The Chinese Radical: 夋


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Meaning
to stay, linger    夋

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 5
smart, eminent, handsome, talented
jùn
Left: person 人, right: dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, cross-legged 夂)
A person with such a nose, legs and contorted feet must be smart.  
HSK 6
(of mountains) high, harsh or severe
jùn
Left: mountain 山, right: dawdle = go slowly 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
A mountain, that has a nose, legs and an 'upturned foot' must be high and harsh.  
HSK 6
to instigate, incite, to stir up
suō
Left: mouth 口, right: to dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
Mouth, nose, legs and an upturned foot: That shall instigate?  
no HSK
to move back and forth, shuttle (textiles)
suō
Left: tree 木, right: to dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
The wood, with a nose at the front, legs at the end and upturns is a shuttle (at the loom).  
no HSK
spirited horse
jùn
Left: horse 马/馬 (= with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ), right: dawdle 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
A horse with this nose, legs and upturned feet must be spirited.  
no HSK
complete, finish
jùn
Left: to stand 立, right: to dawdle =go slowly 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
(At the end of a race) You can stand (still) or dawdle when you have: completed or finished (the race).  
no HSK
to deepen (e.g. a ditch), excavate, extract
jùn
Left: water 氵, right: to dawdle = go slowly or to stay 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
When water shall stay there, we need to excavate.  

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