The Chinese Radical: 艮


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Meaning
not good    艮

Explanation This is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good". verstanden.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
very (adverb of degree), quite, awfully
hěn
Left: to go , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
(With the invention of the wheel they said this?) "Walking is not good, ... very!"
JLPT HSK 2
eye, classifier for hollow things (wells, pots)
yǎn
Left: eye , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
One eye (only) is not good, but it is still an eye.
JLPT HSK 3
heel, to follow closely, to go with
gēn
Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
(Most often it hurts here:) The foot is not good at the heel.
JLPT HSK 3
root, basis, classifier for long slender objects (cigarettes)
gēn
Left: tree , right: 'not good' ('good' would be , but the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
(not usable as timber) The tree is not good at the roots. (... or if it is too slender)
JLPT HSK 3
silver, silver-colored
yín
Left: metal/gold 钅/ (= Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: "not good" ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
(Gold would be better!) This metal is not good: It is only silver!
JLPT HSK 3
leg, lower extremities
tuǐ
退
Left: body part /, right: retreat 退 (The movement is not good if it is a retreat.)
The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg.
JLPT HSK 4
general, approximate
gài
Left: tree , right: previous/before (It is 'not good' with a 'false tusk' , that's already since, ..)
A tree and a not-good tusk (as drawn) are approximately in general (the same)?
JLPT HSK 4
immediate, prompt, namely, to approach

Left: simplification of "not good" ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), right: bent person
Not good, this person should bow down: Immediately!
JLPT HSK 4
already, since, both... (and...)

Left: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), right: (false tusk )
It is not good with a false tusk, that's already since, ..
JLPT HSK 5
to hate, bitterness, to regret
hèn
Left: feeling , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
Feelings are not good when they are hatred.
退
JLPT HSK 5
to retreat, to decline, to move back, to withdraw
tuì
退
Left: movement , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
The movement is not good if it is a retreat.
JLPT HSK 5
limit, bound
xiàn
Left: hill , right: 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
A hill is not good, because it is a limit(ation).
JLPT HSK 5
difficult, hard, hardship, terrible (task)
jiān
Left: hand , right: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
With a hand, that is not good, it's difficult.
JLPT HSK 5
earnest
kěn
Left: 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), right: heart
A not-good heart is earnest.
JLPT HSK 5
good, very, very much
liáng
The same character with a lid would be food
Take the lid from the food: it looks good!
JLPT HSK 6
scar, traces
hén
Outside: disease (An ice--cold building 广 makes sick.), below: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
The disease was not good, it left scars and traces.
JLPT HSK 6
generous, sad
kǎi
Left: feeling , right: already, since (It is 'not good' with a 'false tusk' , that's already since, ..)
With feelings she is already rather generous.
JLPT HSK 6
fierce, vicious, heartless
hěn
Left: wild animal , right: 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
The wild animal is not good: It is fierce and vicious.
JLPT no HSK
high ranking official (old), honorific (old)
qīng
Outside: rabbit (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers), inside: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
'Rabbit' is not good as an official honorific term.
JLPT no HSK
to cultivate, to reclaim (land)
kěn
Top: 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), bottom: earth
A 'not-good' earth needs to be: cultivated.
JLPT no HSK
to take off (clothes), to fade
tùn
退
Left: clothes 衤/, right: to retreat, decline 退 (The movement is not good if it is a retreat.)
Clothes are 'retreated', when they are: taken off.
JLPT no HSK
to splash, pump water, to whisper, to mutter

Left: mouth , right: immediate, prompt 即 (Not good , this person should bow down, immediately!)
The mouth is not good, when during 'bowing down' sth. is: splashing out.
JLPT no HSK
to bite, to gnaw, gums (of the teeth)
kěn, yín
Left: tooth 齿/ (Below the nose an open mouth with teeth ), right: 'not good' ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')
(They destroy something:) The teeth are not good when they: bite.

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