The Chinese Radical: 夫


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Meaning
husband    夫

Explanation The big person with the extra caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting , sitting cross-legged , lying , kneeling , skilled, bending , or slumped person)

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
husband, man, manual worker

Two and person
The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.
JLPT HSK 3
iron (metal)
tiě
Left: metal 钅/ (Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: to lose (I emphasize (= accent ) it is the husband who loses) [husband = big person with extra-caring arms ]
The metal, you can safely lose (due to its little value) is iron.
JLPT HSK 4
to lose, to miss, to fail
shī
Top left: accent (for emphasis), rest: husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.)
I emphasize: the husband will lose.
JLPT HSK 4
regulation, a rule, to admonish, to scheme
guī
Left: husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.), right: see/look /見 (An eye on legs = looking around)
The husband looks after the regulations.
JLPT HSK 4
skin

Left: body part /, right: husband (here: person & two for several layers)
The body part that a person has in several layers is: the skin.
JLPT HSK 5
to support with hand, to help sb up

Left: hand , right: husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.)
The hand of the husband is a support.
JLPT HSK 5
squeezed in, wedged between, middle layer (to sandwich)
jiā, jiá
Husband and two persons (=) on the sides, which squeeze in. (It was traditional 夾)
The squeezed husband stands for being: squeezed in. (OR: He has squeezed sth. under his arms.)
JLPT HSK 5
to replace, on behalf of, to substitute for

Top: 2 x husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.), bottom: sun
The two husbands are during sunshine (= good times) exchangeable.
JLPT HSK 6
to tumble, to drop, to fall
diē
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: to lose (I emphasize the husband will lose.)
If a foot is 'lost', you: tumble.
JLPT HSK 6
to submerge, to dive, hidden, secret, to conceal
qián
Left: water , right: exchange/substitute 替 (The two husbands are during sunshine (= good times) exchangeable.)
[If you can't see] in the water the two husbands despite the sun[-light], they are submerged or hiding.
JLPT HSK 6
gorge, ravine
xiá
Left: mountain , right: squeezed in (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed.) [traditional: 峽]
The mountain is squeezing in: at the gorges.
JLPT no HSK
to watch, to spy on, to peep, to pry into
kuī
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: rule, regulation 规 (The husband looks /見 after the regulations)
(The penetrant) The holes in the regulations need to be watched on.
JLPT no HSK
lotus (=芙蓉), Hibiskus

Top: grass, plant , bottom: husband (The big person with the extra-caring arms is the husband.)
The plant, the husband brings, is: lotus.
JLPT no HSK
to expel, to oust
niǎn
Left: hand , right: 辇 (2x husband and vehicle /車
A hand (pushes) the gay couple (=2 husbands) on a vehicle, because they are expelled.

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