The Chinese Radical: 则


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Meaning
rule, standard    则

Explanation

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

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

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

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

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

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