The Radical: 壴


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Meaning
drum    壴

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 4
drum, to rouse, to beat, convex

Left: (twig over bean [here: image of a drum on a stand]), right: twig, support (With a twig in the hand , I am supporting)
With a twig over the drums and another in the hand, he beats the drums.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 5
excellent, auspicious
jiā
Top: drum (twig over a bean [here: image of a drum on a stand]), bottom: 'to add' (For getting power your mouth needs sth. to be 'added' [=to eat])
If a drum is added, it will be excellent.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
swollen, to swell, inflated, expand
péng
Left: body('s part) /, right: drums ( [twig over bean/drums ], right: hair )
This body's part is big as 10 beans and hairy, and is: swelling.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
sound of waves, splatter
péng
Left: water , right: drums ( [twig over bean/drums ], right: hair )
When the water is drumming until the hair is slanted, then: it roars.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
surname Peng
péng
Left: drum (twig over bean/drum ), right: three hairs
The one at the drum with the three sticks is: the 'Péng'.

Vocabulary

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