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table   

Explanation This hanzi stands also for "how many" or small table and this radical is understood as a variation of it.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to flourish, thrive, to become popular
xīng, xìng
Top: flowers , below: table (The table is often also: )
The flowers on the table are blooming and thriving.  
JLPT HSK 2
together, common, general
gòng
Top: plant , bottom: table
Put the plants on the table: together.  
JLPT HSK 3
his, her, its, theirs, that, such, it (refers to sth preceding it)

Image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing)
The basket on the table is his/hers.  
JLPT HSK 3
canon, law, standard work of scholarship, ceremony
diǎn
Top: variant of writing tablets , below: table (or variant of: to bend 曲)
The writing tablets on the table are a standard-work/canon (for the ceremony).  
JLPT HSK 3
to roast, to cook, to burn, to stew
shāo
Left: fire , right: Emperor Tang Yao (variation of halberd , table )
The fire shall have (a distance) of a halberd to the table: when roasting.  
JLPT HSK 4
tool, device, equipment, instrument, to possess

An eye and a table
The eye sees on the table: a tool.  
JLPT HSK 4
to lift, to raise, to hold up, enumerate, choose

Top: flourish (flowers on a low table ), bottom: hand
Under the table with the flowers is a hand for lifting it.  
JLPT HSK 5
benefit, profit, advantage, to increase

In the middle: table , with something on and below: plates/bowl
With a well-laid table and plates he (i.e. the restaurant owner) benefits.  
JLPT no HSK
stronghold, stockade, camp, village
zhài
From top: roof , a well , table , tree
For (protecting) our roofs and wells, we use tables and trees to (build) a: stronghold.  
JLPT no HSK
iodine (chemistry)
diǎn
Left: stone , right: standard work, ceremony 典 (The writing tablets on the table are a standard-work/canon - for the ceremony.)
The 'stone' for the ceremony is: the iodine.  

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