The Chinese Radical: 几


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Meaning
small table    几

Explanation A similar radical is ordinary: , which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. It is at the right side of composed characters. Also this radical is understood as a table.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
machine, engine, opportunity

Left: tree , right: table (cf. ordinary: )
This tree turns into a table by use of a machine.  
JLPT HSK 1
almost, how much, a few, small table
jī, jǐ

Image of a small table  
JLPT HSK 1
to flourish, thrive, to become popular
xīng, xìng
Top: flowers , below: table (The table is often also: )
The flowers on the table are blooming and thriving.  
JLPT HSK 1
to shine, bright, clear, brilliant, resonant
liàng
Top: variant of high (guard tower with two floors), bottom: table
(Watchtowers were also used on the Chinese Wall for signal fires:) A watchtower on an elevated position (like on a 'table'), gives it shine and brightness.  
JLPT HSK 3
blossom, flower, earlobe
duǒ
Top: table (Here: image of a closed blossom), below: tree
Ihe image of a blossom in a tree stands for: 'blossom'.  
JLPT HSK 4
tiny, miniature, profound, micro-
wēi
Left: go , center: mountain , table , right: to strike 攵/ (hand with a stick )
Go to the mountain to the one table and smash it into tiny pieces.  
JLPT HSK 5
to lean against, to rely on, on the basis of, proof
píng
Top: official duty (A person as scolar with hat has responsibilities), bottom: table
With his official duty he leans on the table, which is considered as a proof.  
JLPT HSK 5
to sink, to submerge, to immerse, to keep down
chén
Left: water , right: superfluous (A tablecloth on the table is superfluous.)
In the water, the waste (= that what is superfluous) will sink.  
JLPT HSK 5
admire, to respect, to wear (belt etc)
pèi
Left: person , right: sail (cf. wind 风) and cloth
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it.  
JLPT HSK 5
flesh, muscle

Left: body part /, right: table (cf. )
The body part for the table is muscle's flesh.  
JLPT HSK 6
shell, carapace, crust (earth's crust etc)
ké, qiào
Top: scholar , bottom: superfluous (A tablecloth on the table is superfluous.)
The scholar places a tablecloth on the table as a "shell" or carapace.  
JLPT HSK 6
ordinary, commonplace, temporal
fán
A table with a scratch
Tables with scratches are sth. ordinary.  
JLPT HSK 6
hungry

Left: food 饣/ (Below the cover is good food.), right: (empty) table
No food on the empty table: I am hungry.  
JLPT HSK 6
bald, blunt

Top: rice plant , bottom: table
The rice plant is placed on the table (for peeling / cleaning) until it is bald.  
JLPT HSK 6
ridicule, to mock

Left: /, right: flat table (but here: sail, cf. wind 风)
Words like against a sail: Do you want to ridicule me?  
JLPT no HSK
bench, stool
dèng
Top: climb, ascend (The volcano spits beans : let's ascend it), bottom: table
(Particularly small children) can climb up this "table": a bench!  
JLPT no HSK
phoenix
huáng
Outside: sail (here: wing), inside: emperor (=the sun--ray above the king )
With wings, that are imperial: the phoenix.  
JLPT no HSK
to crumble, to collapse, to decline, decadent, dejected
tuí
Left: bald, blunt 秃 (The rice plants are placed on the table (for peeling / cleaning) until they are bald.), right: page, leaf, head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The bald head has crumbled.  
JLPT no HSK
phoenix
fèng
Outside: table (here: a sail), inside: hand
(Because of the large wings) Its 'hand' is like a sail: The Phoenix.  
JLPT no HSK
irregular pearl

Left: king, jade , right: table
[Also because it is ordinary = table with a scratch ] The king can put it on the table (without rolling away): an irregular pearl.  
JLPT no HSK
incantation, magic spell, curse, malediction
zhòu
Top: 2x mouth , bottom: table
Two huge eyes and a mouth drawn down during: an incantation.  
JLPT no HSK
triumphant, victorious, chi (Greek letter Χχ)
kǎi
Left: how? (Up to the mountain ? Myself ? How??), right: table (here: bonded legs )
Up the mountain I walk myself with bonded legs: I'm triumphant!  
JLPT no HSK
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern
wēi
Top: grass , bottom: tiny 微 (Go on the mountain to the one table and smash 攵 it into tiny pieces.)
The plant that is tiny is this fern.  
JLPT no HSK
grumble

Left: mouth , right: table
The mouth is (big) as a table, when: grumbling.  
JLPT no HSK
jetty, mole, breakwater

Left: stone , right: table
Stones piled up like tables serve as jetty.  
JLPT no HSK
superfluous, extraneous, redundant, busy
rǒng
Top: cover (here: tablecloth), below: table
A tablecloth on a table is: superfluous.  

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