The Radical: 敝


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shabby, poor    敝

Explanation (modest) I, myself

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT HSK 6
to cover, to shield, to conceal, to screen

Top: grass/plant , bottom: shabby, (humble) I (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover.
JLPT HSK 6
harm, defeat, detriment, fraud

Top: shabby, (modest) I, myself (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), below: two hands (twice this hand next to each-other and combined)
The four shabby pieces of cloth were striked by two hands and (now) are harmed.
JLPT HSK 6
to throw away, to discard, to fling aside
piē, piě
Left: hand , right: shabby, (humble) I (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)
In the hand is the shabby, which is thrown away.
JLPT HSK 6
to restrain, to choke, to stifle, to hold (breath/urine)
biē
Top: shabby, (humble: I) (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: heart
My humble/ shabby heart restrains itself.
JLPT no HSK
blink, glance, to appear in a flash
piē
Top: shabby, (humble) I (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: eye
It is shabby if your eyes only blink for an instance.
JLPT no HSK
shabby, poor, worn out, (humble) I, my

Left: variation of thorn , right: hit, strike 攵/ (hand with a stick )
The cloth is hit/smashed into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.
JLPT no HSK
freshwater soft-shelled turtle
biē
Top: shabby, (humble) I (The cloth is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.), bottom: fish / (... with mouth , body and tail fin )
This shabby "fish" is a: turtle.

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