSK 2
road, path, way

Left: foot 足 (image of a kneecap 口 and a foot 止), right: each/every/all 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
The feet all move on road.  
JLPT HSK 4
to fall, to drop (behind), decline
là, lào, luò, luō
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 洛 (water 氵and each 各 [= Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody])
Plants (their leaves) and water-(drops), they all fall down.  
JLPT HSK 4
each, every, various

Top: upturned foot or crossed legs 夂, below: mouth 口 (here: futon/cushion)
Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.  
JLPT HSK 4
grid, lattice, pattern, square, standard

Left: tree 木, right: each/every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
(In a tree nursery?) The trees, namely every, are in a grid.  
JLPT HSK 4
armpit

Left: body part 月/肉, right: everybody 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
The part of the body that everyone has is the armpit.  
JLPT HSK 5
plan, strategy, outline, to rob, plunder
lüè
Left: field 田, right: each/every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
(e.g. for irrigation) For fields, for each of it, one should have a plan or strategy.  
JLPT HSK 5
net, network, be in contact, net-like
lào, luò
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody)
It all depends on the thread, on every: in a net.  
JLPT HSK 6
forehead, share, portion, amount
é
Left: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 our guest.) [everybody 各 = is sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口], right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The guests get by head (or forehead) each their share.  
JLPT HSK 6
to come to appearance, reveal, show, nectar
lù, lòu
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: street 路 (The feet 足 all 各 move on the road.)
(The potholes are filling up?) Rain comes on the street into: appearance.  
JLPT HSK 6
to place, to put aside, to shelve

Left: hand 扌, right: pavilion 阁 (Behind the gate 门 everybody 各 has his pavilion.)
By hand they direct you in the pavilion to: your place.  
JLPT HSK 6
bribery, bribe

Left: 贝, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
Money, that everybody (accepts) is bribery.  
JLPT no HSK
(final particle when sth is obvious), to cough up
gē, lo, luò, kǎ
Left: mouth 口, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody)
(This sound of) the mouth does everybody: coughing  
JLPT no HSK
several rivers 'Luò'
luò
Left: water 水, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
The waters, yes every, have the river's name: Luò.  
JLPT no HSK
camel, white horse with a black mane
luò
Left: horse 马/馬, right: every 各 (here: Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a hump 口 does everybody)
The 'horse', where you sit on the hump is the: camel.  
JLPT no HSK
sound of coughing or vomiting

Left: mouth 口, right: guest 客 (Under the roof 宀 is everybody 各 sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 our guest)
His mouth is covering 宀 everybody 各, when: coughing.  
JLPT no HSK
to bake (in a pan), to iron, to brand
lào
Left: fire 火, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody)
The fire is used by everybody for: baking.  
JLPT no HSK
skeleton, bone, corpse

Left: skeleton 骨 (image of a vertebra, cover 冖, body/flesh 月), right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody)
The skeleton, that everybody has is: the skeleton.  
JLPT no HSK
respectful, scrupulous

Left: feelings 忄, right: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
Feelings everybody should have is to be respectful.  
JLPT no HSK
curdled milk, cheese
lào
Left: wine mug 酉, right: every, each 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
The wine mugs: Each caused curdled milk.  
JLPT no HSK
to put down, to leave behind, to abandon or discard
liào
Left: hand 扌, right: field 田, every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
While the hands are (during the day) in the field (at work), then everyone will (in the evening) put this down.  
JLPT no HSK
pavilion (usu. two-storied), cabinet (politics), rack, shelf

Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: every 各 (Sitting cross-legged 夂 on a cushion 口 does everybody.)
Behind the gate everybody has a pavilion.  

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