The Radical: 娄


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Meaning
to collect    娄

Explanation This radical is used with the meaning "to collect", because helpful mnemonics become possible, as for example with " to collect ", which is ethymological not correct.

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 3
to count, to enumerate
shǔ, shù, shuò
Left: to collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.), right: strike 攵/ (a hand with a stick )
The rice grains are for the woman with a stick: to count them.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 3
house with more than 1 story, storied building
lóu
Left: tree , right: to collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.)
You need wood for this and you put the rice upstairs (= upper floor, thus protected from e.g. rats), while you yourself are downstairs (= ground floor): in the multi-storey building.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
repeatedly, frequently, again and again

Left: buttocks , right: collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.)
The 'buttocks' shall collect: repeatedly.

Vocabulary
JLPT HSK 6
to gather, to collect, solicit, embrace
lōu, lǒu
Left: hand , right: to collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.)
The hands collect when gathering.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
thread, locks (of hair), detailed

Left: thread 纟/, right: to collect (Rice grains are by women : collected)
Threads, that are collected [= aligned] stand for: threads or locks (of hair).

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
(final particle equivalent to 了)
lóu, lou
Left: mouth (here: an empty field ), right: collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.)
From the field / everything has been collected: We are at the end / finished.

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JLPT no HSK
skull
lóu
Left: skeleton (image of a vertebra, cover , body/flesh ), right: collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.)
(As a souvenir?) From the skeleton this is collected: The skull.

Vocabulary
JLPT no HSK
trembling, shake
sǒu
Left: hand , right: to count, to enumerate (Rice seeds for a woman with a stick in a hand to count them.)
A hand that counts is trembling.

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