The Chinese Radical: 欶


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Meaning
|a bundle 束 and to lack 欠    欶

Explanation

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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 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
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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