The Chinese Radical: 内


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Meaning
inside, inner    内

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 2
both, two, a few, tael(=50 grams unit = two ounces)
liǎng
Shows: inside with one further person , who is inside. (cf. third )
Two connected persons are inside , thus both  
JLPT HSK 4
inside, inner, interior
nèi
Outside: enclosure , inside: person
The enclosure keeps the person inside.  
JLPT HSK 5
to receive, accept, enjoy, bring into, to pay

Left: thread 纟/, right: inside (Here: a thread around a person for marking)
A thread wound around the person for marking a: receiving, accepting or paying.  
JLPT HSK 6
disaster, misfortune, calamity
huò
Left: to show 礻/ (= image of an altar), right: chat, gossip (A mouth as big as the chest likes gossip.)
(At the altar, you should be reverently silent:) At the altar they had chats and gossips which caused the: disaster.  
JLPT no HSK
battle cry, sentence-final particle
nà, na
Left: mouth , right: inside (The included person is inside.)
The mouth shouts: "I want to come inside!" as a battle cry.  
JLPT no HSK
sodium (chemistry)

Left: metal 钅/, right: inside (The included person is inside.)
(The pure sodium oxidizes very quickly and must constantly be stored in e.g. oil) The metal that is (always) 'inside' is: sodium.  
JLPT no HSK
speak cautiously or slowly

Left: word / (=sound waves out of a mouth ), right: inside (The included person is inside.)
The words stay inside, when sb.: speaks slowly.  

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