The Chinese Radical: 吕


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Meaning
two rooms or mouths    吕

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
to manage, nourishment, army, camp
yíng
From top: plant/grass 艹 (here: field camp), cover 冖 (= tent), two mouths 吕
You need plants/grass and tents for the many mouths, when: managing the nutrition of the army.  
HSK 6
palace, castle, temple
gōng
Top: roof 宀, below: two rooms 吕, which stands for many rooms
Under one roof are the (many) rooms in: a palace.  
HSK 6
companion, mate, partner

Left: person 亻, right: two mouths 吕
Like one person with two mouths: partners / cohabitee.  
no HSK
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones


Two mouths 口 as airholes of a flute.  
no HSK
aluminum (chemistry: Al)

Left: metal 钅/金, right: pitch-pipe 吕 (Here: cross-section of two aluminum profiles)
The metal for aluminum profiles is: Aluminum.  
no HSK
palm tree

Left: tree 木, right: 闾 (gate 门/門 and pitchpipe 吕 here: 2 jujube/dates)
The tree at the gate with the 2 jujubes: The palm.  

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