The Chinese Radical: 句


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Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
dog
gǒu
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: sentence (here: dog house , with a dog ) [The character also means 'dog' but is preferably used for categories/races.]
The animal in the dog house is a dog.
JLPT HSK 3
sentence, clause, phrase

Outside: wrap up/cover , inside: mouth
She covered her mouth at such a sentence. (Or: Something "wrapped" out the mouth is a sentence.)
JLPT HSK 4
office, situation, authorities, classifier for games: match

Top: a buttocks in side view , below: phrase/clause (= sth. wrapped out of the mouth )
When the 'buttock' is talking phrases, it is like in the office.
JLPT HSK 4
to be enough, to reach
gòu
Left: sentence (= sth. wrapped out of the mouth ), right: many (two evenings )
(Not only) one sentence, but many are enough (to reach ...).
JLPT HSK 5
to respect, to venerate, to salute, to offer
jìng
Left: thoughtless 苟 (Using plants for wrapping a present is thoughtless.) cf: sentence , right: strike 攵/ [hand with a stick ]
When a plant speaks a sentence and has a stick in the hand, it is respected.
JLPT HSK 6
to arrest, adhere, capture, restrain

Left: hand , right: sentence (= sth. wrapped out of the mouth , Here: a gripping ="wrapping" hand and another wrist in cross-section )
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.
JLPT HSK 6
thoughtless, negligent, careless, if indeed
gǒu
Top: plant ; bottom: sentence (wrapped mouth [here: a present])
Using plants for wrapping a present is: thoughtless and negligent.
JLPT no HSK
colt

Left: horse /馬, right: sentence, phrase (= wrapped in the mouth ) Here: see similarity of the wrapping with: placenta/womb 胞
The horse coming out of the placenta with its head is a colt.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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