The Chinese Radical: ⻏




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Meaning
village    ⻏

Explanation This radical is always at the right side of the hanzi and means "village". Please note the difference to this radical 阝, which means "hill" and is always at the left side of the character.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
that, those, then (in that case)
nǎ, nà, nèi, nā
Left: double-二-edged sword 刀, right: village⻏
A double-edged sword the village: What's that?
HSK 1
all, entirely, each, even, already, capital city
dōu, dū
Left: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日), right: village⻏
The persons in the village stand for: the community, for all and the capital.
HSK 1
how, which
nǎ, na, něi
Left: mouth 口, right: that, those 那 (double-二-edged sword 刀 and village⻏)
A mouth spoke about the double-edged sword in the village, but it is which?
HSK 2
to help, to assist, to support, side (of boat etc)
bāng
Top: country/nation 邦 (= abundance 丰 in the villages⻏) [abundance 丰 = flourish plant], bottom: cloth 巾
If there is abundance in the villages you can give cloth as a help.
HSK 3
mail, postal, post (office)
yóu
Left: reason, cause 由 (The sprout/seedling 丨 in the field 田 has its reason.), right: village⻏
The reason is (in the distance to the) village, why we send it by mail.
HSK 3
neighbor, adjacent, close to
lín
Left: order, command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered), right: village⻏
The order is that everything in the village is neighbored.
HSK 4
section, ministry, department, division

Left: spit 咅 (stand 立 with open mouth 口 and spit), right: village⻏
Spitting in this village? Happens in every section.
HSK 4
suburbs, outskirts
jiāo
Left: exchange, crossing 交 (six 六 crosses 㐅), right: village ⻏
By exchange [with the city] the village becomes a suburb.
HSK 6
a youth, gentleman, noun prefix denoting function or status
láng
Left: variant of good 良, right: village⻏
The 'good' from the village is this youth.
HSK 6
dense (growth), melancholy, elegant

Left: have/exist 有 (I have hand and body 月, thus I am existing.), right: village⻏
Our possessings, in the village is caused by the dense growth.
HSK 6
corridor, veranda, porch
láng
广
Outside: building 广, bottom: a youth 郎 (.. the good 良 one from the village⻏)
In the building is a youth in the corridor.
HSK 6
to tie, bind or fasten together, to kidnap
bǎng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: nation, country 邦 (If there is abundance 丰 [=strongly growing plant] in the villages⻏, it will develop a nation)
By the thread of our nation, we are tied and bound together.
HSK 6
rustic, low, base, mean, to despise, to scorn

Left: 啚 (mouth 口, ten 十, revolve, return 回), right: village⻏
The mouth is ten times revolved in the village and this appears: rustic and mean.
HSK 6
to toss, to throw dice
zhì
Left: hand 扌, right: serious, solemn 郑 (If the mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed 关, for the village ⻏ this will be: serious.)
By hand out of 丷 into the sky over the village it was tossed.
HSK 6
big, wide, outline
kuò
广
Left: building 广, right: city wall 郭 (Enjoyable 享 for a village⻏ is its city wall.) [to enjoy= 享 = the tall 高 child 子 enjoys.]
A building like a city-wall, is: big & wide.
HSK 6
serious, solemn
zhèng
Left: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.), right: village⻏ (If this radical⻏ is at the right it means village, otherwise: hill)
If the mountain pass is closed, for the village this will be: serious.
no HSK
evil, demonic, iniquitous, nefarious
xié
Left: tusk 牙 (Side view of an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ), right: village⻏
(Invasion of elephants?) A tusk in a village is evil.
no HSK
nation, country, state
bāng
Left: abundant 丰 (strongly growing plant), right: village⻏
If there is abundance in the villages, it will develop a nation.
no HSK
toot, honk, to pout

Left: mouth 口, right: entirely, capital 都 (The persons 者 from the village ⻏ come all to the capital.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of the capital is the: toot.
no HSK
mound, hill, grave
qiū
Left: mound, hill 丘 (An axe 斤 in the ground 一 as a burial object in the [burial] mound/hill), right: village⻏
(As a fortification?) The hill at the village is: a mound.
no HSK
abbr. for Hubei 湖北 province in central China
è
Left: jaw 咢 (two teeth 口, tongue 一, lower jaw 丂), right: village⻏
The jaws in a village of: Hubei.
no HSK
ancient place name
hǎo
Left: red 赤 (When earth (clay) 土 is burned 灬, the pottery turns into: red 赤), right: village⻏
'Red village' is its place name.
no HSK
county, canton, region
jùn
Left: monarch, lord 君 (He strikes with a stick ノ in the hand on a mouth 口), right: village ⻏
The lord and the village determine the county.
no HSK
city, village


As a radical it is used as:⻏ (in combinations it is always at the right hand side of a character)
no HSK
(phonetic ye), i.e. Jesus 耶稣 (yē sū)

Left: ear 耳 (pictogram of an auricle), right: village⻏
With an open ear he went through the village: Jesus!
no HSK
vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
zōu
Left: mowing grass 刍, (handle ⺈ of a big scythe 彐), right: village⻏
Here the grass was mowed for the villages: during Zhou.
no HSK
surname Deng
dèng
Left: (once) again 又 (image of a hand), right: village ⻏
With his hand in the village is the: "Dèng".
no HSK
mansion, lodging-house, residence

Left: ground, foundation 氐 (The family 氏 sits at the "bottom", on the floor 一), right: village⻏
At the bottom of the village are the mansions.
no HSK
enclosure, outer city wall
guō
Left: enjoy 享 (The tall 高 child 子 is enjoying.), right: village⻏
It is enjoyable for a village, if it has a: city wall.
no HSK
(place name), surname Xíng
xíng
Left: open, start 开 (Image of the entrance gate of a buddh. temple), right: village⻏
An entrance gate at this village.
no HSK
large, vast, abundant

Left: to show, altar 礻/示, right: village⻏
Altars are in the villages: widely spread.
no HSK
dragonfly, mantis
láng
Left: insect 虫, right: a youth 郎 (.. the good 良 one from the village ⻏)
(It is agile and chases its prey at high speed.) An insect (alive like) a youth is the: dragonfly.
no HSK
name of a district in Hebei
hán
Left: sweet 甘 (image of an open mouth 廿 with something sweet 一 between teeth), right: village⻏
A sweet village is this district.
no HSK
retinue, retainer, henchman

Left: sliding door 戸, right: village, city 邑 (as a radical typically ⻏ and always at the right side of a character)
At the door is the (whole) village as: retinue.

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