The Chinese Radical: 厂




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Meaning
cliff    厂

Explanation

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

Outside: cliff 厂, inside: power 力
The cliff was piled up with force: This is the past and has entered into history.  
HSK 4
to press, to push down, pressure, to keep under (control)
yā, yà
Cliff 厂 and earth 土 with emphasis 丶
At the cliff it affects the emphasized earth: The pressure.  
HSK 4
origin, cause, primary
yuán
Top: cliff 厂, bottom: variant of spring 泉 (white 白 and small 小 instead of water 水)
Under the cliff, the small spring has its origin.  
HSK 4
tight (closely sealed), strict, father
yán
Top: relatively weak / inferior 亚 (put a plank 一 on the volcano with a hollow peak 业 (= volcanic vent) because it is relatively weak.), below: cliff 厂
With a cover 一 the hollow peak of the cliff is tight and strict.  
HSK 4
contrary, to oppose, against, instead, to reverse
fǎn
Left: cliff 厂, right: hand 又
Climbing the cliff by hand? I am contrary.  
HSK 4
character, nature, pawn, pledge
zhì
Outside: cliff 厂, inside: ten 十, shell, money 贝/貝 (= cone-shell 目 with two feelers 八 = shell-money)
At the cliff the ten shells have the (same) character and serve as a pawn.  
HSK 4
(reception) hall, administration, office
tīng
Left: cliff 厂, right: nail 丁
In size of a cliff and built with nails: the administration's hall.  
HSK 4
thick, deep or profound, kind, generous
hòu
From top: cliff 厂, sun 日, child 子 (.. a child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一)
Under the cliff in the sun there is a child that is thick, but kind and generous.  
HSK 4
strict, severe, harsh

Outside: cliff 厂, inside: 10-thousand 万 (swastika, Hindu symbol for the 10.000 divinities)
(Human sacrifice by pushing from the cliff?) At the cliff the 10-thousand divinities are strict.  
HSK 4
ore, mine
kuàng
广
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: building 广 (here: company 厂 with a small chimney 丶)
Stones are processed in this company: an ore mine.  
HSK 4
to encourage, to urge

Left: strict, severe 厉 (At the cliff 厂 the 10,000 万 Gods are strict), right: strength 力
Strictly, a cliff with tenthousandfold strength to encourage.  
HSK 4
to loathe, dislike, detest
yàn
Outside: cliff 厂, below: dog 犬 (The big 大 man holds in his arms: a dog 丶)
Over the cliff with that dog, because I loathe it.  
HSK 4
kitchen
chú
Left: cliff 厂 (here: kitchen table), inside: bean 豆, skillful hand 寸
The kitchen table, at which beans are processed with skillful hands, is in: the kitchen.  
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.  
广
HSK 4
extensive, wide, numerous, to spread
guǎng
广
A small person 丶 in distance on a cliff 厂 (actually: factory, production site) [The radical is explained as 'building']
With that small person, the cliff appears very extensive.  
HSK 5
ash, dust, lime, gray, discouraged, dejected
huī
Left: variant of cliff 厂, below: fire 火
If something is "cliff-like" over the fire, it is the ashes.  
HSK 5
shield, contradiction
dùn
Left: shield 厂, right: ten 十, eye 目
A shield with 10 eyes as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.  
HSK 5
to give birth, to produce, estate
chǎn
Combination of: standing 立 and factory 厂 (when used as radical understood as: 'cliff')
If something is standing on the cliff, it was produced (or born).  
HSK 5
factory, production site, workhouse
chǎng, hǎn

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

Left: cliff 厂 (here: an angle), below: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village.)
Angularly, the village is [divided] so that everybody gets: a hundredth.  
HSK 5
mansion, tall building, rear annex, lean-to
shà, xià
Left: cliff 厂, right: summer 夏 (Covered 一 [= in the shade] I myself 自 sit cross-legged 夂, because it is summer.)
Directly at the cliff and (nice like) the summer: our mansion.  
HSK 5
source, origin (of a river), reason
yuán
Left: water 氵, right: origin, source 原 (At the cliff 厂, the "small spring" [spring 泉 & small 小] has its origin.)
The water has its origin at the: origin/spring.  
HSK 5
compartment, box (in theater), side room, side
xiāng
Outside: cliff 厂 (here: dividing wall), inside: mutually 相 (cf. box 箱)
A dividing wall 厂 made of wood 木 defines the compartments 目.  
HSK 6
to follow, to adhere to, to abide by
xún
Left: go 彳, right: shield 盾 (A shield 厂 with 10 十 eyes 目 as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.)
When you go with your shield (= your troops): you follow.  
no HSK
lose consciousness, to faint, his, her, their
jué
Outside: cliff 厂, rest: 欮 (disobedient 屰 [(A plant's 艹 shoot 屮 that grows crooked is disobedient.], lack 欠)
In particular at a cliff it is a "disobedient lack", when losing consciousness.  
no HSK
distress, adversity
è
Left: cliff 厂, right: crouching person 㔾
Under the cliff crouches a person (who might has fallen down) and is in a distress.  
no HSK
wardrobe, closet, cabinet
chú
Left: tree 木, right: kitchen 厨 (The kitchen table 厂, at which beans 豆 are processed with skillful hands 寸, is in the kitchen.)
Its made of wood and is in the kitchen: the wardrobe.  
no HSK
mutually, with one another, manservant, boy servant, guy

Left: cliff 厂, inside: this 斯 (A corn wing 其 threshes like THIS axe 斤)
Over the cliff, namely THIS, we only come "with one another".  
no HSK
wild goose
yàn
From left: cliff 厂, person 亻, bird 隹
On the cliff and (big as) a person is this bird: the wild goose.  
no HSK
to evade, to flee, hide, to conceal oneself
dùn
Left: movement 辶, right: shield 盾 (A shield 厂 with 10 十 eyes 目 as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.)
Who uses a shield at the movement, whats to evade (the fight) and flee.  
no HSK
clap of thunder

Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: to pass through, history 历 (The cliff 厂 was piled up with force 力: This is the past and has entered into history)
In the rain, like a cliff of power: the clap of thunder.  
no HSK
to drip, to strain or filter, a trickle

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

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.
广

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