The Chinese Radical: 彐


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Meaning
hand    彐

Explanation Traditionally, the radical 58 has the meaning: pig's head, or pig's snout. The trainer always uses it as “hand”, i.e. as a variant of , which shows a hand with the fingers pointing to the left. This often appears to be etymologically justified.

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
snow, snowfall
xuě
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: hand /ヨ
Rain that you can hold in your hand is: snow.  
HSK 3
urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried

From top: inflected person ⺈, hand /彐, heart 心
The inflected person holds the hand to the heart, because he was in an urgent hurry. (and now is exhausted)  
HSK 3
to act as, match equally, suitable, adequate
dāng, dàng
Top: small 小, bottom: hand /彐
Even a small hand acts as such.  
HSK 3
to sweep, broom
sǎo, sào
Left: hand 扌, right: hand /彐, which was simplified from 掃 showing at the right a hand 彐holding a broom 冖巾.
It is the hand that holds the broom: to sweep.  
HSK 5
diary, record, to hit, to copy

Top: hand 彐, bottom: liquid 水 (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand /彐 squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid 水 drops down.)
When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'.  
HSK 5
married woman

Left: woman 女, right: hand /彐 (traditional: 婦 with a broom in the hand)
The woman who gave her hand, is a married woman.  
HSK 5
to go back, to return, to resign, conclude
guī
Left: knife 刂, right: hand /彐; simplified from 帰 or 歸. Showed originally a man with a sword who returns to his wife 帚 (=hand with broom)
When the man with a sword is at his wife 妇 (today: hand without broom) he has returned.  
HSK 5
spirit, departed soul, quick, alert, efficacious, effective
líng
Top: hand /彐, below: fire 火
Just as the hand cannot grasp fire, it is with the spirit.  
HSK 5
intelligent, wisdom, knowledge
huì
Top: comet 彗 (It does not 非 fall into your hands /彐: The comet), bottom: heart 心
If you make double wings from inverted wings 非 with your hands and you have a heart, you are intelligent.  
HSK 5
to search, to look for, to seek
xún
Top: hand /彐, below: skillful hand 寸
Use both hands for searching.  
HSK 5
file, shelve, official records, grade (of goods)
dàng
Left: tree 木, right: act as 当 (Also a small 小 hand /彐 acts as such.)
A tree can also act as a file or shelve.  
HSK 5
keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block
dǎng, dàng
Left: hand 扌, right: 当 (=small 小 hand /彐)
With a hand, a small hand is kept off.  
HSK 6
concealed, secret, hidden, crypto-...
yǐn
Left: hill 阝, right: urgent/hurry 急 (The bent person ⺈ holds hand /彐 to heart 心, because he was in hurry (and now is exhausted)
He used the hill, for urgently hiding and concealing it.  
HSK 6
to immerse, to soak, to steep, gradually
jìn
Left: water 氵, right: var. of a hand holding a broom 帚
The water in the broom gets soaked up.  
no HSK
comet
huì
Top: variation of not 非 (shows opposite wings 羽), bottom: hand /彐
It does not fall into your hands: The comet.  

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