The Chinese Radical: 乚




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Meaning
lighting rod    乚

Explanation The use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
electricity, electrical
diàn
(This character was simplified from 電) Rice field 田 with a lightning conductor/arrester 乚 for leading electricity.
If lightning strikes in the rice field, the lightning arrester has: electricity.  
HSK 1
nine, 9
jiǔ
The number ten 十 with a hook乚, that is subtracting
10 - 1 = 9  
HSK 3
ceremony, gift, rite, etiquette, courtesy

Left: to show, altar 礻/示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and dripping blood 八), right: kneeling person 乚
At the altar kneels somebody: At the ceremony with a gift.  
HSK 4
riot, confusion, disorder, arbitrary, upheaval
luàn
Left: tongue 舌 (Thousand 千 mouths 口 with tongues.), right: kneeling person 乚
If a tongue is 'twisted' like a kneeling person, it means: riot and confusion.  
HSK 5
ton (measure of weight), tonnage
dūn
Left: mouth 口 (here: container), right: barracks 屯 (Where previously plants 艹 and sprouts 乚 pierced the soil 一, they build barracks. )
The container for the barracks weights one ton.  
HSK 5
to pause, meal, bout, to stop
dùn
Left: barracks 屯, (Where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.), right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
(Soldiers on march need regular breaks) At the barracks the heads join to pause and for meals.  
HSK 5
rope
shéng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: toad 黾 (The animal 口 on the field 田 with the long tongue 乚. HERE: At the rope-maker the rope 乚 is clamped in two holding jaws 口,臼 for being twisted.)
Threads are clamped twice (and then twisted) to make a rope 乚.  
HSK 5
pure, simple, unmixed, genuine
chún
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: barracks 屯 (On fertile ground, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
Threads made of plants and sprouts are pure and unmixed.  
HSK 5
to throw, to fling, to swing, to leave behind
shuǎi

Use 用 sth. with a "handle 乚 for use 用" when: throwing.  
HSK 5
to delay, waste time, to indulge in
dān
Left: ear 耳, right: 冘 (big 大 person with broken arms and a broken leg 乚)
(Those who refuse to follow rules shall feel the consequences) The "Listening" can end in broken arms and leg, if you delay it.  
HSK 6
breast, milk

Left: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.), right: kneeling person 乚
To reach down to the child, when you yourself are kneeing: You give breast and milk.  
HSK 6
hole, dwellings, Confucius
kǒng
Left: child 子, right: kneeling person 乚
A child is kneeling in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.  
HSK 6
to conceal, cover up, surprise
yǎn
Left: hand 扌, right: suddenly 奄 (i.e. lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 [= lightning strike] comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚]
The hand makes a sudden movement to conceal sth.  
HSK 6
roar or howl of an animal, bellow of rage
hǒu
Left: mouth 口, right: dwellings, Confucius 孔 (A child 子 is kneeling 乚 in front of the hole Confucius used to live in.), here: variant of breast, milk 乳
A baby's mouth 口 that wants milk 乳 is roaring.  
HSK 6
to flood, to submerge, to drown, delay
yān
Left: water 氵, right: suddenly 奄 (i.e lightning strike: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚]
If the water comes suddenly, then as a flood, where you drown.  
HSK 6
pillow, to rest one's head
zhěn
Left: tree 木, right: 冘 (person 大 with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)
Under the tree, there is sb. with broken limbs. Bring him a pillow!  
HSK 6
blunt (i.e. knife), stupid
dùn
Left: metal 钅/金, right: barracks 屯 (On fertile ground, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
(Due to the constant use) The metal in the barracks becomes blunt.  
HSK 6
to tie, to bind, bundle, to prick, penetrating
zā, zhā, zhá
Left: hand 扌, right: hook 乚
In the hand is a hook for tying up or pricking.  
no HSK
fly, musca
yíng
Left: insect 虫, right: toad 黾 (= The animal 口 on the field 田 with the long tongue 乚.)
The insect for the toad, is the fly.  
no HSK
turtle, tortoise
guī
Top: kneeling person ⺈, bottom: electricity 电 (field 田 with lightning rod 乚)
A head ⺈, body 田 and tail 乚 of a: turtle!  
no HSK
I (northern dialects)
ǎn
Left: Person 人, right: suddenly 奄 (i.e. lighting strike: the big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning rod 乚]
(I boast to be full of energy:) The person with big electricity, that is me!  
no HSK
barracks, to station (soldiers), to store up
tún, zhūn
A variation of grass 艹 and a further sprout 乚, as also shown in 屮
(On fertile ground:) Where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.  
no HSK
hut, small temple, nunnery
ān
广
Outside: building 广, below: suddenly 奄 (i.e. lighting strike: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning rod 乚]
A building that (can be built) suddenly, is a small hut.  
no HSK
wooden board for writing, short note
zhá
Left: tree 木, right: kneeling person 乚 (here: image of a board)
Using a tree you make boards for notes.  
no HSK
to crush (by weight), to roll (steel)
yà, zhá
Left: vehicle 车 (=車 = top view with axle | load-area 日 wheels 二), right: a hook 乚 like at: 'to bundle 扎'
The vehicle's (weight) presses/crushes when a hook is produced by: rolling it.  
no HSK
confused, turbid
dùn
Left: water 氵, right: barracks 屯 (On fertile ground, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)
If you build in a swamp (= where there is water and grass and shoots) a barracks, things get confused.  
no HSK
honesty, sincerity
chén
Left: feelings 忄, right: 冘 (big 大 person with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)
The feeling with the injuries [arms and leg] is: honesty.  
no HSK
suddenly, abruptly, hastily, to cover
yǎn
Top: big 大, bottom: electricity 电 (A field 田 with a lightning rod 乚)
(At a lightning strike:) The big electricity comes suddenly.  
no HSK
muntjac (=barking deer), Qiang ethnic group
qiāng
Left: sheep 羊, right: extra leg 乚
The sheep with the extra leg is a muntiac-deer.  
no HSK
always, then, at once
zhé
Left: vehicle 车 (車= (top view with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: 耴 (ear 耳, here: axle or axe nail 乚)
At a vehicle you hear 耳 sth. at the axle 乚: always.  
no HSK
to submerge, to sink, immerse, to lower, drop, variant of 沉
chén, shěn
Left: water 氵, right: 冘 (big person 大 with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)
In the water is sb. with broken limbs, who will submerge!  
no HSK
to castrate, a castrate, neuter
yān
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: suddenly 奄 (i.e. a lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚]
(Electric pasture fence? - When climbing over:) the gate, the big electricity made him: a castrate.  
no HSK
stew, stew slowly
dùn
Left: fire 火, right: barracks 屯 (On fertile ground, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.
The fire in the barracks is used for: stewing.  
no HSK
gaze intently
dān
Left: eye 目, right: 冘 (big 大 person with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)
The eye sees the person with broken arms and leg and: stares at him.  

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