The Chinese Radical: 巾




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Meaning
cloth, turban    巾

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
master, teacher, expert
shī
Left: knife刂, right: one 一 (here: stick) and cloth 巾
He comes with a knife, a stick and good cloth: The master!  
HSK 2
usually, frequently, often, common, general
cháng
Top: esteem, still 尚 (A small 小 house 宀 with a window 口 is furthermore esteemed.), bottom: cloth 巾
Esteem is given to this cloth: usually.  
HSK 2
rare, infrequent, hope/expect

Top: cross-stitch 㐅, below: cloth 布
A cross-stitch on a cloth is rare.  
HSK 2
to help, to assist, to support, side (of boat etc)
bāng
Top: country/nation 邦 (= abundance 丰 in the villages⻏) [abundance 丰 = flourish plant], bottom: cloth 巾
If there is abundance in the villages you can give cloth as a help.  
HSK 3
belt, to raise
dài
From Top: thirty 卅 (here: three settings at a belt 一), to cover 冖, cloth 巾
It can be set in three positions and it covers the clothes: The belt.  
HSK 3
market, city
shì
Top: a cover 亠, below: fabric/cloth 巾
You get covers and cloth in the city on the market.  
HSK 3
hat, cap
mào
Left: cloth 巾, right: emit (smoke) 冒 (Under the cover 冂 steam 二 is visible 目, because it is uprising.), but here 冂 and 二 together as: sun 日
The cloth to keep the sun 日 out of the eyes is: a cap.  
HSK 3
brush, to paint, to brush
shuā, shuà
Left: buttocks in side view 尸 with cloth 巾 is here understood as tail [to be correct: 尾 means tail], right: knife刂
At the buttocks the 'cloth' [="tail"] is cut and used as: a brush.  
HSK 4
handsome, graceful, commander in chief
shuài
Left: knife/cut刂, right: cloth/fabric 巾
If you use the knife for cutting the cloth, you will be handsome.  
HSK 4
towel, general purpose cloth
jīn

Pictograph showing a thread in a piece of cloth 巾 (or a shirt with sleeves)  
HSK 5
money, currency, coins

Character is similar to city: 市 (cover 亠 and cloth 巾)
Similar to the city it is related to money and currency.  
HSK 5
banquet, woven mat, seat (in an assembly, theater)

广 廿
Outside: building 广, below: var. objects 廿, cloth 巾
In the building, they use things of cloth: as seats.  
HSK 5
curtain, screen, canopy, tent

Top: negative 莫 (to sink/go down: The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [sunrise is: 旦 or ], bottom: cloth 巾
Sinking cloth is a curtain.  
HSK 5
system, to control, to manufacture, to regulate
zhì
Left: cow 牛, cloth 巾; right: knife刂
A cow wrapped in cloth and with a knife: what a system!  
HSK 5
width, roll, banner, extent, range

Left: cloth 巾, right: barrel of rice wine 畐 (originally image of a barrel as an offering to the temple, thus signifying wealth and luck 福)
This cloth is like a wine barrel: sufficient width for a banner.  
HSK 5
admire, to respect, to wear (belt etc)
pèi
Left: person 亻, right: sail 几 (cf. wind 风) and cloth 巾
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it.  
HSK 5
decoration, ornament, adorn, conceal
shì
Left: food 饣/食, right: lying person , cloth 巾
If the food is laid on a cloth, it is: a decoration.  
HSK 5
cloth, to declare, to announce

Left: hand , right: cloth 巾
The hand is holding a cloth.  
HSK 5
lion
shī
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: master, teacher 师 (knife刂, 帀 = 一 as head and fabric 巾 as fur)
(The lion's fur is popular) The animal that you skin with a knife over its head is: the lion.  
HSK 5
curtain, flag used by shops
lián
Top: hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), bottom: cloth/fabric 巾
In front of the hole we put a fabric: The curtain.  
HSK 6
terror, terrified, afraid, frightened

Left: feeling 忄, right: cloth 布 (Here a hand and shoulders 巾, which are composed of a backbone 丨 and two arms 冂)
The feeling with a hand on my shoulder is fear and being terrified.  
HSK 6
emperor

From top: stand 立, cover 冖, cloth 巾
Stand and cover yourself with cloth, the emperor is coming.  
HSK 6
to hang up, hang a person, suspend (agreement)
diào
Top: mouth 口 (here: crane or winch), below: fabric/cloth 巾
The crane is using a fabric for hanging things and make them suspended.  
HSK 6
account book, covering veil, canopy, tent
zhàng
Left: cloth 巾, right: long 长/長 (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)
Cloth that is long, was used as an account book or as a canopy.  
HSK 6
inhibit, block, sluggish
zhì
Left: water 氵, right: belt 带 (A belt 一 in 3 positions as a cover 冖 for the cloth 巾)
(To build a pond with a dam/dike) The water within the 'belt' is inhibited & sluggish.  
HSK 6
to smash, crush, to fail, to get it wrong

Left: stone 石, right: 匝 (embracement 匚, cloth 巾
(A stone in a loop/hanger of cloth is like a slingshot:) A stone in an sling of cloth is used to smash things.  
HSK 6
sail, canvas
fān
Left: cloth 巾, right: sail 几 with something 丶 (cf. common 凡 = A table 机/几 with a scratch 丶 is common.) [cf. wind 风, which is simplified from 風]
Cloth is commonly used for sails.  
HSK 6
banner, classifier for buildings
zhuàng, chuáng
Left: cloth 巾, right: child 童 (Standing 立 in the village 里: a child.)
A cloth [as small as] a child is: a banner.  
HSK 6
flag, banner, ensign
zhì
Left: cloth 巾, right: alone 只 (Here: piece of cloth 口 above two arms 八)
The cloth that is hold above the arms is a flag.  
HSK 6
fitting snugly, appropriate, to obey, invitation (message)
tiē, tiě, tiè
Left: cloth 巾, right: divine 占
A cloth to devine, that it is appropriately fitting snugly.  
HSK 6
sieve, filter, to sift, screening (medicine)
shāi
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: master, teacher 师 (He has a knife 刂, a stick 一 and good cloth 巾)
Bamboo 竹 was cut 刂 for it and the sieve 一 is made of cloth 巾: a sieve.  
HSK 6
to rinse, hold briefly into boiling water
shuàn
Left: water 氵, right: brush 刷 (The "tail" [= cloth 巾 at the buttocks 尸] is cut刂 and used as a brush) [cf. tail 尾]
Use water and a brush for rinsing.  
no HSK
handkerchief, to wrap, headscarf

Left: cloth 巾, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white.)
The cloth in white is: the handkerchief.  
no HSK
a legendary beauty who flew to the moon, the lady in the moon
cháng
Left: woman 女, right: usually 常 (His esteem 尚 is given to this cloth 巾 usually.)
A woman should usually be in the moon.  
no HSK
advertising sign, pretense, facade, pretext
huǎng
Left: cloth 巾, right: dazzle, swing 晃 (The sun 日 has light 光 that is dazzling, like swinging around.)
The cloth that is dazzling, is the: advertising sign.  
no HSK
banner
fān
Left: cloth 巾, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
This cloth shows, what is foreign: The banner!  
no HSK
curtain, screen
wéi
Left: cloth 巾, right: bird 隹
(in the breeze:) The cloth that (moves like) a bird is: the curtain.  
no HSK
curtain
màn
Left: cloth 巾, right: handsome 曼 (.. when the sun 日 shines on the eyes 罒 with long eyelashes 又)
The cloth that is handsome is the: curtain.  
no HSK
frame, counter for pictures, one of a pair (scrolls)
zhèng
Left: cloth 巾, right: faithful 贞 (Who divines 卜 for money 贝 must be faithful.)
(For a canvas you need a strong fabric:) With fabric that is faithfully (=sufficient strength), you can make a frame/picture.  
no HSK
broom
zhǒu

Shows at the top a hand and at the bottom: a broom.  
no HSK
silk

Top: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white), bottom: cloth, fabric 巾
The white cloth is: silk.  

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