The Chinese Radical: 匚


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Meaning
right open box    匚

Explanation embrace

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
medical, doctor, to cure

Outside a box and within an arrow (= An arrow in the sky )
(Think of acupuncture in TCM:) In the box are arrows for the medical treatment.
JLPT HSK 4
district, area, region
qū, ōu
Enclosure with a marking
An enclosure with a cross stands for an urban district. [with a street crossing?]
JLPT HSK 5
to converge (of rivers), collection, remit
huì
Left: water , right: embracement
The water is embraced and collected in the confluence.
JLPT HSK 5
huge, very large, tremendous, gigantic

Left: frame , inside: staring eye
The staring eye is huge.
JLPT HSK 6
to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong

Left: stone , right: 匝 (embracement , cloth
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.
JLPT no HSK
gangster, bandit
fěi
Outside: embracement and: not (inverted wings )
Within our embracement (= area) we do not want him: The gangster!
JLPT no HSK
craftsman
jiàng
Outside: box (simplified from: to work ), inside: axe
In the box is the axe of the craftsman.
JLPT no HSK
box
xiá
Left: framing , right: armor, shell (The seedling cracks its shell/husk )
A framing needs a certain strength (=armor) to serve as a box.
JLPT no HSK
to rectify, to correct sth.
kuāng
Left: , right: king
The country 国 of the king is not complete (the right side is missing), which must be rectified. [.. because it is a deficiency ]
JLPT no HSK
dam, embankment, dike, bank, weir
yàn
Left: earth , right: 匽 (frame , sun (here: simplified field ), woman )
The earth that (protects) as a frame the (simplified) fields and the women is: a dam.
JLPT no HSK
deficiency, to lack, empty, exhausted
kuì
Left: frame , right: precious, expensive (A blooming flower [simplified from ] and money are precious.)
If the frame for the precious things is open at the right, it is a deficiency. [..that needs to be corrected ]
JLPT no HSK
cheerful, satisfied
qiè
Left: feeling , right: embracement and squeeze in [A husband between persons (=) is squeezed)] here: be included
The feelings of being included (= squeezed in) in an embracement are: cheerful.

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