The Chinese Radical: 句


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sentence    句

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
dog
gǒu
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on the hind legs), right: sentence 句 (here: dog house 勹, with a dog 口) [The character 犬 also means 'dog' but is preferably used for categories/races.]
The animal in the dog house is a dog.  
HSK 3
sentence, clause, phrase

Outside: wrap up/cover 勹, inside: mouth 口
She covered her mouth at such a sentence. (Or: Something "wrapped" 勹 out the mouth 口 is a sentence.)  
HSK 4
office, situation, authorities, classifier for games: match

Top: a buttocks in side view 尸, below: phrase/clause 句 (= sth. wrapped 勹 out of the mouth 口)
When the 'buttock' is talking phrases, it is like in the office.  
HSK 4
to be enough, to reach
gòu
Left: sentence 句 (= sth. wrapped 勹 out of the mouth 口), right: many 多 (two evenings 夕)
(Not only) one sentence, but many are enough (to reach ...).  
HSK 5
to respect, to venerate, to salute, to offer
jìng
Left: thoughtless 苟 (Using plants 艹 for wrapping 勹 a present 口 is thoughtless.) cf: sentence 句, right: strike 攵/攴 [hand 又 with a stick 卜]
When a plant speaks a sentence 句 and has a stick in the hand, it is respected.  
HSK 6
to arrest, adhere, capture, restrain

Left: hand 扌, right: sentence 句 (= sth. wrapped 勹 out of the mouth 口, Here: a gripping ="wrapping" 勹 hand and another wrist in cross-section 口)
The hand "enwraps" a wrist at the arrest.  
HSK 6
thoughtless, negligent, careless, if indeed
gǒu
Top: plant 艹; bottom: sentence 句 (wrapped 勹 mouth 口 [here: a present])
Using plants for wrapping a present 口 is: thoughtless and negligent.  
no HSK
colt

Left: horse 马/馬, right: sentence, phrase 句 (= wrapped 勹 in the mouth 口) Here: see similarity of the wrapping 勹 with: placenta/womb 胞
The horse coming out of the placenta with its head 口 is a colt.  

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