The Chinese Radical: 丷


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Meaning
coming out    丷

Explanation This component is often understood as "something coming out", such as steam.

Used in these characters:
说
JLPT HSK 1
to explain, to canvass, to persuade
shuì, shuō
讠 丷 兑
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: money transfer 兑 (coming out of 丷 my elder brother 兄)
The words coming out of my elder brother explain it.  
关
JLPT HSK 1
to close, to shut, to turn off, mountain pass
guān
关 丷 天
Top: out of 丷, below: heaven 天 - Shows a mountain pass (=lowest section of a ridge), which is "in the sky", but from which it gets higher 丷
(Depending on the weather) A mountain pass can be closed.  
送
JLPT HSK 2
to deliver, send, carry, give (as a present)
sòng
辶 关 丷
Left: movement 辶, right: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.)
Down out of 丷 heaven 天 with a movement this was delivered.  
弟
JLPT HSK 2
younger brother, I (modest word in letter)
dì
弟 弓 丷
From top: to come out 丷, bow 弓, and an arrow λ
A feathered arrow comes from the bow of my younger brother.  
总
JLPT HSK 3
in every case, always, gather, overall, chief
zǒng
丷 口 心
From the top: coming out 丷, mouth 口, heart 心
(not only half-truths) What comes out of your mouth and heart, shall always be the 'whole'.  
单
JLPT HSK 3
single, individual, only, bill, list
chán, dān, shàn
单 丷 日 十
From top: coming out 丷 (here: rays or shine), sun 日, ten 十
It shines the sun in a group of ten (with nine planets, including Pluto) as the single one.  
梯
JLPT HSK 3
ladder, stairs, steps
tī
木 弟 丷
Left: tree 木, right: younger brother 弟 (A feathered 丷 arrow λ from the bow 弓 of my younger brother.)
It is wooden and for my younger brother (to make him as tall as me): a ladder.  
瓶
JLPT HSK 3
bottle, vase, pitcher, jar
píng
并 丷 瓦 井
Left: unite 并 (When you are coming out 丷 of a Buddhist temple 开 you shall be united.) [开 = image of a temple's entrance gate with double upper traverses, which actually means "open", as these gates have no doors], right: roof tile 瓦 (inter-hooked tiles)
(The roof tiles are generalized understood as "pottery") For making sth. 'uniting' (= a container) the pottery is formed into a bottle or pitcher.  
胖
JLPT HSK 3
fat, plump
pàng
肉 半 丷
Left: body part 月/肉, right: half 半 (A knife cuts 丨 a birthday cake 二 with candles 丷 in half.)
If your body could be halved, you are too fat.  
糕
JLPT HSK 3
cakes, pastry
gāo
米 羔 丷 羊 灬
Left: rice 米, right: lamb 羔 (sheep 羊 [here: rising heat 丷 in an oven with three levels 王] with fire 灬)
It's made of rice in a 3-level-oven over the fire: The cake.  
联
JLPT HSK 4
to unite, to join, unification
lián
耳 关 丷
Left: ear 耳 (image of a pinna), right: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.)- (cf. deaf 聋)
Those whose ears are closed (= the deaf) join in a union.  
脱
JLPT HSK 4
strip off, to shed, get rid of, get away from
tuō
肉 丷 兑 兄
Left: body 月/肉, right: money transfer 兑 (Going out 丷 from my elder brother 兄 money transactions take place) [兄 = the big mouth 口 on feet儿]
(He raises his arms 丷 while stripping off his shirt. And I see:) the body of my older brother with raised arms, who is undressing.  
并
JLPT HSK 4
to combine, to merge, also
bìng
丷 并 开
Top: out of 丷, below: open 开 (= the entrance gate of a buddh. temple)
When you are coming out of the open temple's gate, you shall be combined/united.  
弹
JLPT HSK 4
bullet, shot, pluck (a string instrument), pellet, elastic
dàn, tán
弓 单 丷
Left: bow 弓, right: sole, single 单 (It shines 丷 the sun 日 in a group of ten 十 [with nine planets including Pluto] as the single one.)
The bow "singles" [=making it single] the bullet at the shot.  
益
JLPT HSK 5
benefit, profit, advantage, to increase
yì
益 丷 皿
In the middle: table , with something on 丷 it and plates/bowl 皿 below
With a well-laid table and plates he (i.e. the restaurant owner) benefits and makes profit.  
掷
JLPT HSK 6
to toss, to throw dice
zhì
扌 丷 天 ⻏
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.  
奠
JLPT HSK 6
to settle, to lay foundation, to fix, pay respect
diàn
丷 酉 大
Top: tribal chief 酋 (Who distributes out of 丷 the wine jug 酉, is the tribal chief.), bottom: big 大
A tribal chief is doing big, when settling a foundation.  
丧
JLPT HSK 6
mourn, mourning, funeral
sāng, sàng
丷 土 衣
Top: two bodies 丷 in the earth 土 (cf. gold 金), bottom: clothes 衣
When the two bodies come into the earth, you wear these clothes: to mourn at the funeral.  
柬
JLPT HSK 6
card, letter, note, notice
jiǎn
柬 木 束 丷
Bundle 束 (The tree 木 stands for many plants, which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 or the like (cf. 兼) with extra parts 丷
The bundle with two wrapped items 丷 as a: notice or letter.  
兰
JLPT no HSK
orchid, lily magnolia
lán
丷 兰
Top: blossom 丷, bottom: three 三 petals
The flower with the petals forms the orchid.  
谏
JLPT no HSK
to admonish, to remonstrate
jiàn
讠 柬 丷
Left: word 讠/言, right: notice, letter 柬 (Bundle 束 with two wrapped parts 丷 as a notice or letter.)
Words in a notice are: admonishing.  
朕
JLPT no HSK
I, we (imperial use), subtle
zhèn
朕 肉 丷 关
Left: body 月/肉, right: to close 关 (The mountain pass 丷 in the sky 天 is closed.)
A body directly 丷 from heaven: that's Us.  
酋
JLPT no HSK
tribal chief
qiú
丷 酉
Top: out of 丷, bottom: wine jug 酉
Who distributes out of the wine jug, is the tribal chief.  
遂
JLPT no HSK
to satisfy, to succeed, finally, to proceed
suì
辶 丷 豕
Connection of: to chase 逐 (The pig 豕/豚, moves 辶, when it is chased.) and out of 丷 (here: a goal marked by two poles 丷)
The chasing to the goal 丷 is a: "satisfying succeeding".  

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