The Chinese Radical: 亥


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Meaning
pig    亥

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
child
hái
Left: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一), right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
A child like a pig, is really a child.  
HSK 3
to carve, quarter (hour), to cut

Left: (zodiac) pig 亥/豚 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶), right: knife刂
(piece-rate work at the slaughterhouse) The pig is cut with a knife (= carved) within a quarter hour.  
HSK 3
should, ought to, probably, must be
gāi
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ and small tail 丶)
Like words towards a pig, that's how it should be.  
HSK 4
cough
hāi, ké
Left: mouth 口, right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
Out of his mouth he grunts like a pig: he coughs!  
HSK 5
nucleus, nuclear, stone (of a fruit), to examine

Left: tree 木, right: (zodiac) pig 亥/豕 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
Trees and pigs also consist of atomic nuclei.  
HSK 6
to obstruct, be blocked

Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: (zodiac) pig 亥
If the pigs are within the gate, they form an obstruction.  
no HSK
skeleton, bones of the body
hái
Left: bones/vertebrae 骨, right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
Also the bones of the pig are a skeleton.  
no HSK
to terrify, startle, astonish, to shock
hài
Left: horse 马/馬, right: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
A horse (fat) as a pig! That's terrifying!  
no HSK
pig, boar of the 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m.
hài

Variation of pig 豕 and shows head 亠, fat body ノノ and small tail 丶.  
no HSK
to accuse of misconduct, impeach

Left: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶, cf. 豚), right: strength 力
You need a pig's strength to accuse sb. for that crime.  
no HSK
helium (chemistry)
hài
Top: gas, air 气, below: (zodiac) pig 亥 (head 亠, fat body ノノ small tail 丶)
With this gas you sound like the squeal of a pig: with helium.  

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