The Chinese Radical: 勹


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Meaning
wrap    勹

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to drink, to shout loudly, My goodness!
hē, hè
Left: mouth 口, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation)
His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person 人) something: to drink.  
HSK 3
sentence, clause, phrase

Outside: wrap up/cover 勹, inside: mouth 口
She covered her mouth at such a sentence. (Or: Something "wrapped" 勹 out the mouth 口 is a sentence.)  
HSK 3
package, to cover, to wrap
bāo
Top: wrap 勹, below: snake 巳 (but her: self 己 [= Following the winding, I find myself])
Wrap it in, then it is itself: well packed.  
HSK 4
grapes, Portugal

Top: plant 艹, below: 匍 (enwrap 勹, just now 甫) [= A hand for holding an item 丶 is what I need 用 just now]
The plants that wrap something for the "just now" (not storable) are the grapes.  
HSK 4
grapes
táo
Top: plant 艹, below: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
A plant where it is like "wrapped in a can" are the grapes.  
HSK 4
spoon, ladle, centiliter (i.e. 10 ml)
sháo

Image of a ladle 勹 with sth. 丶 in it.  
HSK 5
chest, thorax, bosom, heart, mind
xiōng
Left: body part 月/肉, right: Hungary 匈 (wrap 勹, bad luck/disaster 凶 [The cross 㐅 at the container 凵 shows that it is empty: what a bad luck!])
The body's part enwrapping a "void container" is the chest.  
HSK 5
hurried, hasty
cōng
Comprises: "do not" 勿 = wrapping 勹 of two long things ノ is what you should not do); HERE: the cross stroke is seen as wrinkles/folds occuring when packing i.e. pants (=long things) into a suitcase
(When packing a suitcase:) When I wrapped the long things they got wrinkles, because I was in a hurry.  
HSK 5
to wash, clean out, cleanse, eliminate, dredge
táo
Left: water 氵, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
Use Water, because before enwrapping, the can shall be washed.  
HSK 5
do not

Outside: to wrap 勹, inside: two long things ノ (When used as radical it is understood as sun shine.)
Enwrapping of two long things, is what you shouldn't do.  
HSK 6
to hook, to attract, to arouse, collude
gōu, gòu
Enwrap 勹, nose 厶
Two hooks in engagement, when: hooking in.  
HSK 6
to fish out (from pocket), to scoop
tāo
Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
You need your hand for something packed, to fish it out from your pocket.  
HSK 6
pottery, pleased
táo
Left: hill 阝, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵])
With material from a hill (clay), you can make this package: pottery.  
HSK 6
to rear, to bring up, to raise

Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: 匊 (enwrap 勹, rice 米)
The horned animal needs protection (= wrapping) and food (=rice) during rearing.  
no HSK
beautiful sound, charm, vowel, rhyme
yùn
Left: sound/noise 音 (Stand/Get up 立 into the day 日 with sounds [of the alarm clock]), right: well-distributed 匀 (a ladle 勹 with sth. in 冫 for both 冫)
A sound that is well-balanced is a beautiful sound.  
no HSK
Hungary, Hungarian
xiōng
Outside: enwrap 勹, inside: fearful 凶 (The mark 㐅 on the container 凵 shows that its content is vicious and fearful)
(Think to the: Dual Monarchy Austria-Hungary) For this country the wrapping (by Austria) was fearful: Hungary.  
no HSK
your (honorific), [historic weight 30 catties], great
jūn
Left: gold, metal 钅/金, right: well-distributed 匀 (a ladle 勹 with sth. in 冫 for both 冫)
Like gold, such well-balanced are: "your honor".  
no HSK
chrysanthemum

From top: plant 艹, 匊 (wrap 勹, rice 米)
The plant that is first wrapped and then blossoms like the hanzi for rice 米 is: the chrysanthemum.  
no HSK
suburbs or outskirts
diàn
Outside: enwrap 勹, inside: rice field 田
They enwrap (the city) and they have rice fields: The suburbs.  
no HSK
larva, caterpillar, abbr. for Sichuan 四川
shǔ
Top: net 罒 (cf. net 网), bottom: enwrap 勹 and insect 虫
It has a 'net' for enwrapping. This insect is: the larva.  
no HSK
bracelet, armband
zhuó
Left: metal 钅/金, right: larva, caterpillar 蜀 (It has a 'net' 罒 for enwrapping 勹. This insect 虫 is: the larva)
This metal is bent like a caterpillar: the bracelet.  

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