The Chinese Radical: 六


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Meaning
six    六

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
six, 6
liù

One plus two makes three. With a cut it is divided, which provides six parts.
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 4
exchange, crossing, to intersect (lines), to deliver
jiāo
The image of a crosslegged sitting person means to mix.
Six crosses mark exchange or intersecting.
JLPT HSK 5
to boil (liquid), to roll, tumble
gǔn
Left: water , right: 衮 (six , nose , clothes )
In the water are six noses and clothes that are boiling.
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 no HSK
dark, deep, stupid, the underworld
míng
From top: cover , sun/day , six
(The class of sunglasses?) A cover that makes the sun-light sixfold darker.

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