The Chinese Radical: 冂


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Meaning
comprise, down box    冂

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
same, like, similar, alike, together with
tóng
A container upside down: 冂, one 一 and an opening 口
All containers only have one opening, and that is: the same.  
HSK 1
again, once more, re-, second, another
zài
Top: one 一, below: upturned basket 冉
On the upturned basket I put another! again!  
HSK 1
sales, trade, commerce
shāng
Top and around: could be seen as var. of emperor 帝 (with extended robe 冂) - Better: Consider a vendor standing behind a sales desk 冂/冏 with some goods 口
The vendor at the sales desk has goods to sell.  
HSK 3
to emit (smoke), to give off, to send out
mào
Top: cover 冂 and two 二 (here: smoke), below: eye 目
Under a cover smoke 二 accumulated and becomes visible: It has been emitted.  
HSK 4
inside, inner, interior
nèi
Outside: enclosure 冂, inside: person 人
The enclosure keeps the person inside.  
HSK 5
book, booklet, classifier for books


Image of something bound, hold with a tie 一: A book  
HSK 6
center, middle, to beg
yāng
Top: yoke 冂, below: big 大
The yoke on the shoulders of the big person is centered.  
no HSK
mound, hill, ridge of a mountain
gāng
Outside: frame 冂, inside: cross 㐅 (simplified from 岡)
Image of a hill, where the cross emphasizes its size.  
no HSK
bright, brilliant, clear
jiǒng
Left: fire 火, right: 冋 (here: wall 冂 with a window 口)
A fire or a window can make it bright.  
no HSK
gradually, slowly, passing (of time)
rǎn
Variation of: again, once more 再 without the upper stroke 一 [再 = Image of an upturned basket 冉 on which another 一 is put again]
If there is no "again", he was too slow.  
no HSK
crown, ceremonial cap, corona (e.g. solar)
miǎn
Top: 冂 two 二 (Take this part as the image of a crown), bottom: to avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿 but no tail 丶)
It looks like a crown 冂,二 and is padded/cushioned with rabbit's fur: The crown.  
no HSK
distant
jiǒng
Left: movement 辶, right: 冋 (here: wall 冂 with a window 口)
When watching a movement out of a window, it appears to be distant.  

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