The Chinese Radical: 乚


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Meaning
lighting rod    乚

Explanation The use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
electricity, electrical
diàn
(This character was simplified from 電) Rice field with a lightning conductor/arrester for leading electricity.
If lightning strikes in the rice field, the lightning arrester has: electricity.
JLPT HSK 1
nine, 9
jiǔ
The number ten with a hook, that is substracting
10 - 1 = 9
JLPT HSK 3
ceremony, gift, rite, etiquette, courtesy

Left: to show, altar 礻/ (image of an altar with a sacrifice and drippling blood ), right: kneeling person
At the altar kneels somebody: At the ceremony with a gift.
JLPT HSK 4
riot, confusion, disorder, arbitrary, upheaval
luàn
Left: tongue (Thousand mouths with tongues.), right: kneeling person
If a tongue is 'twisted' like a kneeling person, it means: riot and confusion.
JLPT HSK 5
ton (measure of weight), tonnage
dūn
Left: mouth (here: container), right: barracks (Where previously plants and sprouts pierced the soil , they build barracks. )
The container for the barracks weights one ton.
JLPT HSK 5
to pause, meal, bout, to stop
dùn
Left: barracks , (Where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.), right: page, leaf 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
(Soldiers on march need regular breaks) At the barracks the heads join to pause and for meals.
JLPT HSK 5
rope
shéng
Left: thread 纟/, right: toad 黾 (The animal on the field with the long tongue . HERE: At the rope-maker the rope is clamped in two holding jaws , for being twisted.)
Threads are clamped twice (and then twisted) to make a rope .
JLPT HSK 5
pure, simple, unmixed, genuine
chún
Left: thread 纟/, right: barracks (On fertile ground, where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.)
Threads made of plants and sprouds are pure and unmixed.
JLPT HSK 5
to throw, to fling, to swing, to leave behind
shuǎi

Use sth. with a "handle for use " when: throwing.
JLPT HSK 5
to delay, waste time, to indulge in
dān
Left: ear , right: (big person with broken arms and a broken leg )
(Those who refuse to follow rules shall feel the consequences) The "Listening" can end in broken arms and leg, if you delay it.
JLPT HSK 6
breast, milk

Left: trust (To the hand reaching down , the child is trusting.), right: kneeling person
To reach down to the child, when you yourself are kneeing: You give breast and milk.
JLPT HSK 6
hole, dwellings, Confucius
kǒng
Left: child , right: kneeling person
A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.
JLPT HSK 6
to conceal, cover up, surprise
yǎn
Left: hand , right: suddenly (i.e. lightning stroke: The big electricity [= lightning strike] comes suddenly.) [electricity = field with lightning arrester ]
The hand makes a sudden movement to conceal sth.
JLPT HSK 6
roar or howl of an animal, bellow of rage
hǒu
Left: mouth , right: dwellings, Confucius (A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.), here: variant of breast, milk 乳
A baby's mouth that wants milk 乳 is roaring.
JLPT HSK 6
to flood, to submerge, to drown, delay
yān
Left: water , right: suddenly (i.e lightning strike: The big electricity comes suddenly.) [electricity = field with lightning arrester ]
If the water comes suddenly, then as a flood, where you drown.
JLPT HSK 6
pillow, to rest one's head
zhěn
Left: tree , right: (person with broken arms and a broken leg )
Under the tree, there is sb. with broken limbs. Bring him a pillow!
JLPT HSK 6
blunt (i.e. knife), stupid
dùn
Left: metal 钅/, right: barracks (On fertile ground, where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.)
(Due to the constant use) The metal in the barracks becomes blunt.
JLPT HSK 6
to tie, to bind, bundle, to prick, penetrating
zā, zhā, zhá
Left: hand , right: hook
In the hand is a hook for tying up or pricking.
JLPT no HSK
fly, musca
yíng
Left: insect , right: toad 黾 (= The animal on the field with the long tongue .)
The insect for the toad, is the fly.
JLPT no HSK
turtle, tortoise
guī
Top: kneeling person , bottom: electricity (field with lightning rod )
A head , body and tail of a: turtle!
JLPT no HSK
I (northern dialects)
ǎn
Left: Person , right: suddenly (i.e. lighting strike: the big electricity comes suddenly) [electricity = field with lightning rod ]
(I boast to be full of energy:) The person with big electricity, that is me!
JLPT no HSK
barracks, to station (soldiers), to store up
tún, zhūn
A variation of grass and a further sprout , as also shown in
(On fertile ground:) Where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.
JLPT no HSK
hut, small temple, nunnery
ān
广
Outside: building 广, below: suddenly (i.e. lighting strike: The big electricity comes suddenly.) [electricity = field with lightning rod ]
A building that (can be built) suddenly, is a small hut.
JLPT no HSK
wooden board for writing, short note
zhá
Left: tree , right: kneeling person (here: image of a board)
Using a tree you make boards for notes.
JLPT no HSK
to crush (by weight), to roll (steel)
yà, zhá
Left: vehicle (=車 = top view with axle | load-area wheels ), right: a hook like at: 'to bundle 扎'
The vehicle's (weight) presses/crushes when a hook is produced by: rolling it.
JLPT no HSK
confused, turbid
dùn
Left: water , right: barracks (On fertile ground, where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.)
If you build in a swamp (= where there is water and grass and shoots) a barracks, things get confused.
JLPT no HSK
honesty, sincerity
chén
Left: feelings , right: (big person with broken arms and a broken leg )
The feeling with the injuries [arms and leg] is: honesty.
JLPT no HSK
suddenly, abruptly, hastily, to cover
yǎn
Top: big , bottom: electricity (A field with a lightning rod )
(At a lightning strike:) The big electricity comes suddenly.
JLPT no HSK
muntjac (=barking deer), Qiang ethnic group
qiāng
Left: sheep , right: extra leg
The sheep with the extra leg is a muntiac-deer.
JLPT no HSK
always, then, at once
zhé
Left: vehicle (車= (top view with axle load-area wheels ), right: 耴 (ear , here: axle or axe nail )
At a vehicle you hear sth. at the axle : always.
JLPT no HSK
to submerge, to sink, immerse, to lower, drop, variant of 沉
chén, shěn
Left: water , right: (big person with broken arms and a broken leg )
In the water is sb. with broken limbs, who will submerge!
JLPT no HSK
to castrate, a castrate, neuter
yān
Outside: gate /門, inside: suddenly (i.e. a lightning stroke: The big electricity comes suddenly.) [electricity = field with lightning arrester ]
(Electric pasture fence? - When climbing over:) the gate, the big electricity made him: a castrate.
JLPT no HSK
stew, stew slowly
dùn
Left: fire , right: barracks (On fertile ground, where growing shoots pierced the ground they built a barracks.
The fire in the barracks is used for: stewing.
JLPT no HSK
gaze intently
dān
Left: eye , right: (big person with broken arms and a broken leg )
The eye sees the person with broken arms and leg and: stares at him.

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