The Chinese Radical: 录


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Meaning
squeeze out    录

Explanation

Used in these characters:
绿
JLPT HSK 3
green

Left: thread 纟/ (here: plant fiber), right: diary, record ("to squeeze out" = A pressing hand lets liquid drop out)
When plant fibers 纟are squeezed by hand , the drops of liquid are: green.
JLPT HSK 4
juice, gravy, sauce
zhī
Left: water , right: ten (simplified from - cf. green 绿 where plant fibers 纟 are pressed by hand and green liquid drips down.)
The water that drops down from the pressing hand is: juice.
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 6
to peel, to skin, to shell, to shuck, to flay
bāo, bō
Left: diary, record ("to squeeze out" = part of green 绿 where fibers are squeezed by hand a green 绿 liquid emerges), right: knife, to cut
What can be squeezed or cut, can be peeled.
JLPT HSK 6
to employ, hire, to roll, record, write down

Left: stone , right: diary, record ("sqeeze out" = part of green 绿, where plant-fibers are squeezed by hand and green 绿 liquid drips out.)
A stone can be "squeezed" until it rolls, which is its employment.
JLPT no HSK
official salary, good fortune

Left: to show 礻(=, image of an altar, where things are shown), right: diary, record ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿, where fibers are squeezed by hand a green 绿 liquid emerges.)
From an altar it can be "squeezed out" an: official salary.
JLPT no HSK
chlorine (chemistry, Cl)

Top: gas, air , below: diary, record ("squeeze out" = part of green 绿 When fibers are squeezed by hand a green 绿 liquid emerges)
(electrochemical extraction) The gas obtained by a "squeeze out" is: chlorine.

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