The Chinese Radical: 3


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Meaning
three parts    3

Explanation This radical covers characters that have the same component three times.

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
many persons, numerous, crowd
zhòng
3
Shows three times the sign for person 人
Three persons stand for many people.  
HSK 4
forest
sēn
3

Three trees 木 symbolize the forest.  
HSK 5
product, goods, kind
pǐn
3

Three boxes with goods.  
HSK 6
crystal
jīng
3
3 x sun 日
(Light refraction at its cut surfaces) It becomes like three suns at the: crystal.  
no HSK
lofty, to erect, upright
chù
3
Three times: straight 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.)
If one 'straight' thing 直 is directly piled on two others, it becomes: lofty.  
no HSK
stamen, pistil
ruǐ
3
Top: plant 艹, bottom: 惢
The plant has its 3 hearts in the stamen.  
no HSK
plants, grass
huì
3
Top: ten 十, bottom: twenty 廾 (also understood as two hands 屮,屮)
Like a meadow this stands thirty-fold for plants and grasses.  
no HSK
lumpy, rock pile, uneven, fig. sincere, open and honest
lěi
3

Triple stones 石 stands for lumpy or sincere.  
no HSK
(symbol of prosperity & wealth)
xīn
3
Tree times metal, gold 金
Triple gold for: prosperity!  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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