The Radical: 立


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Meaning
stand    立

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 2
new, newly, recent
xīn
Left: parents (They stand as supervision in the tree ), right: axe
Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new.

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JLPT HSK 2
station, to stand, to halt, to stop
zhàn
Left: standing , right: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told.)
(As to whether the train is coming:) You stand there and divine fortune: At the station.

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JLPT HSK 3
border, boundary, place, circumstances
jìng
Left: earth , right: actually (standing , sun and legs )
The earth remains standing, while the sun continues to go: We are at the border.

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JLPT HSK 3
should, ought to, to deal with, to answer, to respond
yīng, yìng
Left: Building 广, below: compressed variation of standing
In the building to be able to stand? That's what you should!
广
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JLPT HSK 3
to contact with, to connect, to receive, to welcome sb.
jiē
Left: hand , right: stand , woman
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to make contact with.

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JLPT HSK 3
position, location, place, seat
wèi
Left: person /, right: to stand
People are standing at their positions.

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JLPT HSK 4
parent, relative/intimate, close, kiss
qīn, qìng
Top: to stand , bottom: tree (simplified from: 親, which comprised 'to see' 見)
They stand in a tree and look after the close ones: The parents

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JLPT HSK 4
medal, badge, decoration, order, chapter, regulation
zhāng
Top: to rise/stand , below: early (When the sunrise at the marking at the horizon , it is early in the morning)
Get up early and you will get a medal.

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JLPT HSK 4
to compete, to contend, to struggle
jìng
Top: to stand , bottom: elder brother (A big mouth on feet )
He stands over my elder brother, because he competed with him.

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JLPT HSK 4
child, children
tóng
Top: stand , below: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
Standing in the village is: a child.

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JLPT HSK 4
mirror, lens
jìng
Left: metal 钅/, right: actually (to stand and a variation of seeing: 見, therefore: "almost seeing") ['to see' 見 is typically simplified to ]
It is made of metal and when standing in front, you can practically see yourself: It is a mirror.

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JLPT HSK 4
general, popular, everywhere, universal

Top: to line up (originally 2 x stand [for row], now merged to ), bottom: sun
Lining up in the sun is generally popular.

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JLPT HSK 4
to pull, to drag, to play (string instruments)

Left: hand , right: to stand
A hand on which sb. stands is pulled (back), such as a string instrument is pulled /played.

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JLPT HSK 4
trash, garbage, of poor quality

Left: earth, ground , right: to stand
It is the ground where it should stand: The trash.

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JLPT HSK 5
to touch, to meet with, to bump
pèng
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: line up (originally: twice standing next to each others, now it is merged)
When stones are lined up, they touch.

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JLPT HSK 5
to give birth, to produce, estate
chǎn
Combination of: standing and factory (when used as radical understood as: 'cliff')
If something is standing on the cliff, it was produced (or born).

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JLPT HSK 5
to stand, to set up, to establish


Top: head and arms , bottom: legs of a person standing on the ground .

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JLPT HSK 6
perseverance, endurance, resolute staunch

Left: 豙 (to stand and pig ), right: (battle axe in a hand )
He stands like a pig with a battle axe in the hand and has perseverance.

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JLPT HSK 6
to be exhausted, used up (resources), dried up
jié
Left: to stand , right: interrogation (=The mouth with a tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)
If you need to stand at an interrogation, you will be exhausted.

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JLPT HSK 6
end, extremity, item, port, margin
duān
Left: to stand , right: concentrated (like a mountain of beards )
(e.g. a hunter) He stand on the mountain with a beard at the edge.

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JLPT HSK 6
firewood, fuel, salary
xīn
Top: plant , below: new (From a standing tree your axe makes someting new.)
(All) plants and also standing trees are made with the axe to: firewood.

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JLPT HSK 6
Sentence-final particle as exclamation
lā, la
Left: mouth , right: pull (string instrument)
With my mouth, the hand and my standpoint I make an exclamation at the sentence-final.

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JLPT HSK 6
chart, list, score (music), spectrum (physics)

Left: word /, right: general, common (Lining up in the sun is generally common.) - [line up = combined of 2x 'to stand' ]
Words are commonly lined-up in: lists.

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JLPT HSK 6
to cry, to weep, to sob

Left: water , right: to stand
In the water he is standing and cries.

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JLPT HSK 6
vertical, to erect, vertical stroke
shù
Top: knife, hand (Here: as a variant of fork [= hand holding fork ]), bottom: stand
(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected).

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JLPT HSK 6
to hinder, block, obstruct
zhàng
Left: hill , right: medal (Get up early to get a medal.)
(As a protection against floodwaters) The hill gets a medal, because it is a hindrance. [against the water]

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JLPT HSK 6
grain, granule, [small round things]

Left: rice , right: to stand
Where the rice stands, there is grain.

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JLPT no HSK
quiet, peaceful, to make tranquil, to pacify
jìng
Left: to stand , right: green, blue, young (Growing plants appear in the moonshine blue and young.)
When something stands (still), like growing plants in the moonlight, it is quiet.

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JLPT no HSK
concubine, female servant
qiè
Top: to stand , bottom: woman
The standing woman is the: concubine.

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JLPT no HSK
broad bamboo rain hat

Top: bambo , bottom: to stand
Under this 'bamboo' you can stand, if it is: a hat.

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JLPT no HSK
all of a sudden, drizzle
shà
Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), right: concubine (The standing woman is the: concubine.)
In the rain is standing a woman (and says:) It came suddenly.

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JLPT no HSK
complete, finish
jùn
Left: to stand , right: to dawdle =go slowly (nose , legs , upturned foot )
(At the end of a race) You can stand (still) or dawdle when you have: completed or finished (the race).

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JLPT no HSK
the next, the following, bright, tomorrow

Top: wings , bottom: to stand
(When a rooster crows in the morning, it first fluffs itself up.) Its feathers stand up (= deploy) to announce the next/following (day).

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JLPT no HSK
brilliant, glorious

Left: fire , right: bright 昱 (The sun stands upright and bright.)
A fire that is like a 'standing sun', is: brilliant.

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