The Chinese Radical: 右


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Meaning
right side    右

Explanation A hand ナ or and a mouth 口 in the sense that you eat with your right hand.

Used in these characters:
右
JLPT HSK 2
right side, on the right
yòu
右 口
Top: hand /彐, below: mouth 口
The hand for the mouth (= You eat with it.), is your right.  
若
JLPT HSK 6
to seem, like, as, if
ruò
若 艹 右
Top: plant 艹, below: right 右 (= The hand that feeds the mouth 口)
The plant to the right seems "as if".  
诺
JLPT HSK 6
promise, consent
nuò
讠 若 右
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: seem as if 若 (The plant 艹 to the right 右 seems as if.)
His words are as if a promise.  
佑
JLPT no HSK
to help, protect, bless, assist
yòu
亻 右
Left: person 亻, right: right 右 (= The hand that feeds the mouth 口) - cf. left 左, i.e. with a hand assists and thus supports the right hand 右
A person who is next to the right hand, thus the working hand, provides help and assistance.  
匿
JLPT no HSK
to hide
nì
匚 若 右
Outside: box 匚, inside: seem as if 若 (The plant 艹 to the right 右 seems as if.)
A box seems as if you can hide sth.  
偌
JLPT no HSK
so, such, to such a degree
ruò
亻 若 右
Left: person 亻, right: seem as if 若 (The plant 艹 to the right 右 seems as if.)
The person (cuts) the plant with the right (hand). You do: such so.  

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