The Chinese Radical: 丿


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Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
happy, laugh, cheerful
lè, yuè
丿
At top: a kind of protection , below: tree
A protected tree is happy.
JLPT HSK 3
(long) time, (long) duration of time
jiǔ
丿
Pictograph: bent person , person
The bent person has been here for a long time.
JLPT HSK 3
(particle expressing question or doubt, cf. 吗)

丿

This distorted variant of flat/even (= image of a scales, here with a rounded bottom) shows the doubt of a question.
JLPT HSK 4
table tennis (ping-pong)
pīng
丿

Like a soldier (At the hill there are eight soldiers) who stands on one leg or the other when playing table tennis. Or phonetically 乒 (pīng) 乓 (pāng) as a double sound, like in table tennis.
JLPT HSK 4
onomat. bang
pāng
丿

Like a soldier who stands on one leg or the other when playing table tennis. Or phonetically 乒 (pīng) 乓 (pāng) as a double sound, like in table tennis.
JLPT HSK 5
short of, lack, deficient, tired

丿
Of obscure origin. Top can be read as one or person , below as zigzag
A person going zigzag is lacking sth.
JLPT HSK 6
black, dark, crow, abbr. for Ukraine 乌克兰

丿
Variation of bird 鸟/ (without eye)
At the bird 鸟 you can't see the eye because it is a dark. (or is it a crow?)
JLPT no HSK
to administer, to oversee, to run, magistrate (old)
yǐn
丿
Hand or with stick
With a stick in your hand, you: administer.
JLPT no HSK
therefore, thus, then, thereupon, to be
nǎi
丿
This character is part of "pregnancy 孕", where a child comes out of that womb
Image of a pregnancy belly.
JLPT no HSK
suddenly, unexpectedly, for the first time
zhà
丿
Image of a saw
The saw fells [the tree] suddenly and unexpectedly.

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