The Chinese Radical: 士


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Meaning
scholar    士

Explanation Don't mistake with "earth ", which has a longer base line.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to be happy, to like, to enjoy, glad

From top: scholar , beans , mouth . (This character has also been simplified to )
A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.
JLPT HSK 3
sound, voice
shēng
Top: scholar , bottom: variant of door/gate 戸 (sliding dor with upper rail)
The scholar is at the door: I hear his voice.
JLPT HSK 4
paragraph, section, funds, Model A,B,C
kuǎn
Left: scholar , to show ; right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
The scholar shows a lack (of familiarity) with this paragraph.
JLPT HSK 4
scholar, soldier, specialist worker
shì
A posing man with wide outstretched arms
He looks like a poser, the scholar.
JLPT HSK 4
the will, ambition, sign
zhì
Top: scholar , below: heart
The scholar's heart is his: will.
JLPT HSK 5
costume, clothes, pretend, install, equipment
zhuāng
Top: strong, robust 壮 (In the bed is the scholar strong and robust) [=tree cut into half], below: clothes
In the bed the scholar (recovered) and wears his clothes like a costume.
JLPT HSK 5
pot, tea pot, bottled liquids

From top: scholar (here: handle at a cover ), cover , business, occupation (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
A handle at a cover on sth. hollow is in total: a (tea) pot.
JLPT HSK 6
strong, sturdy, robust, to strengthen
zhuàng
Left: bed (pictograph of a tree cut into half; cf. ,爿), right: scholar
(He is skilled at sexual practices?) In the bed, the scholar is strong and sturdy.
JLPT HSK 6
shell, carapace, crust (earth's crust etc)
ké, qiào
Top: scholar , bottom: superfluous (A tablecloth on the table is superfluous.)
The scholar places a tablecloth on the table as a "shell" or carpace.
JLPT no HSK
civil servant, an official
shì
Left: person , right: scholar
A person must be a scholar to become a civil servant.

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