The Chinese Radical: 王


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Meaning
king    王

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
present, now, existing, current, appear
xiàn
Left: king, jade , right: to see /見 (an eye on legs )
(He has the overview:) The king sees it presently now.
JLPT HSK 2
ball, sphere, globe
qiú
Left: a king , right: to seek / request for ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one drop of water , this is my: request!)
The king asks for his ball.
JLPT HSK 2
squad, team, class, work shift, group
bān
Left and right: king , center: knife
If there are the 'knifes' between the kings, it is their squads.
JLPT HSK 2
toy, play, sth used for amusement
wán
Left: king , right: chin. Yuan, originally (=two legs )
The king looks originally for: amusement.
JLPT HSK 2
to expect, to hope, to visit, to gaze (into the distance)
wàng
Top: death (coffin in cross-section), body /, bottom: king
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations.
JLPT HSK 3
ring, loop, (chain), bracelet
huán
Left: king , right: not (Four strokes are not enough!)
A king is not limiting himself with only one ring.
JLPT HSK 3
reason, intrinsic order, logic, science

Left: king , right: village (Fields and earth belong to the village.)
When the king comes to the village, there must be a reason.
JLPT HSK 4
to juggle, play with, lane, alley, to fool with
lòng, nòng
Top: king (here: four sticks: 三,), bottom: two hands (twice this hand with the fingers towards the top; simplified & combined.)
With four sticks in the hands he is juggling, or playing in the alley.
JLPT HSK 4
regulation, rule, order, procedure
chéng
Left: rice plant , right: to submit, petition 呈 (With your mouth at the king to submit sth.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king: This is the regulation!
JLPT HSK 4
to stroll, to roam, to visit
guàng
Left: movement , right: mad/wild 狂 (The wild animal of the king is mad.)
The movement is mad, when the wild animal with the king is strolling or roaming.
JLPT HSK 5
king, monarch
wáng

The three 三 spheres (heaven, earth and mankind) unite in the person of the king.
JLPT HSK 5
precious thing, treasure
zhēn
Left: king , right: (person with skin rash [like measles 疹], but here: jewels )
The king is the person with the jewels and looks precious.
JLPT HSK 5
smooth, lubricate, moist
rùn
Left: water , right: 闰 (gate /門 and king )
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.
JLPT HSK 5
jade

King (three spheres 三 [heaven, earth, mankind], one person ), jewel
At the foot of the king are his jade-jewels.
JLPT HSK 5
glass

Left: king, jade (jade by itself is also: ), right: skin (A hand with a knife peels off the skin )
When jade is (as thin) as a skin, it is glass.
JLPT HSK 5
glass, colored glaze

Left: king, jade , right: to part from (Use the trash can for the scorpion , so that it "leaves" us.) [ = skorpion , with hint legs and the sting ]
The king has a pot with scorpions that is made of glass. [Or: The "jade" of the pot with scorpions is: glass.]
JLPT HSK 5
a treasure, jewel or gem, precious
bǎo
Top: roof/house , bottom: jade, jewel (At the feet of the king is his jade/jewels )
Under the roof are jewels: A treasure!
JLPT HSK 5
mad, wild, violent
kuáng
Left: animal (dog on the hind legs), right: king
The dog of the king is mad.
JLPT HSK 6
bead, pearl
zhū
Left: king, jade , right: vermilion/red (A branch at the young tree has sth. red =apple?)
The king has red beads and perls.
JLPT HSK 6
to submit, to petition, to show, to offer
chéng
Top: mouth , bottom: king
With your mouth [Or: a document ] at the king to submit sth.
JLPT HSK 6
flourishing, prosperous, roaring (fire)
wàng
Left: sun, day , right: king
During the day, the king looks so flourishing!
JLPT HSK 6
twisted, crooked, in the wrong, in vain
wǎng
Left: tree , right: king/jade (jade itself is also: )
If the whole tree is fully (hung) of jade, it becomes (due to the weight) twisted and crooked.
JLPT HSK 6
to cut (gems)
zhuó
Left: jade, king (jade itself is: ), right: (pig with a cut leg)
Jade is just as a cut pig's leg, both are: cut and polished.
JLPT no HSK
agate, cornelian

Left: king, jade (Jade itself is: ), right: horse /馬 (= with mane, four legs und tail ㄅ)
The jewel (=jade) that has similar to a horse different colored stripes is: the agate.
JLPT no HSK
gem, beautiful jade
lín
Left: king, jade , right: forest
The king has a forest with gems.
JLPT no HSK
jasper, fine jade, exquisite (e.g. wine, food), beautiful
qióng
Left: king, jade (jade itself is: ), right: capital (image of a stone lantern)
The 'jade' for the capital is: the fine jasper.
JLPT no HSK
propitious, lucky, auspicious
ruì
Left: king , right: concentrated (like a mountain of beards )
A king who is focused (to his job) is propitious.
JLPT no HSK
trifling, fragmentary
suǒ
Left: king , right: small , money /貝
For a king is small change trifling.
JLPT no HSK
beautiful jade, star
xuán
Left: king, jade , right: revolve (The side of the lying person is okay , but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
The royal jade is revolved (= round at all sides) as: beautiful jade.
JLPT no HSK
excellence, luster of gems

Left: king , right: to assent, approve (When the arrowhead gets into the body / to cut , I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The king is assenting this excellence.
JLPT no HSK
sound of tinkling (ting-a-ling) of gem-pendants
líng
Left: King, jade , right: order, command (here: image of a bell - cf. metal bell 铃 - ( = bell's body , bell's bolt )
The jade bell has tinkling sound.
JLPT no HSK
precious stone, jade, nacre, precious
yáo
Left: king, jade , right: 䍃 (hand reaching down , can (lid and can opener of that can )
The 'jade', the hand gets out of the can, is a precious stone.
JLPT no HSK
precious stone
liú
Left: king, jade , right: ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down : the child comes with head first, with amniotic fluid )
If a 'jade' gets a new live, then as: a precious stone.
JLPT no HSK
amber

Left: king , right: white (The shine of the sun makes it white)
The king's "white" is amber.
JLPT no HSK
extraordinary, (semi-precious stone)
guī
Left: king, jade , right: devil
The jade of the devil is extraordinary.
JLPT no HSK
ooze, expanse of water
wāng
Left: water , right: king (here: water surface with earth )
Water that is (mixed) up to its surface with earth is ooze/mud.
JLPT no HSK
(crystal), lustrous
yīng
Left: king/jade , right: brave, England 英 (The plant in the center is brave.)
The jade that is 'brave' is lustrously.
JLPT no HSK
fine jade, angel

Left: king, jade , right: his, her, its (image of grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), here: Playing field, like at chess 棋
The jade on the playing-field is: fine jade.
JLPT no HSK
coral

Left: king, jade , right: beard, non-Han-person (Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people.)
The 'jade' that is on old bodies (= coral reef), is the coral. (Or: The king in the water-less lake 湖 is the coral.)
JLPT no HSK
coral
shān
Left: king, jade , right: book, booklet (here: two boats )
For this 'jade' (its extraction) you need boats, the: Coral.
JLPT no HSK
to show off, to flaunt, to boast
chěng
Left: movement , right: to submit/petition 呈 (With your mouth at the king to submit sth.)
With movements and the mouth (= much talking) at the king to show off.
JLPT no HSK
rose
méi
Left: king , right: strike 攵/ (hand with a stick , here: sprout )
Something royal develops when this sprout is planted: a rose.
JLPT no HSK
jade plaything, ancient stone ornament
zhāng
Left: king/jade , right: medal (Get up early to get a medal.) [early = When the sunrise is at a mark at the horizon , it is early in the morning.]
The king gives as a medal a: jade plaything.
JLPT no HSK
gem, precious stone, curio

Left: king, jade , right: strange/odd (There is a big possibility (opportunity) , but it looks strange.) [possibility = The nail into the opening should be possible.]
This 'jade' gives big possibilities, because it is a gem.
JLPT no HSK
precious stone, gem, treasure
chēn
Left: king, jade , right: 罙 (var. of hole , tree
The 'jade' in the hole at the tree is a precious stone.
JLPT no HSK
unlucky, bad, ill-omened, startling
è
Four mouths and in the middle: king
If four mouths (talk to) the king, he is: unlucky.
JLPT no HSK
agate
nǎo
Left: king, jade , right: wild river , druse with an agate
The jade from a wild river in a druse is: the agate.
JLPT no HSK
anxious, grieved

Left: king , right: page, head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The king is in his head: anxious.
JLPT no HSK
tinkling of pendants, jade-like stone
láng
Left: king, jade , right: good
The jade is good if it is tinkling.
JLPT no HSK
jade-like stone

Left: king, jade , right: be possible, can (The nail into the opening should be possible.)
The 'jade' of the possibilities is the: jade-like.
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
exquisite, tinkling of gem-pendants
lóng
Left: king , right: dragon (The outstanding person / has a broken leg with a dragon )
He is the king of the dragons, because he is exquisite.
JLPT no HSK
brilliancy (of gems), fine jade, genius
jǐn
Left: king, jade , right: blooming plant (from top: plant , blossoms , growing plant )
A king like a 'blooming plant' is brilliant.
JLPT no HSK
beautiful jade

Left: king, jade , right: road, path (The feet all move on the road.)
Jade is the road to beautiful jade.
JLPT no HSK
vessel used to hold grain offerings
liǎn
Left: king, jade , right: link, combine (Vehicles /車 and 'movement' are linked.)
To the king we are linked through vessels of offerings.
JLPT no HSK
blemish, flaw in jade, defect
xiá
Left: king, jade , right: (free interpretation: mine/pit) (In a hole with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand .)
(Jade becomes beautiful by grinding:) The jade (directly) from the mine (still) has a flaw/blemish.
JLPT no HSK
pearl or jade earring
ěr
Left: king, jade , right: ear
The jade at the ear is the: earring.
JLPT no HSK
unpolished gem

Left: king, jade , right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow things the orchid grows and the person takes it out of the: thicket)
If the jade appears like in a 'thicket', it is still an: unpolished gemstone.

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