The Chinese Radical: 正


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correct    正

Explanation Radical 103 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct , because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.

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 2
correct, just (right), straight, principle
zhēng, zhèng
Top: a line , bottom: to stop (image of the right foot that stops at a line )
To stop at the line is correct.
JLPT HSK 2
egg, oval shaped
dàn
Top: correct (To stop at the line is correct, - actually = bales of cloth), bottom: insect (The body and the sting ム of an insect.)
It is correct for insects to lay: eggs.
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 3
clear, orderly, distinct, pain, suffering
chǔ
Top: forest (= two trees ), bottom: correct [actually bales of cloth ] (the correct foot stops at the line )
The forest is correct if it is clear and orderly.
JLPT HSK 3
to set, to fix, to determine, to order, surely
dìng
Top: roof , bottom: var. of correct (To stop at the line is correct.)
Under the roof, everything is o.k. if things are set and determined.
JLPT HSK 4
certificate, proof, to demonstrate, to confirm
zhèng
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: correct (To stop at the line is correct.)
Words that are correct are confirmed in a certificate.
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
to doubt, to misbelieve, to suspect

Left: sitting person , arrow ; right: bent person , correct
The sitting person with the arrow and the bent person are right with their doubt.
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 5
campaign, impose (taxes), expedition, evidence
zhēng
Left: go , right: correct (To stop at the line is correct.)
To "go ahead correctly", that's how to make a campaign or expedition.
JLPT HSK 5
politics, government
zhèng
Left: correct, proper (To stop at the line is correct), right: to strike 攵/ (hand with stick )
A proper strike is essential in politics.
JLPT HSK 5
martial, military

Left: correct (To stop at the line is correct.), right: sabre
Correct sabres belong to: the military.
JLPT HSK 5
at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, askew
wāi
Top: not (Four strokes are not enough!), below: correct, right (To stop at the line is correct.)
If sth. is not correct, it is crooked.
JLPT HSK 5
to spread, extend, to prolong, to delay, defer
yán
Left: movement , right: correct (To stop at the line is correct)
Movement is correct (= is needed) to spread.
JLPT HSK 5
vegetables
shū
Top: gras, plant , bottom: scatter, sparse 疏 (It is correct , that newborn babies [= child upside down & amniotic fluid ] scatter sparsely.)
The plants that are scattered are the (eatable) vegetables.
JLPT HSK 5
sneeze

Left: mouth , right: fall, stumble 疐 (Person falling from a roof into a field , but correctly /)
Out of the 'mouth' is falling sth., when sneezing.
JLPT HSK 6
illness, disease, symptom
zhēng, zhèng
Outside: illness/disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick), below: correct (To stop at the line is correct)
This disease is a correct/real disease.
JLPT HSK 6
to punish, to reprimand, to warn
chéng
Top: campaign 征 (go correct for the campaign), bottom: heart
Proceed correctly, but also with heart, when you have to punish.
JLPT HSK 6
scatter, sparse, scanty, neglect, thin, to dredge
shū
Left: (here: correct ), right: ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down : the child comes with head first, with amniotic fluid )
(Declining birth rate) It is correct that newborn babies are scattered sparsely.
JLPT HSK 6
to congeal, coagulate, to gaze/stare at sb.
níng
Left: ice , right: doubt 疑 (Both persons , with the arrow are correct in their doubts.)
Ice is without doubt congealed.
JLPT HSK 6
to revolve, a loop, a circle, whirl, return
xuán, xuàn
Left: side, direction , right: horizontal person , var. of correct . (When sleeping, one must occasionally turn to the other side to avoid pressure & bed sores & circulation problems.)
The side of the lying person is fine/correct, but he must turn.
JLPT HSK 6
dike, dam, embankment

Left: earth , right: correct (sun , variant of correct )
The earth is correctly (used) for a dike.
JLPT HSK 6
to beg for alms, beggar
gài
Correct with a hook
His actions are correct, but like with a hook he gets people's money: The beggar.
JLPT HSK 6
calcium (chemistry, Ca)
gài
Left: metal 钅, right: beggar, alms 丐 (His actions are correct , but like with a hook he gets people's money: The beggar.)
(An alkaline earth metal, but not silvery). The metal for poor persons/beggars, is the calcium.
JLPT HSK 6
sediment, deposits, precipitate
diàn
Left: water , right: to settle, to fix 定 (Under the roof , everything is correct , if things are settled.)
For water that is covered, it is correct (normal) to form a sediment.
JLPT HSK 6
taxation, bestow on, endow with, poetic essay

Left: money /貝, right: military (correct sabres for the military)
The money for the military are the: taxes.
JLPT no HSK
terrified, to stare blankly, startled
zhēng
Left: feeling , right: correct (To stop at the line is correct.)
The feeling that I have to make it (always absolutely) correct, is being: terrified.
JLPT no HSK
where, how
yān
Top: correct , bottom: vari of bird (without head)
Is it correct, that the bird has no head: How? Where?
婿
JLPT no HSK
son-in-law

Left: woman , right: (var. of correct/proper , body )
The woman wants a "proper body" as son-in-law.
JLPT no HSK
to burst open, rend, open seam
zhàn
Left: thread 纟/, right: to settle, to determine 定 (Under the roof , everything is correct , if things are settled.)
(When the tension becomes too big:) The thread determines when it will burst open.
JLPT no HSK
beautiful, sweet, captivating, engaging
yān
Left: woman , right: where, how 焉 (Is it correct , that the bird has no head: How? Where?)
The woman does it correctly when being like a bird: captivatingly beautiful.
JLPT no HSK
all, together, mutually, assist, to store

Top: correct (To stop at the line is correct), below bodypart /
The correct bodies assist each-other mutually.
JLPT no HSK
eddy
xuán
Left: water , right: turn, revolve (The side of the lying person is okay , but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
Water, that revolves is an eddy.
JLPT no HSK
stars of the Big Dipper
gāng
Top: 罒 (here: 3 stars ロ next to eachothers), bottom: correct (To stop at the line is correct)
The three (stars) are correct if the show the: Big Dipper.

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