The Chinese Radical: 束


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Meaning
bundle    束

Explanation The tree stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon (cf. ) to form a bundle.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
bundle, to bind, bunch
shù
In the background a tree , in front an embracement . - The tree stands for many plants , which are bound/lashed with with a ribbon (cf.: double )
"Trees" bound by a ribbon make a bundle.
JLPT HSK 4
fast, rapid, quick, velocity

Left: movement , right: bundle (Plants / like sheafs of rice (cf.), which are bound with a ribbon as a bundle)
If you bundle it, the movement (= transport) is faster.
JLPT HSK 4
in good order, exactly, to repair, to punish
zhěng
Top: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵==hand with stick], bottom: correct (To stop at the line is correct)
The bundle needs to be punched correctly to be in good order.
JLPT HSK 4
lazy, idle, inactive
lǎn
Left: feeling , right: depending on 赖 (bundle , to bear [With the load at the backpack the person bears a load])
The feeling when you give your bundle to the bent for money /貝 is: to be lazy.
JLPT HSK 4
hot (spicy), pungent

Left: hot/bitter (needle used for tattoo), right: bundle (Plants / like sheafs of rice (cf.), which are bound with a ribbon as a bundle.)
Hot stuff in a bundle is even hotter.
JLPT HSK 4
cough
sòu
Left: mouth , right: (bundle [a mouth behind a tree], lack [A yawning person is lacking sth.])
If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning person: that is cough.
JLPT HSK 5
soft, tender, delicate, light (color)
nèn
Left: woman , right: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵/= hand with stick ]
(Manufacturing process for flax fiber by beating) By women the bundle is beaten to until it is: soft.
JLPT HSK 6
to depend on, to trust, to renege, to blame
lài
left: bundle , right: carry load (With a load at the backpack the person bears a load)
The bundle needs sb. to carry the load: That's what it is depending on.
JLPT HSK 6
to tie together, bundle, a bunch
kǔn
Left: hand , right: surrounded, distress 困 (By the enclosure the tree is in distress)
The hand "surrounds" sth, if it ties together as a bundle.
JLPT HSK 6
sound of wind, trompet, horn
lā, lǎ
Left: mouth , right: (bundle [Plants / like sheafs of rice (cf. ), which are bound with a ribbon as a bundle], knife )
From the mouth a bundle of cutting (sounds): The trompet!
JLPT HSK 6
card, letter, note, notice
jiǎn
Bundle (The tree stands for many plants, which are bound/lashed with a ribbon or the like (cf. ) with extra parts
The bundle with two wrapped items as a: notice or letter.
JLPT no HSK
to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water
shù
Left: water , right: (bundle , deficient/lack [A yawning person is lacking sth.])
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.
JLPT no HSK
imperial order
chì
Left: bundle (Plants like sheafs of rice (cf.), which are bound with a ribbon as a bundle.), right: strike 攵/ (hand with a stick )
It comes in a bundle and strikes: the imperial order.
JLPT no HSK
frightened
sǒng
Left: feelings , right: bundle (Plants like sheafs of rice (cf.), which are bound with a ribbon as a bundle.)
The feeling like being bound as a bundle, when being: frightened.
JLPT no HSK
unreasonable, perverse, absurd

Left: bundle (Plants like sheafs of rice (cf.), which are bound with a ribbon as a bundle), right: knife, to cut
The bundle was cut with the knife, which was unreasonable.
JLPT no HSK
very slight sound, rustling (onom.), tears streaming down

Top: bamboo , bottom: (bundle , to lack )
The bamboo is bundled with gaps (= lacks) in between, which causes slight rustling sounds.

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