The Chinese Radical: 彳


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Meaning
step    彳

Explanation A simplified variant of “to go 行” with the same meaning.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
very (adverb of degree), quite, awfully
hěn
Left: to go 彳, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')
(With the invention of the wheel they said this?) "Walking is not good, ... very!"
HSK 2
to go away (in a direction), past, previous
wǎng
Left: to go 彳, right: master 主 (I emphasize 丶, the king 王 is the master.)
There goes the master - now he's gone away.
HSK 2
to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), profit
dé, de, děi
Left: go 彳, right top: sunrise 旦 (The sun 日 is just above the horizon 一), below: skillful hand 寸
"The early bird catches the worm": Go at sunrise and with a skillful you will achieve success/profit.
HSK 4
law

Left: go 彳, right: writing 聿 (hand with pen 丨 writes two lines 二.)
Go and write down the law.
HSK 4
tiny, miniature, profound, micro-
wēi
Left: go 彳, center: mountain 山, table 几, right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Go to the mountain to the one 一 table and smash it into tiny pieces.
HSK 5
thorough, penetrating, to pervade
chè
Left: to go, step 彳, right: to cut 切 (with seven 七 swords 刀)
When you can make it within one step into seven parts by cutting, you are very thorough.
HSK 5
that, the other, those, (one) another

Left: go 彳, right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂.)
He who walks, this 'skin': That is the other.
HSK 5
campaign, impose (taxes), expedition, evidence
zhēng
Left: go 彳, right: correct 正 (To stop 止 at the line 一 is correct.)
To "go ahead correctly", that's how to make a campaign or expedition.
HSK 5
stay, to wait, delay, to treat, going to (do sth)
dāi, dài
Left: go 彳, right: temple 寺 (= Made of earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)
Go to the temple and stay and wait there.
HSK 5
virtue, goodness, ethics, character, Germany

Left: to go 彳, right: ten 十, eye/net 罒, one 一, heart 心
Going with ten eyes and only one heart demands German virtue.
HSK 6
companion, disciple, prison sentence, to go on foot

Left: to go 彳, right: go/walk 走 (On earth 土, the feet 足 need to walk.)
(Developed from the foot soldiers, which had little value) They walk or run as escorts/companion, and are disciplined with penalties.
HSK 6
shoe, footwear, to tread on

Top: buttock from the side 尸, below: to go 彳, repeat 复 (= lying or sitting in sun 日 cross-legged 夂 is to be repeated)
The buttock shall when walking repeatingly tread on with his shoe.
HSK 6
to punish, to reprimand, to warn
chéng
Top: campaign 征 (go 彳 correct 正 for the campaign), bottom: heart 心
Proceed correctly, but also with heart, when you have to punish.
HSK 6
footpath, track, directly, diameter
jìng
Left: go 彳, right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 vertically above the earth 土)
Here you can go over the flat ground [= adjusted to the vertical] : At a footpath.
HSK 6
to govern, to manage, imperial, defend, resist

Left: go 彳, right: unload 卸 (At noon 午 (during that heat) we can stop 止 and as we are bent 卩, we can unload.)
I go at noon, stop and bow at the imperial, because I am governed.
HSK 6
to hesitate, irresolute, to dither
huái
Left: go 彳 right: return, revolve 回
You go in circles, when you hesitate and are irresolute.
HSK 6
to hesitate, irresolute, to dither
pái
Left: go 彳, right: not, denial 非 (inverted wings 羽)
When the "going" is denied, you are hesitating.
HSK 6
forced labor, corvée, obligatory task, military service

Left: go 彳, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
Go with the battle axe in your hand, that is your forced labor.
HSK 6
to follow, to adhere to, to abide by
xún
Left: go 彳, right: shield 盾 (A shield 厂 with 10 十 eyes 目 as symbol for 'shield' and to contradiction.)
When you go with your shield (= your troops): you follow.
HSK 6
change one's residence

Left: to go 彳, right: variation of go 走 or 徒 (On earth 土, the feet 足 need to walk.)
Who goes 彳, stops 止, for continuing by foot 足, changes the residence.
no HSK
slowly, gently

Left: go 彳 right: excess/rest 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示, thus in excess.), below: cross beams)
He goes excessively slow.
no HSK
badge, emblem, insignia, logo
huī
Left: to go 彳, right: mountain 山, system, connection 系, strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜) (stick in a hand)
Who climbs a mountain in connection that he already needs a stick in his hand, gets a badge for it.
no HSK
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern
wēi
Top: grass 艹, bottom: tiny 微 (Go 彳 on the mountain 山 to the one 一 table 几 and smash 攵 it into tiny pieces.)
The plant that is tiny is this fern.
no HSK
irresolute, seemingly
fǎng, páng
Left: go 彳, right: direction, square 方
Going in (different) directions is: irresolute.

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