The Chinese Radical: 㐅


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Meaning
cross    㐅

Explanation

Used in these characters:
希
JLPT HSK 2
rare, infrequent, hope/expect
xī
㐅 布 巾
Top: cross-stitch 㐅, bottom: cloth 布
A cross-stitch on a cloth is rare.  
风
JLPT HSK 3
wind, style, manner
fēng
風 㐅 虫
Simplified from 風, which showed a sail 冂 with a sail tree 一 and an insect 虫
It blows an insect 㐅 into the sail: The wind.  
区
JLPT HSK 4
district, area, region
qū, ōu
区 匚 㐅
Enclosure 匚 with a marking 㐅
An enclosure with a cross stands for an urban district. [with a street crossing?]  
杀
JLPT HSK 5
to kill, to murder
shā
㐅 木
Top: marking 㐅, below: tree 木
The marking at the tree shows, where he was killed.  
哎
JLPT HSK 5
hey!, why?, look out!, How dare you!
āi
口 艹 㐅
Left: mouth 口, right: phonetic "āi" 艾 (like AIDS 艾滋病)
From the mouth an "āi" as interjection of surprise "hey!"  
稀
JLPT HSK 6
rare, uncommon, watery, sparse
xī
禾 㐅 布
Left: rice plant 禾, right: seldom, sparse 希 (A cross-stitch 㐅 in cloth 布 is seldom.) [cloth 布 = A hand is holding a cloth 巾]
Rice plants that are seldom, are (really): rare.  
刹
JLPT HSK 6
Buddhist monastery 剎多羅, to brake, stop
chà, shā
㐅 木 刂
Left: to kill 杀 (marker 㐅 in the tree 木, where he was killed), right: knife 刂
The cross at the tree was made with a knife and marks the area of the monastery.  
凶
JLPT HSK 6
vicious, fearful, fierce, ominous, inauspicious
xiōng
凶 凵 㐅
Container 凵 with a mark 㐅
The mark on the container shows that it's content is vicious.  
淆
JLPT HSK 6
mess, confused and disorderly, mixed
xiáo
氵 㐅 有
Left: water 氵, right: deli food, dishes 肴 (I marked with the cross 㐅, what I want to have 有 from these deli-dishes.)
The water 氵 can cause (at a flood) with things 㐅 I have 有: a mess.  
赵
JLPT no HSK
state during the Warring States Period
zhào
走 㐅
Left: to walk/go 走 (On earth 土 feet 足 have to walk.), right: cross 㐅
The walkings (troup-movements?) were marked with crosses during the Warring States.  

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