The Chinese Radical: 咢


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Meaning
jaw, palate    咢

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
to boast, to exaggerate, to praise
kuā
Top: big , below: deficiency 亏 (Having only one winding seaweed means a deficiency) (Tip: See 亏 as lower part of jaw (= two teeth , tongue , lower jaw )
With a big jaw, you can boast and exaggerate.
JLPT HSK 6
to step across, to stride over, to straddle, to span
kuà
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: boast (With part of jaw [=two teeth , tongue , lower jaw ], such that your big/extreme jaw is boasting.)
Your foot is boasting, when stepping over a barrier.
JLPT HSK 6
to carry (over the arm, shoulder or side)
kuà
Left: hand , right: boast (With part of jaw [=two teeth , tongue , lower jaw ], such that your big/extreme jaw is boasting.)
The hand can boast, when a carrying a load over the arm.
JLPT no HSK
to collapse, to break or wear down, to defeat
kuǎ
Left: earth , right: boast (With part of jaw [=two teeth , tongue , lower jaw ], such that your big/extreme jaw is boasting.)
Down to the earth falls the one who boasted, when collapsing.
JLPT no HSK
startled, astonished
è
Left: feelings , right: jaw (two teeth , tongue , lower jaw )
The feeling of a jaw wide open is: being startled.
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Hubei 湖北 province in central China
è
Left: jaw (two teeth , tongue , lower jaw ), right: village
The jaws in a village of: Hubei.
JLPT no HSK
jaw (= maxilla and mandible)

Left: to fit (The lid on the pot ), right: page, head 页 (=; head with shoulders and eyebrows )
What is fitting at the head is the jaw (with its upper and lower jaw)
JLPT no HSK
crocodile, alligator
è
Left: fish 鱼/ (= with mouth , body and tail fin ), right: jaw (two teeth , tongue , lower jaw )
The fish with the big jaw is: the alligator.
JLPT no HSK
jaw, palate
è
Left: jaw (two teeth , tongue , lower jaw ), right: page, head 页/ (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The jaw at the head is: the jaw

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