The Chinese Radical: 圣




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Meaning
vertical    圣

Explanation Shows a hand 又 vertically above ground/earth 土. It has also the meaning "holy" from a hand over an object when blessing it.

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
longitude, to pass through, sacred book, to undergo
jīng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
Originally the vertical threads at a loom, which resulted in "longitude", through which the weft threads pass. (latitude 纬)  
HSK 3
weird, bewildering, monster
guài
Left: feeling 忄, right: upright/vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
Feelings so upright are weird.  
HSK 3
to select, to choose, to pick
zé, zhái
Left: hand 扌, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
With your hand you pose vertically over (the desired goods) when: selecting.  
HSK 3
easy, light, gentle
qīng
Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart from above with axle 丨, load-area 日 wheels 二), right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
(Pulling) a vehicle by hand over the flat ground [= aligned to the vertical] is easy & light.  
HSK 4
to explain, to interpret, to release
shì
Left: 釆 (rice 米 with emphasis ノ), right: variant of vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above ground 土)
(It depends on the strong rice:) The emphasized rice stands vertically: That's how it can be explained.  
HSK 4
to translate, to interpret

Left: word 讠/言, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the ground 土)
Making words "vertically", is their translation.  
HSK 5
strength, energy, enthusiasm, sturdy
jìn, jìng
Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the ground 土), right: force 力
(Think of gravity, thus lifting a load:) The vertical force is full of strength.  
HSK 6
moist, wet, lustre (of metals etc), pond, favor

Left: water 氵, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically over ground 土)
(The water can not run off) The water keeps it (when the ground is arranged to the vertical) moist and with lustre.  
HSK 6
footpath, track, directly, diameter
jìng
Left: go 彳, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the earth 土)
Here you can go over the flat ground [= adjusted to the vertical] : At a footpath.  
HSK 6
holy, sacred, divine
shèng
This is understood as "vertical" with a hand 又 vertically above the earth 土
The hand is vertically 圣 over the object when blessing it, thus when making it: 'holy'.  
HSK 6
neck, nape, throat
jǐng
Left: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.), right: page, leaf, (fore)head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The part with the 'vertical orientation' at the head is: the neck.  
HSK 6
vertical, to erect, vertical stroke
shù
Top: knife刂, hand 又 (Here: 又 as a variant of fork 叉 [= hand holding fork 丶]), bottom: stand 立
(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected).  
HSK 6
stem, stalk
jīng
Top: plant 艹, below: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
The plant has a vertical part, namely the: stem.  
HSK 6
continuous, to unravel, steady

Left: thread 纟/糸, right: vertical 圣 (hand 又 above the earth 土) [cf. longitude 经]
The thread that is vertically (at the loom) is the continuous one.  
no HSK
spasm, cramp
jìng
Left: disease 疒, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土)
The disease where the muscles arrange "vertically", is a spasm.  
驿
no HSK
post horse, relay station

Left: horse 马/馬, right: variation of vertical 圣, but here: two different hands: 又 and 扌=手
(Here the riders changed horses.) A horse comes from one hand to another at: the relay station.  
no HSK
hydrogen (chemistry), H2
qīng
Top: steam 气 (image of uprising steam), bottom: vertical 圣 (hand 又 is vertically above the ground 土.)
The "steam" that rises vertically is: hydrogen.  
no HSK
large ancient bell
duó
Left: metal 钅/金, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically over earth 土)
It is made of metal and rises vertically: the large ancient bell.  
no HSK
purple-red, capital of the Jin State
jiàng
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: "vertical stick" 夅 (Vertical 圣 with an extra stroke ノ as a stick plunged into the ground 土.)
(As a boundary marker?) The thread at the vertical stick is: purple-red.  

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