The Chinese Radical: 俞


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Meaning
arrow head    俞

Explanation This radical gets its meaning by the similarity to the character for arrow: 箭 (jiàn), which has a similar body under the bamboo . Due to the pointed top this radical is understood as the arrow's head that goes into the flesh / and cuts.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
to transport, to donate, to lose, to enter (a password)
shū
Left: vehicle /車 (= cart from above with axle, load-area and two wheels ), right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The vehicle assents, that it shall transport.
JLPT HSK 4
happiness, cheerful, joyful, pleased

Left: feeling , right: assent (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
Feelings of assent are: happiness and cheerfulness.
JLPT HSK 5
to steal, to pilfer, to snatch, stealthily
tōu
Left: person , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The person assents the theft.
JLPT HSK 6
arrow
jiàn
Top: bamboo , bottom: front (Where from the sheep's head, meat / is cut, is the front.)
It's made of bamboo and it's the front end, which counts: the arrow.
JLPT HSK 6
heal, to recover, better, the more...

Top: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭]), below: heart
You shall assent with your heart (= to have a good attitude), if you want to heal/recover.
JLPT HSK 6
a metaphor, analogy, simile, allegory, to describe sth. as

Left: mouth , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The 'mouth' stands for 'assent'. This is a metaphor or analogy.
JLPT no HSK
excellence, luster of gems

Left: king , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The king is assenting this excellence.
JLPT no HSK
to assent, approve, OK

Is understood as an arrowhead (sharp angled cover and variation from: front (or arrow 箭), which gets into the body / to cut .
When the arrowhead get into the body and cuts, I am assenting.
JLPT no HSK
order (from above), imperial edict

Left: word /, right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
Words, where you have to assent are orders or edicts.
JLPT no HSK
elm

Left: tree , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The tree for the tip of an arrow 箭 is: the elm.
JLPT no HSK
to exceed, to go beyond, to transcend, to cross

Left: movement , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
An assenting movement is an exceeding (going beyond).
JLPT no HSK
to change, abbr. for Chongqing 重庆

Left: water , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
(It flows as it wants:) Water assents to change.

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