The Chinese Radical: 益


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benefit, profit    益

Explanation With a well-laid table and plates he (i.e. the restaurant owner) benefits and makes profit.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
benefit, profit, advantage, to increase

In the middle: table , with something on 丷 it and plates/bowl 皿 below
With a well-laid table and plates he (i.e. the restaurant owner) benefits and makes profit.  
JLPT HSK 6
narrow, defile, pass, confined, in distress
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Left: hill 阝, right: benefit 益 (Laid 丷 tables with plates 皿 are for him [= the restaurant owner] a benefit.)
At a hill it is beneficial, if there is a narrow pass.  
JLPT no HSK
to overflow, to spill over

Left: water 氵, right: benefit 益 (Laid 丷 tables with plates 皿 are for him (the restaurant owner) a benefit.)
(because it brings new soil as fertilizer) Water can be of use in case of overflowing.  

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