The Chinese Radical: 聿


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Meaning
writing brush    聿

Explanation Shows hand with a pen , when two lines to write.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
book, letter, document
shū
Simplified variante of book 書 or writing (A hand with pen writes two lines )
With the brush in the hand I write two lines of a book.
JLPT HSK 3
healthy, to be good at, to invigorate, strong, robust
jiàn
Left: person , right: building/construction (You have a brush in your hand and need to move for building)
A person who builds must be healthy and robust.
JLPT HSK 4
law

Left: go , right: writing (hand with pen writes two lines .)
Go and write down the law.
JLPT HSK 4
to build, to construct, to establish
jiàn
Left: movement , right: to write, writing brush
You need a brush in your hand and to move for building.
JLPT HSK 4
bond (chemistry), (door lock) key, key(keyboard)
jiàn
Left: metal 钅/, right: build/erect (You have a brush in your hand and need to move for building.)
The 'metal' in building can be a bond or key.
JLPT HSK 5
respectful, solemn, to eliminate, clean up

Variation of to write (hand with pen writes two lines ) - Consider the difference to: servant
When drawing four lines vertically, you might be very respectful?
JLPT HSK 6
a ferry crossing, port, saliva
jīn
Left: water , right: to write (Here: Hand with stick poking into the water to measure the depth)
In water, use a stick to measure depth of water at the ferry crossing.
JLPT HSK 6
four (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Left: 镸 variation of long 长/ (long hair/mane in the wind), right: write (Shows hand with a pen writes two lines )
This is tong form for writing the anti-fraud four. [1 to 10 are: 壹 叁肆伍陆柒捌玖拾]
JLPT no HSK
the start, the origin, at first, devise, originate
zhào
Top: sliding door , strike 攵 (hand with a stick ), below: to write (hand with a pen writes two lines )
(The author of a novella) The sliding door is slammed. When he wrote it down, it was (from the story) the: Beginning.
JLPT no HSK
to write, writing brush, pencil


Shows a hand with a pen , when two lines are written.

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