The Chinese Radical: 壴


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Meaning
drum    壴

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
drum, to rouse, to beat, convex

Left: 壴 (twig 十 over bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), right: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting)
With a twig over the drums and another in the hand, he beats the drums.  
HSK 5
excellent, auspicious
jiā
Top: drum 壴 (twig 十 over a bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), bottom: 'to add' 加 (For getting power 力 your mouth 口 needs sth. to be 'added' [=to eat])
If a drum is added, it will be excellent.  
HSK 6
swollen, to swell, inflated, expand
péng
Left: body('s part) 月/肉, right: drums 彭 (壴 [twig 十 over bean/drums 豆], right: hair 彡)
This body's part is big as 10 beans and hairy, and is: swelling.  
no HSK
sound of waves, splatter
péng
Left: water 氵, right: drums 彭 (壴 [twig 十 over bean/drums 豆], right: hair 彡)
When the water is drumming until the hair is slanted, then: it roars.  
no HSK
surname Peng
péng
Left: drum 壴 (twig 十 over bean/drum 豆), right: three hairs 彡
The one at the drum with the three sticks is: the 'Péng'.  

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