The Chinese Radical: 厄


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Meaning
distress, adversity    厄

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
to take into consideration, to look after

Left: distress 厄 (Below the cliff 厂 a crouching person 㔾 is in distress.), right: page, leaf 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
(You should plan ahead:) A (potential) distress should (in your head) been taken into consideration.  
JLPT 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.  
JLPT no HSK
to grip forcefully, clutch at, control, to hold
è
Left: hand 扌, right: distress 厄 (below the cliff 厂 a crouching person 㔾 is in distress)
A hand in distress will grip forcefully.  
JLPT no HSK
hiccup, hiccough, to cheat or dupe (Cantonese)
è
Left: mouth 口, right: distress 厄 (Below the cliff 厂 a crouching person 㔾 is in distress.)
The mouth is distressed by a hiccup.  

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