The Chinese Radical: 丈


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Meaning
unit of length    丈

Explanation

Used in these characters:
便
JLPT HSK 2
convenient, ordinary, plain, to defecate
biàn, pián
Left: person , right: further/still more (The sun goes with each unit of length [= big person with wide step] further and more.)
People (like it) furthermore, when it is convenient.
JLPT HSK 2
unit of length zhàng = 3.3 meters, gentleman
zhàng

Shows a big person with a wide step to measure the distance of 1 zhàng.
JLPT HSK 3
even further, still more, to change (cloths) or replace
gēng, gèng
Center: sun , rest: unit of length zhàng 3m (a big person with a wide step)
The sun goes with wide steps even further.
使
JLPT HSK 4
to cause, to instruct sb, to enable, to employ, to send
shǐ
Left: person /, right: civil servant 吏 (A mouth of a certain reach is expected from an official.) [ = big step, length 3.3m]
This person is civil servant and can cause you to do sth.
JLPT HSK 5
hard, solid, stiff, firm, resolutely
yìng
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: further, more over (The sun goes with each unit of length further and more) [ = person with big step]
Stones are more over: hard and solid.
JLPT HSK 5
to gallop, speedily, to pilot (ship, plane)
shǐ
Left: horse /馬 (.. with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ), right: history 史 (Here: a body of the horse with wide steps and thus only two legs on the ground.)
The horse has two legs on ground, when: galloping.
JLPT HSK 6
a rod, stick, cane, walking stick
zhàng
Left: tree , right: unit of length (3.3m = big person with a wide step)
(You need it when stumbling [= big step]) The wood for the big step is the (walking) stick.
JLPT HSK 6
battle, weaponry, to wield, to rely on
zhàng
Left: Person , right: unit of length (Big person with wide step)
A person with wide steps during the battle.
JLPT no HSK
stem, stalk, to block, to hinder
gěng
Left: tree , right: further, more over (The sun goes with each unit of length further and more.) [ = Big person with a wide step.]
The tree has furthermore a stem.
JLPT no HSK
minor government official or functionary (old)

Center: mouth ; rest: big person with wide lateral step measures length unit: zhàng (=3.3m)
The person who measures with a wide lateral step and announces with mouth is a government official.

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