The Chinese Radical: 属


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species, category    属

Explanation

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JLPT HSK 5
species, category, genus (taxonomy), dependents
shǔ, zhǔ
From top: buttock seen from the side , accent , insect with additional long legs
The rear part belongs to an insect with long legs - but which species?  
JLPT HSK 6
admonish, to urge, to enjoin, to implore
zhǔ
Left: mouth , right: species, category (It has buttock , an accent , so this insect with additional long legs is a special species.)
(There are always the same troublemakers.) With the mouth this species shall be admonished.  
JLPT HSK 6
to gaze at, to stare at
zhǔ
Left: eye , right: species, category (It has buttock , an accent , so this insect with additional long legs is a special species.)
An eye has its (particular) "species", because it can: glaze.  

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