The Chinese Radical: 介


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Meaning
between    介

Explanation The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in-between.

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
between, lie between, introduce
jiè
Top: person 人, below: armor 八
A person in the shell of the armor is: in between.  
HSK 3
boundary, scope, limit, extent, domain, society
jiè
Top a field 田, bottom: intermediate/between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in-between.)
The field has in between a bounded and limited area/domain.  
HSK 4
to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to give birth
yǎng
Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), bottom: between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in-between)
A sheep is in the period of "in between", when it is raised.  
HSK 4
price, value
jià, jie
Left: person 亻, right: between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in-between)
The person 亻 pays to another person 人 for the armor 丌: a price.  
HSK 5
stairs, rank, step, hierarchy
jiē
Left: hill 阝, right: in-between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in-between.)
For a hill, the 'in-between'-lying sections are the steps of a stairs.  
HSK 6
in an embarrassing situation

Left: broken leg 尢 (big person 大 with broken leg 乚), right: between 介 (The person 人 in this armor 丌 is in-between)
If you have a broken leg and are somewhere in between, you are in an embarrassing situation.  

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