The Chinese Radical: ノ


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Meaning
bent stroke    ノ

Explanation emphasis, accent

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
life, to be born, to grow, raw/uncooked
shēng
Accent/emphasis ノ (here: a twig) at a growing plant /丰 [cf. abundant 丰]
The twig at the growing plant stands for life.  
HSK 1
year
nián
Comprises the trunk 丨 of a tree with three 三 branches, which is understood as a growing plant /丰. Additionally with two accents ノ,丨 which are understood as fruits.
When the growing plants bear fruit, it has passed: another year.  
HSK 1
"referring to", exclamatory final particle, interrogative
má, me, mó, yāo
Top: accent for emphasis 丶, bottom: self, personal 厶 (shows a nose)
The emphasis on your own nose is this reference.  
HSK 1
connection, link, system, relation

Top: accent ノ for the emphasis, bottom: thread 糸
An emphasized thread for: the connections in a system.  
HSK 1
few, little
shǎo, shào
Top: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small), bottom: extra stroke ノ
Such a small stroke is too few.  
HSK 2
to check, to verify, to test, to examine
kǎo
At top: old man 耂, below: wound seaweed 丂
From the ground 土 with a stick ノ the seaweed 丂 is checked.  
HSK 3
to carve, quarter (hour), to cut

Left: (zodiac) pig 亥/豚 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶), right: knife刂
(piece-rate work at the slaughterhouse) The pig is cut with a knife (= carved) within a quarter hour.  
HSK 3
should, ought to, probably, must be
gāi
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ and small tail 丶)
Like words towards a pig, that's how it should be.  
HSK 3
talent, just now, not until
cái

When the big 大 person balances on one foot, he is talented.  
HSK 3
certainly, must, will, necessarily

Heart 心, lance ノ
The heart is pierced by the lance - certainly!  
HSK 4
to lose, to miss, to fail
shī
Top left: accent ノ (for emphasis), rest: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
I emphasize: the husband will lose.  
HSK 4
father

A hand with a stick ノ
The father has a stick in his hand (for punishing).  
HSK 5
secret, secretary

Left: rice plant 禾, right: certainly 必 (The heart 心 is pierced by a lance ノ - certainly!)
(They are so fructuous) Rice plants certainly have a secret!  
HSK 5
flock, group, crowd, herd
qún
Left: monarch, master 君 (He strikes with a stick ノ in a hand on a mouth 口), right: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep)
If a monarch has sheep, then a flock.  
HSK 5
nucleus, nuclear, stone (of a fruit), to examine

Left: tree 木, right: (zodiac) pig 亥/豕 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
Trees and pigs also consist of atomic nuclei.  
HSK 5
ascend, to raise, metric liter
shēng
Two hands 廾 where the left hand is holding a bottle ノ with one liter. [Two hands 廾 = twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined]
(You should drink a lot when climbing:) Take the bottle in both hands on the ascent.  
no HSK
he, she, abbr. for Iraq or Iran

Left: person 亻, right: to administer, rule 尹 (.. with a stick ノ in the hand you administer)
The person with the stick in his hand point to him/her.  
no HSK
testicle, marsh
gāo
From top: emphasis ノ, eye, net 罒, happy 幸 (Between two 丶丶 earths 土 [the lower mirrored 干] is the happiness.)
Below the penis ノ are the testicles 罒 and they make happy: the testicles.  

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