The Chinese Radical: 巨




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Meaning
very large, huge    巨

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
distance, at a distance of, to be apart

Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: huge 巨 (a staring eye)
(With endurance everything is possible:) The foot goes huge distances.  
HSK 4
to resist, to repel, to refuse

Left: hand 扌, right: huge 巨 (staring eye)
The hand is huge, it will resist.  
HSK 5
huge, very large, tremendous, gigantic

Left: frame 匚, inside: staring eye
The staring eye is huge.  
HSK 5
cupboard, cabinet, wardrobe
guì, jǔ
Left: tree 木, right: huge 巨 (staring eye)
Made of wood and huge: The cupboard.  
HSK 5
rule, rectangular, carpenter's square, torque

Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: huge 巨 (staring eye, here: set square = measurement angle)
With the (pointed) tip of the arrow and a set square 巨, you can (draw) the regular angle.  
HSK 6
ditch, drain, stream or canal

Top: water 氵 and: huge 巨 (= staring eye), bottom: tree 木
The water came in huge volumes (and flowed) at the tree into the: ditch.  
no HSK
torch

Left: fire 火, right: huge 巨 (staring eye)
A fire that shines hugely is: the torch.  

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