The Chinese Radical: 曷




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Meaning
interrogation    曷

Explanation also as an interrogative particle: why, how, when

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to drink, to shout loudly, My goodness!
hē, hè
Left: mouth 口, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation)
His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person 人) something: to drink.  
HSK 3
thirsty

Left: Water 氵, right: interrogation 曷 (The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.) cf. to drink 喝
He wants to drink water, because under the sun a wrapped person is: thirsty.  
HSK 5
to rest, stop, lodge
xiē
Left: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
An interrogation has a lack of any rest.  
HSK 6
to be exhausted, used up (resources), dried up
jié
Left: to stand 立, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth 口 with a tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
If you need to stand at an interrogation, you will be exhausted.  
HSK 6
to unmask, divulge, to take the lid off, to expose
jiē
Left: hand 扌, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
The hand during an interrogation will unmask sth.  
HSK 6
to suppress, to stop, check
è
Left: movement 辶, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
(Torture is meant) At an interrogation you use 'movements' to: suppress.  
HSK 6
friendly, amiable, kindly, nice
ǎi
Top: plant 艹, bottom: to visit (a superior) 谒 (Words 讠of an interrogation 曷 during a questioning) [interrogation 曷 = The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.]
(There are flowers in the interrogation room:) If there is a plant during the words of an interrogation, it is: friendly.  
no HSK
kudzu (edible bean), twiner-plant, entanglement
gé, gě
Top: Plant/grass 艹, below: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
The plant with the tendrils, like the tangles in an interrogation is the: kudzu-bean.  
no HSK
to visit (a superior)

Left: word 讠/言, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
There are words of an interrogation, when visiting a superior.  
no HSK
phonetic: ga

Left: mouth 口, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
The sound (= what comes out of the mouth) of an interrogation is: ga.  
no HSK
coarse woolen cloth, dull, dark

Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
The clothes at interrogations are of coarse woolen cloth.  
no HSK
scorpion
xiē
Left: insect 虫, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
(For torture:) An insect for an interrogation is the scorpion.  

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