The Chinese Radical: 亥


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Meaning
pig    亥

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
child
hái
Left: child (.. with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms ), right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail )
A child like a pig, is really a child.
JLPT HSK 3
to carve, quarter (hour), to cut

Left: (zodiac) pig /豚 (head , fat body small tail ), right: knife
(piece-rate work at the slaughterhouse) The pig is cut with a knife (= carved) within a quarter hour.
JLPT HSK 3
should, ought to, probably, must be
gāi
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body und small tail )
Like words towards a pig, that's how it should be.
JLPT HSK 4
cough
hāi, ké
Left: mouth , right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail )
Out of his mouth he grunts like a pig: he coughs!
JLPT HSK 5
nucleus, nuclear, stone (of a fruit), to examine

Left: tree , right: (zodiac) pig / (head , fat body small tail )
Trees and pigs also consist of atomic nuclei.
JLPT HSK 6
to obstruct, be blocked

Outside: gate / 門, inside: (zodiac) pig
If the pigs are within the gate, they form an obstruction.
JLPT no HSK
skeleton, bones of the body
hái
Left: bones/vertebrae , right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail )
Also the bones of the pig are a skeleton.
JLPT no HSK
to terrify, startle, astonish, to shock
hài
Left: horse /馬, right: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail )
A horse (fat) as a pig! That's terrifying!
JLPT no HSK
pig, boar of the 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m.
hài

Variation of pig and shows head , fat body and small tail .
JLPT no HSK
to accuse of misconduct, impeach

Left: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail , cf. 豚), right: strength
You need a pig's strength to accuse sb. for that crime.
JLPT no HSK
helium (chemistry)
hài
Top: gas, air , below: (zodiac) pig (head , fat body small tail )
With this gas you sound like the squeal of a pig: with helium.

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