The Chinese Radical: 曹


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Meaning
companion    曹

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
pickled in wine, rotten, messy, ruined
zāo
Left: rice , right: class/group (The seedlings from the field are tied-up and put into baskets for: classification.)
Rice of the same class is pickled in wine.  
JLPT HSK 6
to suffer, to sustain (misfortune, loss), incident
zāo
Left: movement , right: class/group (The seedlings from the field are tied-up and put into baskets for: classification.)
(The clothes rub:) With the movement of the same kind one has to suffer it.  
JLPT HSK 6
noisy, clamorous, bustling, tumultuous
cáo
Left: mouth , right: class/group (The seedlings from the field are tied-up and put into baskets for: classification)
Sounds (= what comes out of the mouth) of the same class is considered to be noise.  
JLPT no HSK
trough, manger, groove, channel
cáo
Left: tree , right: class/group (The seedlings from the field are tied-up and put into baskets for: classification.)
Trees of the same class are used for making thoughs or mangers.  
JLPT no HSK
class, group, grade, generation
cáo

The seedlings (The actutal meaning is: reason, with the phrase: The sprout/seedling in the field has its reason.) from the field are tied-up and put into baskets for: classification & grouping.  

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