The Chinese Radical: 厶


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Meaning
private, nose    厶

Explanation Side view of a nose that is facing to the left.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to meet, can, be possible, likely to, to assemble
huì, kuài
Top: person 人, below: to say, cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds) - [厶 = nose in side view]
When persons are speaking 云 together as "two noses" they meet and assemble.  
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
"referring to", exclamatory final particle, interrogative
má, me, mó, yāo
Top: accent for emphasis 丶, bottom: self, personal 厶 (shows a nose)
The emphasis on your own nose is this reference.  
HSK 1
to go away, to cause, remove, get rid of

Top: earth, ground 土, bottom: nose 厶 (Image of a nose in side view)
When the nose is below the ground, it has gone away.  
HSK 2
to begin, to start, then, only then
shǐ
Left: woman 女, right: platform 台 (The nose 厶 over the mouth 口 is like a platform.)
The lady on the platform begins.  
HSK 2
public, collectively owned, common, male (animal)
gōng
Eight 八, nose 厶 (a nose in side view)
Eight noses stand for the public.  
HSK 3
foot, leg, base
jiǎo, jué
Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 却 (Leaving 去 in a bowed卩 position is a retreat.) [to leave 去 = Below ground 土 is the nose 厶 that has left.]
The body part for making a retreat [= the leaving in a bowed position] is: the foot.  
HSK 3
attend, participate, join, irregular
cān, shēn, cēn
From top: nose 厶 (a nose in side view), big 大, hairy 彡 (Originally this was the image of a kneeling woman 女 = くノ一 with long hair 彡 (possibly with hairpins 八 ?), with the meaning: beautiful)
Where the kneeling woman 厶 with the big hair is, I would like to participate.  
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
platform, stage, terrace, stand, support
tái
Top: nose 厶, below: mouth 口
The nose over the mouth is like a platform.  
HSK 4
to permit, to allow, grant, fair
yǔn
Top: nose 厶, below: legs 儿
Who has a nose and legs shall be permitted.  
HSK 4
sour, acid
suān
Left: wine jar 酉, right: nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
Wine that smells like nose, legs and feet is sour.  
HSK 5
county (administrative area), district
xiàn
Top: further/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.), bottom: nose 厶
Three units 口 with noses define the county.  
HSK 5
country, native place, home village
xiāng
Short thread 幺
Like two noses 厶 behind each other, constituting the country.  
HSK 5
personal, private, selfish

Left: rice plant 禾, right: nose 厶
Next to the rice plant with the nose: that's me.  
HSK 5
smart, eminent, handsome, talented
jùn
Left: person 人, right: dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, cross-legged 夂)
A person with such a nose, legs and contorted feet must be smart.  
HSK 5
devil, ghost, sly, crafty
guǐ
From top: death mask (accent ノ, field 田), legs 儿, nose 厶
The dead mask with legs and nose looks like a devil.  
HSK 5
male, imposing, powerful
xióng
Left: upper arm 厷 (ten 十, nose 厶), right: bird 隹
The ten-noses-bird is the male and the female 雌 is the stop-and-sit-bird.  
HSK 5
'oh dear' or grunt/sigh of agreement, 'yes'
āi, ài
Left: mouth 口, right: end-particle 矣 (Ìf the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
The mouth gives at the end: the approval.  
HSK 5
demon, devil, magic, to charm
mèi
Left: demon 鬼 (death mask [accent ノ, field 田], legs 儿, nose 厶), right: not yet 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet")
The devil has not yet 'deviled'.  
HSK 6
magnificent, great, imposing, macro-
hóng
Top: roof 宀, below: upper arm 厷 (here: ten 十, nose 厶)
If under the roof, there are ten noses, it is magnificent.  
HSK 6
adjacent, close to, to endure, in sequence
āi, ái
Left: Hand 扌, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by an arrow 矢, it is the end.) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
A hand's width (distance) from the nose was that arrow: That was closely adjacent.  
HSK 6
miserable, wretched, cruel, inhuman, tragic
cǎn
Left: feeling 忄, right: to participate 参 (Where the simplified woman 厶 with the big 大 hair 彡 is, I like to participate.)
The feeling that my nose is big and hairy makes me miserable.  
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 instigate, incite, to stir up
suō
Left: mouth 口, right: to dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
Mouth, nose, legs and an upturned foot: That shall instigate?  
no HSK
tiny, insignificant, (interrogative particle)
me, mó
Left: hemp 麻 (The building 广 in the forest 林 is for the hemp), bottom: 么 (two noses 厶)
(In contrast to cocaine: The consumption of) hemp through the noses is insignificant.  
no HSK
rampart, barrier, base (in baseball)
lěi
Traditionally 壘, which shows three fields 田 above the earth 土. Now top part simplified to: nose 厶
Like three fields (now: "noses") the earth serves (piled): as a rampart.  
no HSK
barley, to moo, to seek or obtain
móu
Top: nose 厶, bottom: cow 牛
The nose of the cow seeks for barley.  
no HSK
classical final particle, similar to modern 了

Top: nose 厶, bottom: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天)
If the nose is hit by an arrow, it is the: end!  
no HSK
dust, dirt, Ångström (=10^-10 m), Egypt
āi
Left: earth 土, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by the arrow 矢, it is the end) [here: 厶 as arrowhead]
The earth is hit by the head 厶 of the arrow and turns into: dust.  
no HSK
to reject, to disregard
pàn, pīn
Left: hand 扌, right: 弁 (nose 厶, two hands 廾)
The hand is used to cover the nose with the hands and this means: rejection.  
no HSK
pupil (of the eye), eye
móu
Left: eye 目, right: barley 牟 (The nose 厶 of the cow 牛 seeks for barley.)
In the eye is something 'barley-shaped': the pupil.  
no HSK
to seize, to usurp
cuàn
Top: calculate 算 (I use the bamboo 竹 abacus 目 with both hands 廾 to calculate.), bottom: nose 厶
I calculate and my nose whats to seize an object.  
no HSK
enrich, enlarge, liberal, great
hóng
Left: bow 弓, right: nose 厶
A bent nose has sb., with plans for enriching and enlarging.  
no HSK
until, wait for

Left: person 亻, right: end-particle 矣 (If the nose 厶 is hit by the arrow 矢, it is the end) [arrow 矢 = An arrow ノ in the sky 天]
When the person is at the end, it means: 'until ...'  

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