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The Radical:
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
new born baby 296
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Explanation |
Character for child 子, but turned upside down: the baby at birth comes first. |
Used in these Kanji:
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育
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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to give birth, to raise, to educate
yù Top: new born baby (character for child 子 turned upside down: the baby's head comes first), below: body 月/肉
The new born baby has a body, that is born and needs to be raised.
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育
肉
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流
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to flow, to drift, to disseminate, to circulate
liú Left: water 氵, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down: the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)
Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid is flowing.
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氵
㐬
川
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弃
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to abandon, to relinquish, to discard, to throw away
qì Top: 'new born baby' (Character for child 子, but turned upside down: the baby at birth comes first), bottom: grass, plant 艹 (here exceptionally not as two hands 廾)
The new born baby in the grasses is abandoned.
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艹
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充
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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satisfy, fulfill, substitute, substitute
chōng Top: newborn baby (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), below: legs 儿 - Here: see similarity to flow/stream 流
The new born baby flounders with his legs to be 'filled' [= fed] and thus be satisfied.
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儿
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统
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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context, to gather, to unite, whole
tǒng Left: thread 纟/糸, right: satisfy, to fill 充 (The newborn baby [= child 子 upside down, because it comes with the head first] flounders with his legs 儿 to be 'filled' [= fed] and thus be satisfied. (cf. 流)
Threads are satisfying if they are in a context. (i.e. woven)
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糸
儿
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撤
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to remove, to take away, to withdraw
chè From left: hand 扌, give birth, educate 育 (The new born baby [=child 子 upside down, as head first at birth] has a body 月, that is born and raised), strikes 攵/攴
The hand raises and educates with strikes and then removes/withdraws.
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扌
育
攴
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硫
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JLPT no HSK |
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sulfur (chemistry)
liú Left: stone 石, right: 㐬 (here as a var. of: 'to flow' 流) (㐬 = newborn baby [character for child 子 upside down = coming with head first], [amniotic] fluid 川)
[melting point 115°C] The stone that can flow is sulphur.
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石
㐬
川
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