The Chinese Radical: 夂


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upturned foot    夂

Explanation upturned foot or sitting crossed-legged - Do not mistake with the: "hand with a stick": /

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
guest, customer, visitor

At top: roof , bottom: every (With a crossed legs on a cushion does everybody.)
He sits under the roof cross-legged on a cushion: Our guest!
JLPT HSK 2
to prepare, get ready, to provide or equip
bèi
Top: crossed legs (partically understood as "upturned foot"), bottom: rice field
I am sitting crossed-legged at the rice field, because I am well prepared.
JLPT HSK 2
long strip, (long thin things), article, clause (of law or treaty)
tiáo
Top: crossed legs/upturned foot , below: tree
If sb. is sitting crossed-legged in a tree, he appears (from distance) like a long strip.
JLPT HSK 2
affair, business, matter

Top: crossed legs , bottom: force, power
He sits cross-legged but engages with force in: his affairs.
JLPT HSK 3
to repeat, again, reply (to a letter)

From top: lying person as a variant of , sun , person sitting cross-legged
Lying down or sitting in the sun cross-legged: We should repeat it.
JLPT HSK 3
summer
xià
From top: cover (against the sun), I, myself (The emphasized eye is myself.), upturned foot (=sitting cross-legged)
Covered (= in the shade) I myself sit cross-legged, because it is summer.
JLPT HSK 4
to reside, to live, spot, bureau, to be in
chǔ, chù
Left: crossed legs , right: fortune telling (=crack in turtle's shell)
Sit down with crossed legs and tell fortune whether this is a good place to reside.
JLPT HSK 4
each, every, various

Top: upturned foot or crossed legs , below: mouth (here: futon/cushion)
Sitting cross-legged on a cushion does everybody.
JLPT HSK 4
sour, acid
suān
Left: wine jar , right: nose , legs , upturned foot )
Wine that smells like nose, legs and feet is sour.
JLPT HSK 4
to fall (rain), to drop, to descend, to surrender
jiàng, xiáng
Left: hill , right: upturned foot, sitting cross-legged (But here perhaps: image of dripping rain?), variant of stop
From the hill comes the falling rain and will stop at the bottom because it has fallen down.
JLPT HSK 5
wheat, barley, oats
mài
At top: growing plant bottom: up turned feet, cross-legged
Let the plants grow, sit down cross-legged and enjoy the wheat.
JLPT HSK 5
fog, mist

Top: rain , bottom: affair, business 务 (He sits cross-legged , but he handles with force his: affairs)
Rain is an affair connected with: fog or mist.
JLPT HSK 5
smart, eminent, handsome, talented
jùn
Left: person , right: dawdle (nose , legs , cross-legged )
A person with such a nose, legs and contorted feet must be smart.
JLPT HSK 5
bee, wasp
fēng
Left: insect (body and sting of an insect), right: pointed (sitting cross-legged on top of a growing plant )
This insects sits on top of a growing plant (= the blossom): the bee, wasp.
JLPT HSK 5
stupid, foolish, idiot
shǎ
Left: person , right: 囟 (TV-set with screen , antenna on a stand ; and sitting cross-legged
A person being in front of the TV cross-legged, becomes: stupid.
JLPT HSK 5
mansion, tall building, rear annex, lean-to
shà, xià
Left: cliff , right: summer 夏 (Covered [= in the shade] I myself sit cross-legged , because it is summer.)
Directly at the cliff and (nice like) the summer: our mansion.
JLPT HSK 6
to cover, to overturn, to reply a letter

西
Top: west 西, bottom: to go , repeat (= Lying or in sun sitting cross-legged is to be repeated)
The west they go in the repeatings that everything is overturned and covered up.
JLPT HSK 6
summit or peak (of mountain), highest level
fēng
Left: mountain , right: sharp, pointed (sitting cross-legged on the top of growing plant )
The mountain is sharp/pointed at: the summit or peak.
JLPT HSK 6
mound, tomb, hill, mountain
líng
Left: hill , right: dawdle (Who walks over the earth with legs that are crossed , is dawdling)
The hill where the earth comprises two legs that are crossed: is an imperial tomb.
JLPT HSK 6
intense, prosperous, to swell, to bulge
lōng, lóng
Left: hill , right: upturned-foot, crossed-legs , one , life (The twig at the growing plant stands for life.)
Sitting on a hill with crossed legs and my one life looks: intense & prosperous.
JLPT HSK 6
exhausted
bèi
Top: preparation 备 (sitting cross-legged at rice field ), bottom: heart
He sits cross-legged at the rice field because of his heart: He is exhausted.
JLPT HSK 6
to instigate, incite, to stir up
suō
Left: mouth , right: to dawdle (nose , legs , upturned foot )
Mouth, nose, legs and an upturned foot: That shall instigate?
JLPT no HSK
wash, cleanse

Left: water , right: strip, long thin things 条 (If sb. is sitting with crossed legs in a tree , he appears [from distance] like a long strip.)
(Steady supply of fresh water) Water should flow in long strips when: washing.
JLPT no HSK
chimney
cōng
Above: emphasis (here: image of a chimney), outside: frame (here: room), inside: turned foot / cross-legged
You sit cross-legged in a room below the chimney.
窿
JLPT no HSK
cavity, hole
lóng
Top: hole, cavity , below: intense, prosperous 隆 (Sitting on a hill with upturned feet, the one life looks intense & prosperous)
A hole, that is intense, is a: cavity.

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