The Chinese Radical: 而


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Meaning
and    而

Explanation Image of a closed mouth with a beard .

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
to require, to need, to want, necessity, need

Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), below: beard (closed mouth with a beard )
(For care:) Rain[water] on the beard is: required.
JLPT HSK 3
and, as well as, and so, but (not)
ér
Closed mouth with a beard
Image of a beard
JLPT HSK 4
capable of enduring, able to tolerate, patience
nài
Left: beard (closed mouth with a beard ), right: skillful hand
(A lot of care-taking is necessary:) A beard needs a skillful hand that has endurance and patience.
JLPT HSK 6
Confucius, scholar

Left: person , right: require, need (Rain[water] on the beard is needed [for care])
People need confucianism. Or: The person in the rain with the (long) beard, is: Confucius.
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
to play with, to juggle
shuǎ
Top: beard (closed mouth with a beard ), bottom: woman
The beards are liked by women: To play with.
JLPT no HSK
study room, building, vegetarian, to give alms
zhāi
Top: text, language (image of a folding table, on which a text is written), bottom: beard (closed mouth with a beard )
Immersed in a book, the beard grows in the study room.

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