The Chinese Radical: ノ


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Meaning
bent stroke    ノ

Explanation emphasis, accent

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
life, to be born, to grow, raw/uncooked
shēng
Accent/emphasis (here: a twig) at a growing plant / [cf. abundant ]
The twig at the growing plant stands for life.
JLPT HSK 1
year
nián
Comprises the trunk of a tree with three 三 branches, which is understood as a growing plant /. Additionally with two accents , which are understood as fruits.
When the growing plants bear fruit, it has passed: another year.
JLPT HSK 1
"referring to", exclamatory final particle, interrogative
má, me, mó, yāo
Top: accent for emphasis , bottom: self, personal (shows a nose)
The emphasis on your own nose is this reference.
JLPT HSK 1
connection, link, system, relation

Top: accent for the emphasis, bottom: thread
An emphasized thread for: the connections in a system.
JLPT HSK 1
few, little
shǎo, shào
Top: small (A person with the arms close to the body is small), bottom: extra stroke
Such a small stroke is too few.
JLPT HSK 2
to check, to verify, to test, to examine
kǎo
At top: old man , below: wound seeweed
From the ground with a stick the seeweed is checked.
JLPT HSK 3
to carve, quarter (hour), to cut

Left: (zodiac) pig /豚 (head , fat body small tail ), right: knife
(piece-rate work at the slaughterhouse) The pig is cut with a knife (= carved) within a quarter hour.
JLPT HSK 3
should, ought to, probably, must be
gāi
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body und small tail )
Like words towards a pig, that's how it should be.
JLPT HSK 3
talent, just now, not until
cái

When the big person balances on one foot, he is talented.
JLPT HSK 3
certainly, must, will, necessarily

Heart , lance
The heart is pierced by the lance - certainly!
JLPT HSK 4
to lose, to miss, to fail
shī
Top left: accent (for emphasis), rest: husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.)
I emphasize: the husband will lose.
JLPT HSK 4
father

A hand with a stick
The father has a stick in his hand (for punishing).
JLPT HSK 5
secret, secretary

Left: rice plant , right: certainly (The heart is pierced by a lance - certainly!)
(They are so fructuous) Rice plants certainly have a secret!
JLPT HSK 5
flock, group, crowd, herd
qún
Left: monarch, master (He strikes with a stick in a hand on a mouth ), right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
If a monarch has sheep, then a flock.
JLPT HSK 5
nucleus, nuclear, stone (of a fruit), to examine

Left: tree , right: (zodiac) pig / (head , fat body small tail )
Trees and pigs also consist of atomic nuclei.
JLPT HSK 5
ascend, to raise, metric liter
shēng
Two hands where the left hand is holding a bottle with one liter. [Two hands = twice this hand with the fingers towards the top; simplified & combined]
(You should drink a lot when climbing:) Take the bottle in both hands on the ascent.
JLPT no HSK
he, she, abbr. for Iraq or Iran

Left: person , right: to administer, rule (.. with a stick in the hand you administer)
The person with the stick in his hand point to him/her.
JLPT no HSK
testicle, marsh
gāo
From top: emphasis , eye, net 罒, happy (Between two earths [the lower mirrored ] is the happiness.)
Below the penis are the testicles 罒 and they make happy: the testicles.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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