The Chinese Radical: 居


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Meaning
residence    居

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
to occupy, to seize, according to
jū, jù
Left: hand , right: reside, live (Where the buttock [side view] becomes old , he has his residence.)
Where the hand is "living", it wants to: occupy sth.
JLPT HSK 3
residence, to reside, live

Top: buttocks seen from the side , below: old (originally derived from the image of a skull, hence "old"; the idea of a burial mound is also helpful)
Where the buttocks becomes old, he has his residence.
JLPT HSK 4
drama, play, show, severe

Left: reside/live (Where the buttock [side view] becomes old , he has his residence), right: knife, to cut
It plays at his residence with a knife: this drama.
JLPT no HSK
a saw, stapling or cramping broken pieces together
jū, jù
Left: metal 钅/, right: reside, live (Where the buttock [side view] becomes old , he has his residence.)
It's made of metal and you use it where you reside: a saw.
JLPT no HSK
squat, entrench, be based upon

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: reside/live (Where the buttock [side view] becomes old , he has his residence.)
If your feet (directly) reside you, you are squating. (equally as when you are entrenching)

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