The Chinese Radical: ⺈


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Meaning
kneeling person    ⺈

Explanation If this person 人 is bending a leg, it becomes this radical. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕 sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)

Used in these characters:
HSK 3
clean, completely, only
jìng
Left: ice 冫, right: dispute/fight 争 (The bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand looking for dispute) (simplified from 淨 (= water 氵, hand from above 爫, broom 帚)
About the use of ice it has been disputed, if you can clean with it. - Or: Using this "water" 冫=氵the bent person (is scrubbing) with the broom 亅 in the hand 彐 when cleaning.  
HSK 4
to bear, load, to carry (on one's back), negative (math. etc)

A person bending ⺈ down, below: money 贝/貝 (here: a load ⺈, backpack or joke 冂, person 人, cf. center 央)
The bent person with a backpack 冂 bears a load.  

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