The Chinese Radical: 士




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Meaning
scholar    士

Explanation Don't mistake with "earth 土", which has a longer base line.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to be happy, to like, to enjoy, glad

From top: scholar 士, beans 豆, mouth 口. (This character has also been simplified to 吉)
A scholar with beans in his mouth is happy.  
HSK 3
sound, voice
shēng
Top: scholar 士, bottom: variant of door/gate 戸 (sliding door with upper rail)
The scholar is at the door: I hear his voice.  
HSK 4
paragraph, section, funds, Model A,B,C
kuǎn
Left: scholar 士, to show 示; right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
The scholar shows a lack (of familiarity) with this paragraph.  
HSK 4
scholar, soldier, specialist worker
shì
A posing man with wide outstretched arms
He looks like a poser, the scholar.  
HSK 4
the will, ambition, sign
zhì
Top: scholar 士, below: heart 心
The scholar's heart is his: will.  
HSK 5
costume, clothes, pretend, install, equipment
zhuāng
Top: strong, robust 壮 (In the bed 丬 is the scholar 士 strong and robust) [丬=tree cut into half], below: clothes 衣
In the bed the scholar (recovered) and wears his clothes like a costume.  
HSK 5
pot, tea pot, bottled liquids

From top: scholar 士 (here: handle 士 at a cover 冖), cover 冖, business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
A handle at a cover on sth. hollow is in total: a (tea) pot.  
HSK 6
strong, sturdy, robust, to strengthen
zhuàng
Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half; cf. 片,爿), right: scholar 士
(He is skilled at sexual practices?) In the bed, the scholar is strong and sturdy.  
HSK 6
shell, carapace, crust (earth's crust etc)
ké, qiào
Top: scholar 士, bottom: superfluous 冗 (A tablecloth 冖 on the table 几 is superfluous.)
The scholar places a tablecloth on the table as a "shell" or carapace.  
no HSK
civil servant, an official
shì
Left: person 人, right: scholar 士
A person must be a scholar to become a civil servant.  

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