The Chinese Radical: 是


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Meaning
correct, right    是

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
correct, indeed, to be:am/is
shì
Top: sun , bottom: correct (To stop at the line is correct.)
The sun looks correct: This is indeed correct!
JLPT HSK 2
topic, problem for discussion, subject, to inscribe

Left: correct, indeed (sun , correct ), right: page, leaf 页 (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The correct head is the topic of the discussion.
JLPT HSK 3
to carry/hold in a hand (suspended), to lift, to raise
dī, tí
Left: hand , right: correct/indeed (The sun is correct ) [And it is correct to stop at the line ]
The hand is 'correct' for carrying sth.
JLPT HSK 4
spoon
chí
Left: correct (sun , variant of correct ), right: spoon (sitting person and eating)
It is correct: this is a spoon.
JLPT HSK 6
dike, dam, embankment

Left: earth , right: correct (sun , variant of correct )
The earth is correctly (used) for a dike.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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