The Chinese Radical: 吾


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Meaning
I, my (old)    吾

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
language, dialect, speech
yǔ, yù
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: I, my 吾 (five 五 and mouth 口)
Words, as if from five mouths, are the (different) languages.  
HSK 6
enlightment, consciousness, awareness, to comprehend

Left: feeling 忄, right: I, me 吾 (Here: Five 五 mouths 口 are standing for the five paths of Buddhistic enlightment.)
The (right) feeling and five mouths/paths mean enlightment.  
HSK 6
meet (socially), to encounter sb.

Left: sun, day 日, right: I; my 吾 (here: simplification of speech, language 语)
During the day to use 'language' means: to meet sb.  
no HSK
Yamen 衙门 (office in feudal China)

Outside: to go 行, inside: I, my, we 吾
I need to go to the Yamen.  
no HSK
I, my

Top: five 五, bottom: mouth 口
Five times my mouth emphasized myself.  
no HSK
to cover, to seal, to muffle, to resist

Left: hand 扌, right: I, my 吾
The hand of mine can cover or resist.  
no HSK
oh (expression of agreement or surprise), not (Cantonese)

Left: mouth 口, right: I, my 吾
The mouth of mine makes: Oh!  
no HSK
Sterculia platanifolia

Left: tree 木, right: I, my 吾
This tree is my: Sterculia platanifolia  

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