The Chinese Radical: 丈




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Meaning
unit of length    丈

Explanation A tall 大 person making a wide lunge (= lateral step) to the right to measure this distance.

Used in these characters:
便
HSK 2
convenient, ordinary, plain, to defecate
biàn, pián
Left: person 亻, right: further/still more 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 [= big 大 person with wide step] further and more.)
People (like it) furthermore, when it is convenient.  
HSK 2
unit of length zhàng = 3.3 meters, gentleman
zhàng

Shows a big 大 person with a wide step to measure the distance of 1 zhàng.  
HSK 3
even further, still more, to change (cloths) or replace
gēng, gèng
Center: sun 日, rest: unit of length zhàng 丈 3m (a big 大 person with a wide step)
The sun goes with wide steps even further.  
使
HSK 4
to cause, to instruct sb., to enable, to send
shǐ
Left: person 亻/人, right: civil servant 吏 (A mouth 口 of a certain reach 丈 is expected from an official.) [丈 = big 大 step, length 3.3m]
This person is civil servant and can cause you to do sth.  
HSK 5
hard, solid, stiff, firm, resolutely
yìng
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more) [丈 = person with big 大 step]
Stones are more over: hard and solid.  
HSK 5
to gallop, speedily, to pilot (ship, plane)
shǐ
Left: horse 马/馬 (.. with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ), right: history 史 (Here: a body 口 of the horse with wide steps 丈 and thus only two legs on the ground.)
The horse has two legs on ground, when: galloping.  
HSK 6
a rod, stick, cane, walking stick
zhàng
Left: tree 木, right: unit of length 丈 (3.3m = big person 大 with a wide step)
(You need it when stumbling [= big step]) The wood for the big step is the (walking) stick.  
HSK 6
battle, weaponry, to wield, to rely on
zhàng
Left: Person 亻, right: unit of length 丈 (Big person 大 with wide step)
A person with wide steps during the battle.  
no HSK
stem, stalk, to block, to hinder
gěng
Left: tree 木, right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more.) [丈 = Big 大 person with a wide step.]
The tree has furthermore a stem.  
no HSK
minor government official or functionary (old)

Center: mouth 口; rest: big person 大 with wide lateral step measures length unit: zhàng 丈 (=3.3m)
The person who measures with a wide lateral step and announces with mouth is a government official.  

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