The Chinese Radical: 匕


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Meaning
spoon, ladle    匕

Explanation In the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
talent, ability, capability
néng
Left: nose 厶, body 肉/月, right: claws 匕/匕
(In dog breeding:) Nose, body and claws prove talent.  
HSK 1
some, few, several, small amount
xiē
Top: this/these 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person!), below: two 二
These two are some, ..  
HSK 1
aged/old (of people), venerable, experienced
lǎo
Top: old man 耂, below: sitting person 匕
The old man sitting there is aged and experienced.  
HSK 1
north
běi

Two persons 丬, 匕 sit back-to-back, because they feel cold: in the north.  
HSK 1
End-particle: "What about...?", "And...?", "okay?"
ne, ní
Left: Mouth 口, right: buddhist nun 尼 (buttocks from side 尸, to sit 匕)
May the mouth of a Buddhist nun (talk)? ..and what about?  
HSK 2
to compare, to contrast, gesture with hands, Belgium

Sitting persons 匕匕
There are two sitting persons: Compare them.  
HSK 2
it, (used for lifeless things)

Top: roof 宀, below: ladle/spoon 匕
Under the roof the ladle is a lifeless thing, an "it".  
HSK 3
change, transform, to make into
huà
Left: standing person 亻, right: ladle/spoon 匕 (here: sitting person),
If a standing person becomes a sitting person, it is a change.  
HSK 3
bear, raging flames
xióng
Top: talent, ability 能 (nose 厶, body 月/肉 and claws 匕匕 prove talent.), bottom: four legs 灬
The 'talent' on four legs is the bear.  
HSK 4
discuss, to comment on, theory, to evaluate
lún, lùn
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: set up 仑 (Here: a person 人 over another sitting 匕 person)
Words whether persons can be above other persons are in this discussion.  
HSK 4
this, these

Left: stop 止 (footprint of a right foot that stops at a line 一), right: sitting person 匕
He stopped and sat down: This person.  
HSK 4
to die, impassable, inflexible

bad, wicked 歹 (= vertebrae or rib) and sitting person 匕 under the ground 一
If the bones of the sitting person are under the earth, this means: to die.  
HSK 4
spoon
chí
Left: correct 是 (sun 日, variant of correct 正), right: spoon 匕 (sitting person and eating)
It is correct: this is a spoon.  
HSK 4
finger, to point at or to, to indicate
zhǐ
Left: hand 扌, right top: sitting person 匕, below: sun 日
The hand of a sitting person points at the sun with: its finger.  
HSK 5
purple, violet, amethyst

Top: this 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person.), below: thread 糸
Stop at the person with the threads in purple.  
HSK 5
snake, serpent
shé
Left: insect 虫 (The body 口 and the sting 厶 of an insect.), right: it (lifeless) 它 (roof 宀, sitting person 匕)
The 'insect' next to the house with the sitting person is: a snake.  
HSK 6
incline, to collapse, to overturn, to tend
qīng
Left: person 亻, right: short while ago, area size qǐng 顷 (sitting person 匕, page, (fore)head 页/頁 (=head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一) Better left: change 化
If a person 亻turns to a sitting 匕 person, it's in the head, that is inclining.  
HSK 6
mud, clay, paste, pulp
ní, nì
Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.  
HSK 6
fat, rouge (cosmetics), resin
zhī
Left: meat/body 月/肉, right: order, purpose 旨 (If sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has the purpose [to indicate with the fingers 指])
Meat/Flesh has been 'ordered' to contain: fat.  
HSK 6
coherence, human relationship, order
lún
Left: person 亻, right: arrange, set up 仑 (When a person 人 turns into a sitting person 匕, it is well arranged.)
A person, who is "well arranged" thinks in terms of coherence and relationships.  
HSK 6
clever, gifted, new and original, head of grain
yǐng
Top: a short while ago 顷 (sitting person 匕, head 页/頁), below left: rice plant 禾
It sits on the rice plant the spike (="the grain's head"), which is considered: "clever and gifted".  
HSK 6
order, purpose, imperial decree, aim
zhǐ
Top: sitting person 匕, bottom: sun 日
If sb. sits above the sun, he can issue orders and decrees.  
no HSK
a little while ago, unit of area equal to 100 亩 or 6.67 hectares
qǐng
Left: sitting person 匕, right: page,leaf, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The sitting person has in his head the area of 6.7 hectares  
no HSK
Buddhist nun, (often used in phonetic spellings)

Buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕
Sitting on her buttocks is the nun.  
no HSK
to scold, shout at, to hoot at
chì
Left: mouth 口, right: sitting person 匕
With his mouth wide open, he is sitting and scolding.  
no HSK
girl, phonetic "ni" (in girl's name)

Left woman 女, right: Buddist nun 尼 (buttock from the side 尸, sitting person 匕)
A woman, sitting like a nun, is: a girl.  
no HSK
dagger, ladle, ancient type of spoon

In the radicals often understood as: a sitting person
Image of a spoon.  
no HSK
arrange, (mountain range in Xinjiang)
lún
Top: person 人, bottom: sitting person 匕
When a person turns into a sitting person, he is well arranged.  

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