The Chinese Radical: 圣


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Meaning
vertical    圣

Explanation Shows a hand vertically above ground/earth . It has also the meaning "holy" from a hand over an object when blessing it.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
longitude, to pass through, sacred book, to undergo
jīng
Left: thread 纟/, right: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground )
Originally the vertical threads at a loom, which resulted in "longitude", through which the weft threads pass. (latitude 纬)
JLPT HSK 3
weird, bewildering, monster
guài
Left: feeling , right: upright/vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground )
Feelings so upright are weird.
JLPT HSK 3
to select, to choose, to pick
zé, zhái
Left: hand , right: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground .)
With your hand you pose vertically over (the desired goods) when: selecting.
JLPT HSK 3
easy, light, gentle
qīng
Left: vehicle (車= cart from above with axle , load-area wheels ), right: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground )
(Pulling) a vehicle by hand over the flat ground [= aligned to the vertical] is easy & light.
JLPT HSK 4
to explain, to interpret, to release
shì
Left: (rice with emphasis ), right: variant of vertical (A hand is vertically above ground )
(It depends on the strong rice:) The emphasized rice stands vertically: That's how it can be explained.
JLPT HSK 4
to translate, to interpret

Left: word /, right: vertical (A hand vertically above the ground )
Making words "vertically", is their translation.
JLPT HSK 5
strength, energy, enthusiasm, sturdy
jìn, jìng
Left: vertical (A hand vertically above the ground ), right: force
(Think of gravity, thus lifting a load:) The vertical force is full of strength.
JLPT HSK 6
moist, wet, lustre (of metals etc), pond, favor

Left: water , right: vertical (A hand vertically over ground )
(The water can not run off) The water keeps it (when the ground is arranged to the vertical) moist and with lustre.
JLPT HSK 6
footpath, track, directly, diameter
jìng
Left: go , right: vertical (A hand vertically above the earth )
Here you can go over the flat ground [= adjusted to the vertical] : At a footpath.
JLPT HSK 6
holy, sacred, divine
shèng
This is understood as "vertical" with a hand vertically above the earth
The hand is vertically over the object when blessing it, thus when making it: 'holy'.
JLPT HSK 6
neck, nape, throat
jǐng
Left: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground .), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The part with the 'vertical orientation' at the head is: the neck.
JLPT HSK 6
vertical, to erect, vertical stroke
shù
Top: knife, hand (Here: as a variant of fork [= hand holding fork ]), bottom: stand
(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected).
JLPT HSK 6
stem, stalk
jīng
Top: plant , below: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground .)
The plant has a vertical part, namely the: stem.
JLPT HSK 6
continuous, to intepret

Left: thread 纟/, right: vertical (hand above the earth ) [cf. longitude 经]
The thread that is vertically (at the loom) is the continuous one.
JLPT no HSK
spasm, cramp
jìng
Left: disease , right: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground )
The disease where the muscles arrange "vertically", is a spasm.
驿
JLPT no HSK
post horse, relay station

Left: horse /馬, right: vari. of vertical , but here: two different hands: and =
(Here the riders changed horses.) A horse comes from one hand to another at: the relay station.
JLPT no HSK
hydrogen (chemistry), H2
qīng
Top: steam (image of uprising steam), bottom: vertical (hand is vertically above the ground .)
The "steam" that rises vertically is: hydrogen.
JLPT no HSK
large ancient bell
duó
Left: metal 钅/, right: vertical (A hand vertically over earth )
It is made of metal and rises vertically: the large ancient bell.
JLPT no HSK
purple-red, capital of the Jin State
jiàng
Left: thread 纟/, right: "vertical stick" 夅 (Vertical with an extra stroke as a stick plunged into the ground .)
(As a boundary marker?) The thread at the vertical stick is: purple-red.

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