The Chinese Radical: 更


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Meaning
even further    更

Explanation

Used in these characters:
便
HSK 2
convenient, ordinary, plain, to defecate
biàn, pián
Left: person 亻, right: further/still more 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 [= big 大 person with wide step] further and more.)
People (like it) furthermore, when it is convenient.  
HSK 3
even further, still more, to change (cloths) or replace
gēng, gèng
Center: sun 日, rest: unit of length zhàng 丈 3m (a big 大 person with a wide step)
The sun goes with wide steps even further.  
HSK 5
hard, solid, stiff, firm, resolutely
yìng
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more) [丈 = person with big 大 step]
Stones are more over: hard and solid.  
HSK 5
whip or lash, to flog, conductor's baton
biān
Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: convenient 便 (The person 亻likes it furthermore 更, if it's convenient) [further 更 = The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more]
Leather is convenient as a whip.  
no HSK
stem, stalk, to block, to hinder
gěng
Left: tree 木, right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more.) [丈 = Big 大 person with a wide step.]
The tree has furthermore a stem.  
no HSK
choke
gěng
Left: mouth 口, right: further, more over 更 (The sun 日 goes with each unit of length 丈 further and more) [丈 = big 大 person with a wide step]
If the mouth takes in even further more, it must: choke.  

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