The Chinese Radical: 厂


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Meaning
cliff    厂

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
desire, hope, wish
yuàn
Top: source/origin 原 (At the cliff the "small spring" (= "white water " = + ) has its origin.), bottom: heart
They have their source in the heart: the desires.  
JLPT HSK 3
to pass through, history, calendar

Outside: cliff , inside: power
The cliff was piled up with force: This is the past and has entered into history.  
JLPT HSK 4
to press, to push down, pressure, to keep under (control)
yā, yà
Cliff and earth with emphasis
At the cliff it affects the emphasized earth: The pressure.  
JLPT HSK 4
origin, cause, primary
yuán
Top: cliff , bottom: variant of spring (white and small instead of water )
Under the cliff, the small spring has its origin.  
JLPT HSK 4
tight (closely sealed), strict, father
yán
Top: relatively weak / inferior (put a plank on the volcano with a hollow peak (= volcanic vent) because it is relatively weak.), below: cliff
With a cover the hollow peak of the cliff is tight and strict.  
JLPT HSK 4
contrary, to oppose, against, instead, to reverse
fǎn
Left: cliff , right: hand
Climbing the cliff by hand? I am contrary.  
JLPT HSK 4
character, nature, pawn, pledge
zhì
Outside: cliff , inside: ten , shell, money /貝 (= cone-shell with two feelers = shell-money)
At the cliff the ten shells have the (same) character and serve as a pawn.  
JLPT HSK 4
(reception) hall, administration, office
tīng
Left: cliff , right: nail
In size of a cliff and built with nails: the administration's hall.  
JLPT HSK 4
thick, deep or profound, kind, generous
hòu
From top: cliff , sun , child (.. a child with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms )
Under the cliff in the sun there is a child that is thick, but kind and generous.  
JLPT HSK 4
strict, severe, harsh

Outside: cliff , inside: 10-thousand (swastika, Hindu symbol for the 10.000 divinities)
(Human sacrifice by pushing from the cliff?) At the cliff the 10-thousand divinities are strict.  
JLPT HSK 4
ore, mine
kuàng
广
Left: stone (At the cliff is a stone ), right: building 广 (here: company with a small chimney )
Stones are processed in this company: an ore mine.  
JLPT HSK 4
to encourage, to urge

Left: strict, severe 厉 (At the cliff the 10,000 Gods are strict), right: strength
Strictly, a cliff with tenthousandfold strength to encourage.  
JLPT HSK 4
to loathe, dislike, detest
yàn
Outside: cliff , below: dog (The big man holds in his arms: a dog )
Over the cliff with that dog, because I loathe it.  
JLPT HSK 4
kitchen
chú
Left: cliff (here: kitchen table), inside: bean , skillful hand
The kitchen table, at which beans are processed with skillful hands, is in: the kitchen.  
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.  
广
JLPT HSK 4
extensive, wide, numerous, to spread
guǎng
广
A small person in distance on a cliff (actually: factory, production site) [The radical is explained as 'building']
With that small person, the cliff appears very extensive.  
JLPT HSK 5
ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged, dejected
huī
Left: variant of cliff , below: fire
If something is "cliff-like" over the fire, it is the ashes.  
JLPT HSK 5
shield, contradiction
dùn
Left: shield , right: ten , eye
A shield with 10 eyes as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.  
JLPT HSK 5
to give birth, to produce, estate
chǎn
Combination of: standing and factory (when used as radical understood as: 'cliff')
If something is standing on the cliff, it was produced (or born).  
JLPT HSK 5
factory, production site, workhouse
chǎng, hǎn

In the factory things are produced .  
JLPT HSK 5
shore, beach, coast, haughty
àn
Top: mountain , below: 厈 (a cliff and dry ) [ = laundry rack for drying.]
It is mountainous with dry cliffs, at: the shore.  
JLPT HSK 5
one hundredth, centi-

Left: cliff (here: an angle), below: village (Fields and earth belong to a village.)
Angularly, the village is [divided] so that everybody gets: a hundredth.  
JLPT HSK 5
mansion, tall building, rear annex, lean-to
shà, xià
Left: cliff , right: summer 夏 (Covered [= in the shade] I myself sit cross-legged , because it is summer.)
Directly at the cliff and (nice like) the summer: our mansion.  
JLPT HSK 5
source, origin (of a river), reason
yuán
Left: water , right: origin, source 原 (At the cliff , the "small spring" [spring & small ] has its origin.)
The water has its origin at the: origin/spring.  
JLPT HSK 5
compartment, box (in theater), side room, side
xiāng
Outside: cliff (here: dividing wall), inside: mutually (cf. box 箱)
A dividing wall made of wood defines the compartments .  
JLPT HSK 6
to follow, to adhere to, to abide by
xún
Left: go , right: shield (A shield with 10 eyes as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.)
When you go with your shield (= your troops): you follow.  
JLPT no HSK
lose consciousness, to faint, his, her, their
jué
Outside: cliff , rest: 欮 (disobedient [(A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack )
In particular at a cliff it is a "disobedient lack", when losing consciousness.  
JLPT no HSK
distress, adversity
è
Left: cliff , right: crouching person
Under the cliff crouches a person (who might has fallen down) and is in a distress.  
JLPT no HSK
wardrobe, closet, cabinet
chú
Left: tree , right: kitchen 厨 (The kitchen table , at which beans are processed with skillful hands , is in the kitchen.)
Its made of wood and is in the kitchen: the wardrobe.  
JLPT no HSK
mutually, with one another, manservant, boy servant, guy

Left: cliff , inside: this (A corn wing threshes like THIS axe )
Over the cliff, namely THIS, we only come "with one another".  
JLPT no HSK
wild goose
yàn
From left: cliff , person , bird
On the cliff and (big as) a person is this bird: the wild goose.  
JLPT no HSK
to evade, to flee, hide, to conceal oneself
dùn
Left: movement , right: shield (A shield with 10 eyes as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.)
Who uses a shield at the movement, whats to evade (the fight) and flee.  
JLPT no HSK
clap of thunder

Top: rain (= window with cloud and drops ), bottom: to pass through, history 历 (The cliff was piled up with force : This is the past and has entered into history)
In the rain, like a cliff of power: the clap of thunder.  
JLPT no HSK
to drip, to strain or filter, a trickle

Left: water , right: past, calendar 历 (The cliff was piled up with force : This is the past and has entered into history)
(The bucket is leaking:) If the water has passed, it has dripped out.  

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