The Chinese Radical: 龹


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Meaning
border guard    龹

Explanation The border guard is a person 人 with high lifted arms ) and two barrier bars 二. This is (Japanese only) visible in 'border guard 関'

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
confined, circle, loop, to lock up, surround
juān, juàn, quān
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: reel, spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾)
In an enclosure the guard controls/guards a slumped person, that is thus confined.  
JLPT HSK 5
to roll (up), reel, spool, to sweep up
juǎn, juàn
Top: border guard 龹 (Here: roll with spindle ノ and sth. wound 二 around), bottom: crouching person 㔾
A roll on which something is (like a crouching person) rolled on.  
JLPT HSK 5
fist, boxing
quán
Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: hand 手
The border guard has a hand, that is a fist.  
JLPT HSK 6
guard/post, position, job, mound
gǎng
Top: mountain 山, below: hill 冈/岡 (image of a hill)
The mountain and hill stand for the elevated position of a guard and generalized for a position or job.  
JLPT HSK 6
ticket, voucher, contract, deed
quàn
Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: sword 刀
The security guard has a swords to cut your ticket.  
JLPT HSK 6
tired
juàn
Left: person 亻, right: reel, spool 卷 (border guard 龹 [= person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二], slumped person 㔾-)
When a person as a security guard first lifted the arms and then slumps down, he got tired.  
JLPT HSK 6
to gallop, soar, rise, to prance
téng
Left: we (imperial) 朕 (body 月/肉 and border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: horse 马/馬
Your body can jump/soar over the security guard, if your horse is galloping.  
JLPT no HSK
tangle of vines, rattan, cane
téng
Top: plant 艹, below: 滕 (body 月, border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), water 水
Plants that pull themselves up on bodies, like raised arms of a security guard and need water are: the climbing vines.  
JLPT no HSK
concern, wife and children
juàn
Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二), bottom: eye 目
The security guard has an eye on what concerns him: wife and children.  
JLPT no HSK
to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm)
quán
Left: insect 虫, right: to roll (up), reel 卷 (Spindle ノ on which something 二, like a crouching person 㔾, is rolled on.)
The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls.  
JLPT no HSK
to rear/raise (animals)
huàn
Top: border guard 龹 (person 人 with high lifted arms 丷) and two barrier bars 二), bottom: pig 豕 (cf: 豚)
(Security) guards are needed when a pig is raised.  

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