The Chinese Radical: 巾


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Meaning
cloth, turban    巾

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
master, teacher, expert
shī
Left: knife, right: one (here: stick) and cloth
He comes with a knife, a stick and good cloth: The master!
JLPT HSK 2
usually, frequently, often, common, general
cháng
Top: esteem, still (A small house with a window is furthermore esteemed.), bottom: cloth
Esteem is given to this cloth: usually.
JLPT HSK 2
rare, infrequent, hope/expect

Top: cross-stitch , below: cloth
A cross-stitch on a cloth is rare.
JLPT HSK 2
to help, to assist, to support, side (of boat etc)
bāng
Top: country/nation (= abundance in the villages) [abundance = flourish plant], bottom: cloth
If there is abundance in the villages you can give cloth as a help.
JLPT HSK 3
belt, to raise
dài
From Top: thirty 卅 (here: three settings at a belt ), to cover , cloth
It can be set in three positions and it covers the clothes: The belt.
JLPT HSK 3
market, city
shì
Top: a cover , below: fabric/cloth
You get covers and cloth in the city on the market.
JLPT HSK 3
hat, cap
mào
Left: cloth , right: emit (smoke) 冒 (Under the cover steam is visible , because it is uprising.), but here and together as: sun
The cloth to keep the sun out of the eyes is: a cap.
JLPT HSK 3
brush, to paint, to brush
shuā, shuà
Left: bottocks in side view with cloth is here understood as tail [to be correct: 尾 means tail], right: knife
At the bottocks the 'cloth' [="tail"] is cut and used as: a brush.
JLPT HSK 4
handsome, graceful, commander in chief
shuài
Left: knife/cut, right: cloth/fabric
If you use the knife for cutting the cloth, you will be handsome.
JLPT HSK 4
towel, general purpose cloth
jīn

Pictograph showing a thread in a piece of cloth (or a shirt with sleeves)
JLPT HSK 5
money, currency, coins

Character is similar to city: (cover and cloth )
Similar to the city it is related to money and currency.
JLPT HSK 5
banquet, woven mat, seat (in an assembly, theater)

广 廿
Outside: building 广, below: var. objects 廿, cloth
In the building, they use things of cloth: as seats.
JLPT HSK 5
curtain, screen, canopy, tent

Top: negative (to sink/go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [sunrise is: or ], bottom: cloth
Sinking cloth is a curtain.
JLPT HSK 5
system, to control, to manufacture, to regulat
zhì
Left: cow , cloth ; right: knife
A cow wrapped in cloth and with a knife: what a system!
JLPT HSK 5
width, roll, banner, extent, range

Left: cloth , right: barrel of rice wine (originally image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck 福)
This cloth is like a wine barrel: sufficient width for a banner.
JLPT HSK 5
admire, to respect, to wear (belt etc)
pèi
Left: person , right: sail (cf. wind 风) and cloth
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it.
JLPT HSK 5
decoration, ornament, adorn, conceal
shì
Left: food 饣/, right: lying person , cloth
If the food is laid on a cloth, it is: a decoration.
JLPT HSK 5
cloth, to declare, to announce

Left: hand , right: cloth
The hand is holding a cloth.
JLPT HSK 5
lion
shī
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: master, teacher 师 (knife, 帀 = as head and fabric as fur)
(The lion's fur is popular) The animal that you skin with a knife over its head is: the lion.
JLPT HSK 5
curtain, flag used as a shop sig
lián
Top: hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), bottom: cloth/fabric
In front of the hole we put a fabric: The curtain.
JLPT HSK 6
terror, terrified, afraid, frightened

Left: feeling , right: cloth (Here a hand and shoulders , which are composed of a backbone and two arms )
The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is fear and being terrified.
JLPT HSK 6
emperor

From top: stand , cover , cloth
Stand and cover yourself with cloth, the emperor is coming.
JLPT HSK 6
to hang up, hang a person, suspend (agreement)
diào
Top: mouth (here: crane or winch), below: fabric/cloth
The crane is using a fabric for hanging things and make them suspended.
JLPT HSK 6
account book, covering veil, canopy, tent
zhàng
Left: cloth , right: long 长/ (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
Cloth that is long, was used as an account book or as a canopy.
JLPT HSK 6
inhibit, block, sluggish
zhì
Left: water , right: belt 带 (A belt in 3 positions as a cover for the cloth )
(To build a pond with a dam/dike) The water within the 'belt' is inhibited & sluggish.
JLPT HSK 6
to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong

Left: stone , right: 匝 (embracement , cloth
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.
JLPT HSK 6
sail, canvas
fān
Left: cloth , right: sail with something (cf. common = A table 机/ with a scratch is common.) [cf. wind 风, which is simplified from ]
Cloth is commonly used for sails.
JLPT HSK 6
banner, classifier for buildings
zhuàng, chuáng
Left: cloth , right: child (Standing in the village : a child.)
A cloth [as small as] a child is: a banner.
JLPT HSK 6
flag, banner, ensign
zhì
Left: cloth , right: alone (Here: piece of cloth above two arms )
The cloth that is hold above the arms is a flag.
JLPT HSK 6
fitting snugly, appropriate, to obey, invitation (message)
tiē, tiě, tiè
Left: cloth , right: divine
A cloth to devine, that it is appropriately fitting snugly.
JLPT HSK 6
sieve, filter, to sift, screening (medicine)
shāi
Top: bamboo , bottom: master, teacher 师 (He has a knife , a stick and good cloth )
Bamboo was cut for it and the sieve is made of cloth : a sieve.
JLPT HSK 6
to rinse, hold briefly into boiling water
shuàn
Left: water , right: brush 刷 (The "tail" [= cloth at the buttocks ] is cut and used as a brush) [cf. tail 尾]
Use water and a brush for rinsing.
JLPT no HSK
handkerchief, to wrap, headscarf

Left: cloth , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white.)
The cloth in white is: the handkerchief.
JLPT no HSK
a legendary beauty who flew to the moon, the lady in the moon
cháng
Left: woman , right: usually 常 (His esteem is given to this cloth usually.)
A woman should usually be in the moon.
JLPT no HSK
advertising sign, pretense, facade, pretext
huǎng
Left: cloth , right: dazzle, swing 晃 (The sun has light that is dazzling, like swinging around.)
The cloth that is dazzling, is the: advertising sign.
JLPT no HSK
banner
fān
Left: cloth , right: foreign (The modified rice [= rice with emphasis ] on the field is foreign.)
This cloth shows, what is foreign: The banner!
JLPT no HSK
curtain, screen
wéi
Left: cloth , right: bird
(in the breeze:) The cloth that (moves like) a bird is: the curtain.
JLPT no HSK
curtain
màn
Left: cloth , right: handsome (.. when the sun shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes )
The cloth that is handsome is the: curtain.
JLPT no HSK
frame, counter for pictures, one of a pair (scrolls)
zhèng
Left: cloth , right: faithful (Who divines for money must be faithful.)
(For a canvas you need a strong fabric:) With fabric that is faithfully (=sufficient strength), you can make a frame/picture.
JLPT no HSK
broom
zhǒu

Shows at the top a hand and at the bottom: a broom.
JLPT no HSK
silk

Top: white (The shine of the sun makes it white), bottom: cloth, fabric
The white cloth is: silk.

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