The Chinese Radical: 立


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Meaning
stand    立

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
new, newly, recent
xīn
Left: parents (They stand as supervision in the tree ), right: axe
Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new.
JLPT HSK 2
station, to stand, to halt, to stop
zhàn
Left: standing , right: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told.)
(As to whether the train is coming:) You stand there and divine fortune: At the station.
JLPT HSK 3
border, boundary, place, circumstances
jìng
Left: earth , right: actually (standing , sun and legs )
The earth remains standing, while the sun continues to go: We are at the border.
JLPT HSK 3
should, ought to, to deal with, to answer, to respond
yīng, yìng
广
Left: Building 广, below: compressed variation of standing
In the building to be able to stand? That's what you should!
JLPT HSK 3
to contact with, to connect, to welcome sb., to receive
jiē
Left: hand , right: stand , woman
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to make contact with.
JLPT HSK 3
position, location, place, seat
wèi
Left: person /, right: to stand
People are standing at their positions.
JLPT HSK 4
parent, relative/intimate, close, kiss
qīn, qìng
Top: to stand , bottom: tree (simplified from: 親, which comprised 'to see' 見)
They stand in a tree and look after the close ones: The parents
JLPT HSK 4
medal, badge, decoration, order, chapter, regulation
zhāng
Top: to rise/stand , below: early (When the sunrise at the marking at the horizon , it is early in the morning)
Get up early and you will get a medal.
JLPT HSK 4
to compete, to contend, to struggle
jìng
Top: to stand , bottom: elder brother (A big mouth on feet )
He stands over my elder brother, because he competed with him.
JLPT HSK 4
child, children
tóng
Top: stand , below: village (Fields and earth belong to a village)
Standing in the village is: a child.
JLPT HSK 4
mirror, lens
jìng
Left: metal 钅/, right: actually (to stand and a variation of the traditional: 'to see': 見, therefore: "to practically see") ['to see' 見 is typically simplified to ]
It is made of metal and when standing in front, you can practically see yourself: It is a mirror.
JLPT HSK 4
general, popular, everywhere, universal

Top: to line up (originally 2 x stand [for row], now merged to ), bottom: sun
Lining up in the sun is generally popular.
JLPT HSK 4
to pull, to drag, to play (string instruments)

Left: hand , right: to stand
A hand on which sb. stands is pulled (back), such as a string instrument is pulled /played.
JLPT HSK 4
trash, garbage, of poor quality

Left: earth, ground , right: to stand
It is the ground where it should stand: The trash.
JLPT HSK 5
to touch, to meet with, to bump
pèng
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: line up (originally: twice standing next to each others, now it is merged)
When stones are lined up, they touch.
JLPT HSK 5
to give birth, to produce, estate
chǎn
Combination of: standing and factory (when used as radical understood as: 'cliff')
If something is standing on the cliff, it was produced (or born).
JLPT HSK 5
to stand, to set up, to establish


Top: head and arms , bottom: legs of a person standing on the ground .
JLPT HSK 6
perseverance, endurance, resolute staunch

Left: 豙 (to stand and pig ), right: (battle axe in a hand )
He stands like a pig with a battle axe in the hand and has perseverance.
JLPT HSK 6
to be exhausted, used up (resources), dried up
jié
Left: to stand , right: interrogation (=The mouth with a tongue enwraps the person in the corner at the interrogation.)
If you need to stand at an interrogation, you will be exhausted.
JLPT HSK 6
end, extremity, item, port, margin
duān
Left: to stand , right: concentrated (like a mountain of beards )
(e.g. a hunter) He stand on the mountain with a beard at the edge.
JLPT HSK 6
firewood, fuel, salary
xīn
Top: plant , below: new 新 (From a standing tree your axe makes someting new.)
(All) plants and also standing trees are made with the axe to: firewood.
JLPT HSK 6
Sentence-final particle as exclamation
lā, la
Left: mouth , right: pull (string instrument) 拉
With my mouth, the hand and my standpoint I make an exclamation at the sentence-final.
JLPT HSK 6
chart, list, score (music), spectrum (physics)

Left: word /, right: general, common 普 (Lining up in the sun is generally common.) - [line up = combined of 2x 'to stand' ]
Words are commonly lined-up in: lists.
JLPT HSK 6
to cry, to weep, to sob

Left: water , right: to stand
In the water he is standing and cries.
JLPT HSK 6
vertical, to erect, vertical stroke
shù
Top: knife, hand (Here: as a variant of fork [= hand holding fork ]), bottom: stand
(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected).
JLPT HSK 6
to hinder, block, obstruct
zhàng
Left: hill , right: medal (Get up early to get a medal.)
(As a protection against floodwaters) The hill gets a medal, because it is a hindrance. [against the water]
JLPT HSK 6
grain, granule, [small round things]

Left: rice , right: to stand
Where the rice stands, there is grain.
JLPT no HSK
quiet, peaceful, to make tranquil, to pacify
jìng
Left: to stand , right: green, blue, young (Growing plants appear in the moonshine blue and young.)
When something stands (still), like growing plants in the moonlight, it is quiet.
JLPT no HSK
concubine, female servant
qiè
Top: to stand , bottom: woman
The standing woman is the: concubine.
JLPT no HSK
broad bamboo rain hat

Top: bambo , bottom: to stand
Under this 'bamboo' you can stand, if it is: a hat.
JLPT no HSK
all of a sudden, drizzle
shà
Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), right: concubine 妾 (The standing woman is the: concubine.)
In the rain is standing a woman (and says:) It came suddenly.
JLPT no HSK
complete, finish
jùn
Left: to stand , right: to dawdle =go slowly (nose , legs , upturned foot )
(At the end of a race) You can stand (still) or dawdle when you have: completed or finished (the race).
JLPT no HSK
the next, the following, bright, tomorrow

Top: wings , bottom: to stand
(When a rooster crows in the morning, it first fluffs itself up.) Its feathers stand up (= deploy) to announce the next/following (day).
JLPT no HSK
brilliant, glorious

Left: fire , right: bright 昱 (The sun stands upright and bright.)
A fire that is like a 'standing sun', is: brilliant.

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