The Chinese Radical: 井


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Meaning
well    井

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
to advance, to enter, to come (or go) into
jìn
Left: movement , right: a well - (simplified from 進, which showed the forward movement of a bird .) Here: See as railway tracks 丿 which are connected by railway sleepers
Move along the rails to advance.
JLPT HSK 3
to explain, to speak, to negotiate, to emphasise
jiǎng
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: a well
With words as profond as a well, should be the explanation.
JLPT HSK 3
competition, match, to surpass, to excel sb.
sài
From top: roof , a well and table (or variant of together: ), Money /貝 (= cone-shell with two feelers = shell-money)
Under the roof we (fight) together 'doubly ' for money: in a competition.
JLPT HSK 3
bottle, vase, pitcher, jar
píng
Left: unite (When you are coming out of a buddhist temple you shall be united.) [ = image of a temple's entrance gate with double upper traverses, which actually means "open", as these gates have no doors], right: roof tile (interhooked tiles)
(The roof tiles are generalized understood as "pottery") For making sth. 'uniting' (= a container) the pottery is formed into a bottle or pitcher.
JLPT HSK 4
cold, poor, to tremble
hán
From top: a roof , a well , variant of six , variant of ice
Under the roof, the well has six pieces of ice: It's cold!
JLPT HSK 6
a well, neat, orderly
jǐng

Pictograph of a framed well
JLPT HSK 6
to plow, to till
gēng
Left: (tree with many branches), right: a well (here: image of crossing plow lines)
For the plant to get many branches you need to plow.
JLPT HSK 6
to block, to stuff, to squeeze in, obstruct, Serbian
sāi, sài, sè
From top: roof , a well , var. of six , earth
Despite the roof, the well was already six-times filled with earth and thus blocked/obstructed.
JLPT HSK 6
hole, pitfall
jǐng
Left: hill , right: a well
At the hill is a 'well', that actually is a pitfall.
JLPT no HSK
stronghold, stockade, camp, village
zhài
From top: roof , a well , table , tree
For (protecting) our roofs and wells, we use tables and trees to (build) a: stronghold.

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