The Chinese Radical: 彐


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hand    彐

Explanation Traditionally, the radical 58 has the meaning: pig's head, or pig's snout. The trainer always uses it as “hand”, i.e. as a variant of , which shows a hand with the fingers pointing to the left. This often appears to be etymologically justified.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
snow, snowfall
xuě
Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), below: hand /ヨ
Rain that you can hold in your hand is: snow.
JLPT HSK 3
urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried

From top: inflected person , hand /, heart
The inflected person holds the hand to the heart, because he was in an urgent hurry. (and now is exhausted)
JLPT HSK 3
to act as, match equally, suitable, adequate
dāng, dàng
Top: small , bottom: hand /
Even a small hand acts as such.
JLPT HSK 3
to sweep, broom
sǎo, sào
Left: hand , right: hand /, which was simplified from 掃 showing at the right a hand holding a broom .
It is the hand that holds the broom: to sweep.
JLPT HSK 5
diary, record, to hit, to copy

Top: hand , bottom: liquid (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand / squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid drops down.)
When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'.
JLPT HSK 5
married woman

Left: woman , right: hand / (traditional: 婦 with a broom in the hand)
The woman who gave her hand, is a married woman.
JLPT HSK 5
to go back, to return, to resign, conclude
guī
Left: knife , right: hand /; simplified from 帰 or 歸. Showed originally a man with a sword who returns to his wife (=hand with broom)
When the man with a sword is at his wife 妇 (today: hand without broom) he has returned.
JLPT HSK 5
spirit, departed soul, quick, alert, efficacious, effective
líng
Top: hand /, below: fire
Just as the hand cannot grasp fire, it is with the spirit.
JLPT HSK 5
intelligent, wisdom, knowledge
huì
Top: comet (It does not fall into your hands /: The comet), bottom: heart
If you make double wings from inverted wings with your hands and you have a heart, you are intelligent.
JLPT HSK 5
to search, to look for, to seek
xún
Top: hand /, below: skillful hand
Use both hands for searching.
JLPT HSK 5
file, shelve, official records, grade (of goods)
dàng
Left: tree , right: act as 当 (Also a small hand / acts as such.)
A tree can also act as a file or shelve.
JLPT HSK 5
keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block
dǎng, dàng
Left: hand , right: 当 (=small hand /)
With a hand, a small hand is kept off.
JLPT HSK 6
concealed, secret, hidden, crypto-...
yǐn
Left: hill , right: urgent/hurry (The bent person holds hand / to heart , because he was in hurry (and now is exhausted)
He used the hill, for urgently hiding and concealing it.
JLPT HSK 6
to immerse, to soak, to steep, gradually
jìn
Left: water , right: var. of a hand holding a broom
The water in the broom gets soaked up.
JLPT no HSK
comet
huì
Top: vari. of not (shows opposite wings ), bottom: hand /
It does not fall into your hands: The comet.

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