The Chinese Radical: 不


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Meaning
not    不

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
(negative prefix), not, no


Four strokes are not enough.
JLPT HSK 1
cup, glass, (classifier for glasses)
bēi
Left: tree , right: not (Four strokes are not enough!)
A tree is not yet a cup/glass.
JLPT HSK 2
still in progress, even more, also
hái, huán
Left: movement , right: not (Four strokes are not enough!)
(Laziness at work) Not moving? - I am still in progress!
JLPT HSK 3
ring, loop, (chain), bracelet
huán
Left: king , right: not (Four strokes are not enough!)
A king is not limiting himself with only one ring.
JLPT HSK 3
bad, to break down, spoiled
huài
Left: earth/ground , right: not (Four strokes are not enough!)
If sth. is on the ground, where it should not be, it is: bad and/or broken.
怀
JLPT HSK 4
bosom, breast, heart, to think of, to cherish
huái
Left: feeling , right: negation (Four strokes are not enough!)
Feelings are not only in the bosom.
JLPT HSK 4
to negate, to deny, not, evil
fǒu, pǐ
Top: not (Four strokes are not enough!), below: mouth
A "not" out of a mouth is: a negation.
JLPT HSK 5
at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, askew
wāi
Top: not (Four strokes are not enough!), below: correct, right (To stop at the line is correct.)
If sth. is not correct, it is crooked.
JLPT HSK 6
need not, not necessary
béng
Top: not (Four strokes are not enough!), bottom: use, need (A fence is needed.)
"Not needed" means: Not necessary!
JLPT no HSK
grand, great, glorious

Top and bottom: two , middle: small (cf. negation )
Between two boundaries something small can be: great.
JLPT no HSK
to spit (in contempt), pah!, bah!, pooh!
pēi
Left: mouth , right: great (Here: not and floor __)
Out of the mouth it should not on the ground __, when: spitting out!

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