The Chinese Radical: 比


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Meaning
compare    比

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
to compare, to contrast, gesture with hands, Belgium

Sitting persons
There are two sitting persons: Compare them.
JLPT HSK 4
to criticize, to ascertain, classifier for batches

Left: hand , right: compare (two sitting persons : compare them)
The hand that compares is criticizing.
JLPT HSK 4
graduation, to finish, to complete

Top: compare (image of sitting persons), below: ten
(graduation party) If you sit down in a group of ten, then after the graduation.
JLPT HSK 5
elder brother, descendant, insect
kūn
Top: sun , bottom: compare (originally: image of insect with carapace and legs )
He appears like the sun in comparison (with the siblings): The elder brother.
JLPT HSK 6
mingle, to mix, confused, reckless, muddy
hún, hùn
Left: water , right: elder brother, insect (originally: insect with carapace and legs )
(In the past there was no clean water?) Water and insects are mingled / mixed.
JLPT HSK 6
rod, stick, truncheon
gùn
Left: tree , right: elder brother, insect (orignially image of an insect with carapace and legs )
It is made of wood it can hit/bite like an insect: a rod or truncheon.
JLPT HSK 6
fart, flatulence, nonsense

Left: buttocks , right: compare (here: the image of ass cheeks)
The buttocks leaves between the ass cheeks: A fart!
JLPT HSK 6
to protect, cover, shelter, hide or harbor

广
Left: building 广, right: compare (two sitting persons )
Buildings are comparatively (suitable) for protecting.
JLPT HSK 6
each and every, all, in all cases
jiē
Top: compare (two sitting persons ), below: white (The shine of the sun makes it white)
(Blinded by the bright sun:) I compare but the rays of the sun make it white: all & everything!
JLPT no HSK
the steps to the throne

Left: hill , right: 坒 (compare [= compare the two sitting persons ], earth )
Like a hill in proportion to the earth is his majesty on the throne.
JLPT no HSK
to die violently

Top: compare (two sitting persons ), bottom: death (If already under the earth the bones of a sitting person are, this means to die.)
In comparison, his death was violently.
JLPT no HSK
to adjoin, adjacent, to border on

Left: rice paddy , right: compare (two sitting persons )
A rice paddy is compared with: the adjoining.
JLPT no HSK
guitar-like instrument, see 琵琶, lute

Top: Two pegs for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: to compare (here: 4 strokes for 4 strings)
The string instrument with 4 strings is this lute.
JLPT no HSK
to match, to pair, equal, to compare, to marry

Left: woman , right: variat. of trash can , to compare: (There are two sitting persons: Compare them)
When the woman puts something in the trash can and then compares it, everything inside is in: matching /pairing.

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