The Chinese Radical: 夫


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Meaning
husband    夫

Explanation The big 大 person with the extra 一 caring arms. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩 or slumped 㔾 person)

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
husband, man, manual worker

Two 二 and person 人
The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.  
HSK 3
iron (metal)
tiě
Left: metal 钅/金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ (= accent ノ) it is the husband 夫 who loses) [husband 夫 = big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一]
The metal, you can safely lose (due to its little value) is iron.  
HSK 4
to lose, to miss, to fail
shī
Top left: accent ノ (for emphasis), rest: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
I emphasize: the husband will lose.  
HSK 4
regulation, a rule, to admonish, to scheme
guī
Left: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.), right: see/look 见/見 (An eye 目 on legs 儿 = looking around)
The husband looks after the regulations.  
HSK 4
skin

Left: body part 月/肉, right: husband 夫 (here: person 人 & two 二 for several layers)
The body part that a person has in several layers is: the skin.  
HSK 5
to support with hand, to help sb up

Left: hand 扌, right: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
The hand of the husband is a support.  
HSK 5
squeezed in, wedged between, middle layer (to sandwich)
jiā, jiá
Husband 夫 and two persons 丷 (=人) on the sides, which squeeze in. (It was traditional 夾)
The squeezed husband stands for being: squeezed in. (OR: He has squeezed sth. under his arms.)  
HSK 5
to replace, on behalf of, to substitute for

Top: 2 x husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.), bottom: sun 日
The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 (= good times) exchangeable.  
HSK 6
to tumble, to drop, to fall
diē
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to lose 失 (I emphasize ノ the husband 夫 will lose.)
If a foot is 'lost', you: tumble.  
HSK 6
to submerge, to dive, hidden, secret, to conceal
qián
Left: water 氵, right: exchange/substitute 替 (The two husbands 夫 are during sunshine 日 (= good times) exchangeable.)
[If you can't see] in the water the two husbands despite the sun[-light], they are submerged or hiding.  
HSK 6
gorge, ravine
xiá
Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.) [traditional: 峽]
The mountain is squeezing in: at the gorges.  
no HSK
to watch, to spy on, to peep, to pry into
kuī
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: rule, regulation 规 (The husband 夫 looks 见/見 after the regulations)
(The penetrant) The holes in the regulations need to be watched on.  
no HSK
lotus (=芙蓉), Hibiskus

Top: grass, plant 艹, bottom: husband 夫 (The big 大 person with the extra-caring arms 一 is the husband.)
The plant, the husband brings, is: lotus.  
no HSK
to expel, to oust
niǎn
Left: hand 扌, right: 辇 (2x husband 夫 and vehicle 车/車
A hand (pushes) the gay couple (=2 husbands) on a vehicle, because they are expelled.  

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