The Chinese Radical: 乛


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something ???    乛

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to be completed, to understand clearly, past-tense-suffix
le, liǎo
A child , but without arms
A child without arms? I understand: It has to be completed!  
JLPT HSK 1
child, son, small thing, seed, egg
zǐ, zi

A child with an emphasized head , a body 丿 and two outstretched arms seeking help.  
JLPT HSK 1
to read, to study, pronunciation of a word
dòu, dú
Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: to sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader is sold.) [leader = The big one with protruding eyes ]
Words which were sold, can be read.  
JLPT HSK 1
to buy, to purchase
mǎi
Top: a stroke (here: a cap), below: head/leader [= the big with protruding eyes ]
(together with: to sell ) This hat is what the leader has bought 买. (... but for 10 [coins] he wants to sell it.)  
JLPT HSK 2
to sell, to betray
mài
From top: ten , a cap , leader/head (= the big one with protruding eyes )
(together with: to buy 买, which shows that leader with the cap ) This cap is what the leader has bought 买, but for 10 (coins) he wants to sell it.  
JLPT HSK 4
to dare, daring, brave
gǎn
Left: one , ear , right: strike, hit 攵/ (hand with a stick )
One (slap) on the ear: how daring!  
JLPT HSK 4
continue, proceed with, replenish

Left: thread 纟/, right: sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader is sold) [leader = The big one with protruding eyes ]
Threads are endless, such that the sale proceeds continuously.  
JLPT HSK 6
to contain, to include, culvert
hán
Left: water , right: envelope 函 (container , e.g. jug , water )
Water is poured from a jug into the container, which then contains it.  
JLPT no HSK
rescue, save, to raise, to aid, to support
zhěng
Left: hand , right: deputy, assist, rescue (The strokes at top and bottom give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has.)
A hand takes you out of the water-channel when rescuing.  
JLPT no HSK
envelope, case, letter
hán
Image of an envelope: , and variant of water
The 'frame', closed with water, is an envelope.  
JLPT no HSK
redeem, to ransom
shú
Left: money , right: to sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader is sold) - [leader = The big one with protruding eyes ]
To use money for 'selling' means to redeem.  
JLPT no HSK
hole, convex opening, sth. missing, void
dòu
Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: to sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader is sold)
(On the sales shelf) The hole is where something was sold: As a hole or void, where sth. is missing.  
JLPT no HSK
deputy, assist
chéng
Top: 氶, (, water ), below: a stroke
The strokes at top and bottom give a channel (= freedom of action) for the water, that has equally a deputy.  
JLPT no HSK
ditch, to drain, gutter, trouble (some one to do)

Left: water , right: to sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader is sold) [ = the big with protruding eyes ]
(To forward it to the purchaser:) For the water that was sold, we use that: ditch.  
JLPT no HSK
olive
gǎn
Left: tree , right: to dare (One ear was hit 攵: how daring!), here: and as a press
(For oil extraction) The tree where you need a press and strikes, is the: olive.  
JLPT no HSK
silly, simple-minded, foolish, naive, sturdy
hān
Top: to dare (One ear was hit 攵: how daring!), bottom: heart
A daring heart is silly.  
JLPT no HSK
calf, sacrificial victim

Left: cow , right: to sell (For ten [coins] the hat of the leader [= the big with protruding eyes ] is sold)
The 'cow' that is sold is: the calf.  

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