The Chinese Radical: 则




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Meaning
rule, standard    则

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
rule, standard, norm, principle

Left: money 贝/貝 (cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 as shell-money), right: knife, to cut 刂 (here: to divide)
Money [= the capital] and knives [= violence] determine the rules and standards. Or: The money 贝 is divided 刂 according to rules.  
HSK 4
rest-room, toilet, lavatory

Left: cliff 厂, right: standard/rule 则 (Money 贝 is cut/split 刂 according to rules.)
Behind the cliff you follows rules, when using the rest-room.  
HSK 5
to measure, to survey, observe, probe, conjecture, to monitor

Left: water 氵, right: standard, rule 则 (Money 贝 is cut/shared 刂 by rules.)
(Distribution to different fields) For the water we have rules to measure and monitor it.  
HSK 6
the side, lateral, inclined
cè, zè, zhāi
Left: person 亻, right: standard/rule 则 (money 贝 is cut/split 刂 by rules)
The person observing the rules (=referee) stands at the side (of the play ground).  
no HSK
sorrowful

Left: feelings 忄, right: standard/rule 则 (money 贝 is cut/split 刂 by rules)
The feeling if my money is cut/divided is: sorrow.  

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