The Chinese Radical: 冖




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Meaning
cover    冖

Explanation This very similar radical 宀 is understood as a roof.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
learn, study, science
xué
From top: beam of light , cover 冖, child 子 (Image of a child with an oversized head 乛, a body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一 seeking help)
There is a crown above the child when it is busy in learning.  
HSK 1
a sleep, a nap, feel, find that, awake, aware
jiào, jué
From top: light rays , cover: 冖, to see 见/見 (= an eye 目 on legs 儿)
When the sunshine falls through the cover on your seeing eyes you awake: from sleep.  
HSK 1
to love, affection, to be fond of, to like
ài
From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖 friend 友 (They shake hands ,又 because they are friends.)
When I reach down though a cover to a friend, then because of love. (Or: To receive 受 a hand from sb., due to: love.)  
HSK 1
to write, draw, sketch
xiě
Top: a cover 冖 (here: variation of table 几), below: and, with 与 (= The number 5 and one 一 is an "and"-connection. - But here as its sum of: six)
You need a table and six (papers) for: writing.  
HSK 3
belt, to raise
dài
From Top: thirty 卅 (here: three settings at a belt 一), to cover 冖, cloth 巾
It can be set in three positions and it covers the clothes: The belt.  
HSK 4
to receive, to accept, to suffer (passive marker)
shòu
From top: a hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, hand 又
One hand from above holds a cover, the other hand receives it.  
HSK 4
to taste (food), to try, already, ever, once
cháng
From top: small 小, cover 冖, cloud, to say 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
If the small (thing) on the cover tastes like a cloud, that's I want to try/taste.  
HSK 5
peasant, to farm, agriculture
nóng
Top: cover 冖, below: variant of clothes 衣
(Because he has to go out in all weathers) He has a side-extended cover on his clothes: the peasant!  
HSK 5
to manage, nourishment, army, camp
yíng
From top: plant/grass 艹 (here: field camp), cover 冖 (= tent), two mouths 吕
You need plants/grass and tents for the many mouths, when: managing the nutrition of the army.  
HSK 5
to sink, to submerge, to immerse, to keep down
chén
Left: water 氵, right: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)
In the water, the waste (= that what is superfluous) will sink.  
HSK 5
thriving, prosperous, booming, glory
róng
Top: plant 艹 (here: a lot of green), bottom: cover 冖, tree 木
If there are 'lots of green' as the cover of a tree, it is: thriving.  
HSK 5
hat, crown, crest, cap
guān, guàn
Top: cover 冖, bottom: origin/chin.Yuan 元, skillful hand 寸
It's covering, costed many Yuan and is made by a skillful hand: The crown. (or the hat)  
HSK 5
neck, collar

Left: body part 月/肉, right: 孛 (from above: head 十, emphasized broad neck 冖, small rest 子 of the body)
The body part that is here emphasized is the neck.  
HSK 5
army, military, arms
jūn
Top: cover 冖 (here: camouflage), bottom: vehicle 车 (=車 top view with two wheels 二, axle丨and loading section 日)
Camouflaged vehicles belong to the army.  
HSK 5
pot, tea pot, bottled liquids

From top: scholar 士 (here: handle 士 at a cover 冖), cover 冖, business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
A handle at a cover on sth. hollow is in total: a (tea) pot.  
HSK 5
to struggle, toil, work, become exhausted
láo
From above: growing plant 艹, cover 冖 (here: top layer), strength 力
(Reclaiming the land:) To transform the growing plants into a flat top layer requires strength and that: you struggle.  
HSK 6
shell, carapace, crust (earth's crust etc)
ké, qiào
Top: scholar 士, bottom: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)
The scholar places a tablecloth on the table as a "shell" or carapace.  
HSK 6
injustice, grievance, wrong, in vain
yuān
Top: cover 冖, below: rabbit 兔 (long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿 and short tail 丶)
(It needs more space) Using just a cover for keeping a rabbit is injustice.  
HSK 6
to pull (an animal on a tether), to hold hands
qiān
From top: large 大, cover 冖 (here: the yoke or tether/snaffle of an animal), cow 牛
The person with wide arms uses a yoke at the cow to lead or pull it.  
HSK 6
diarrhea, to flow out swiftly, a torrent
xiè
Left: water 氵, right: to write 写 (Here: under a cover 冖 somebody '5' sits on a toilet 一)(cf. horse 马)
Like water it comes, at the toilet, when you have diarrhea.  
HSK 6
suck
suō
Left: mouth 口, right: 索 (ten 十, cover 冖, thread 糸)
The mouth can cover 冖 from above (tenfold??) and it appears thread-like (when using a drinking-straw?) to suck.  
HSK 6
to chatter, gossip, nag
láo
Left: mouth 口, right: to struggle 劳 (To transform the growing plants 艹 into a flat top layer 冖 requires strength 力 and that you struggle)
For the mouth it is a struggle to chatter.  
no HSK
luster of gems
yíng
From top: grass 艹, cover 冖, jade 玉
In the grass is covered a 'jade' with: the luster of gems.  
no HSK
dark, deep, stupid, the underworld
míng
From top: cover 冖, sun/day 日, six 六
(The class of sunglasses?) A cover that makes the sun-light sixfold darker.  
no HSK
burial mound, senior (i.e. eldest person in rank)
zhǒng
Top: cover 冖, bottom: 豖 (pig 豕/豚 with a stab wound)
Under a cover is the stabbed pig in a burial mound.  
no HSK
oriole or warblers
yīng
Top: grass 艹, below: cover 冖 and bird 鸟/鳥
In the grass are covered these birds: the oriole or warbler.  
no HSK
to go against, to be contrary to, perverse, rebellious
bèi
Left: feelings 忄, right: comet 孛 (It crosses 十 the orbits of the planets in the firmament 冖 and is (big as a) child 子)
(It does not follow a planetary orbit:) The feeling with a comet that it: goes against.  
no HSK
Shun (c. 22nd century BC), fifth of the Five Emperors
shùn
From top: hand grasping down 爫, cover 冖, oppose 舛 (opposed feet, like at: dancing 舞)
With a downward hand he covered/protected, but was opposed and thus the last of the five emperors.  
no HSK
a glimmer, twinkling, fluorescence, dazzled
yíng
From above: plant 艹, cover 冖, fire 火
If plants are a cover for the fire, it appears glimmering.  
no HSK
firefly, glow-worm
yíng
From top: plant, grass 艹, cover 冖, insect 虫
The grass covers this insect: the firefly.  
no HSK
crane

Left: 隺 (a hooded 冖 bird 隹), right: bird 鸟/鳥
A hooded bird, this bird is the: crane.  
no HSK
superfluous, extraneous, redundant, busy
rǒng
Top: cover 冖 (here: tablecloth), below: table 几
A tablecloth on a table is: superfluous.  
no HSK
wind around
yíng
From top: plant 艹, cover 冖, thread 糸
A plant that covers (the ground) is like a thread that is: winding around.  

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