The Radical: 谷


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Meaning
valley    谷

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 2
lead (chemical element)
qiān
Left: metal 钅/ (= Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: variation of valley
(Found in lower places because of its weight.) The metal in the valley is: lead.

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JLPT HSK 3
appearance, look, to hold, to contain
róng
Top: roof , below: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain )
The roofs in the valley determine the appearance.

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JLPT HSK 5
custom, convention, popular, vulgar, coarse

Left: person , right: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain .)
People in the valleys have commonly coarse customs.

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JLPT HSK 6
rich, abundant

Left: clothes 衤/, right: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain .)
The clothes in this valley looks rich.

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沿
JLPT HSK 6
along, following (a line)
yán
Left: water , right: var. of valley (pictograph of a valley opening towards a plain)
The water in the valley: flows along. (that you can have your bath )

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JLPT HSK 6
valley, grain, corn
gǔ, yù

Shows a valley between lateral slopes that opens into a plain

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JLPT HSK 6
to melt, to dissolve, soluble
róng
Left: water , right: appearance (The roofs in the valley are an appearance.)
Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting.

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JLPT HSK 6
bath, to bathe

Left: water , right: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain .)
The water flows into the valley, where you can have your bath.

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JLPT HSK 6
greed, to desire, passion, lust

Left: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain .), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the greed and desires.

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JLPT no HSK
lotus
róng
Left: plant , right: appearance (The houses in the valley have an appearance.)
(With the big pink blossom:) The plant for your good appearance is: The lotus.

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JLPT no HSK
opening, sacrifice, crack, slit, stake all, exempt (from)
huá, huō, huò
Left: damage (Under the roof is a growing plant in a pot , which damaged it), right: valley (Shows a valley that opens into a plain .)
The damage is like a valley: Such wide open.

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JLPT no HSK
to smelt, to fuse
róng
Left: fire , right: appearance (The houses in the valley are an appearance.)
Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting.

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JLPT no HSK
channel, gully, narrow ravine, bed of torrent

Top: 㕡 (Upper left resembles: cavity,hole and valley with other elements showing a channel itself) and hand ), bottom: earth
(So that the water can flow away) A hole for running towards the valley was formed by the hand in the earth as a channel or canal.

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