The Chinese Radical: 束


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Meaning
bundle    束

Explanation The tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.

Used in these characters:
束
JLPT HSK 3
bundle, to bind, bunch
shù
束 木
In the background a tree 木, in front an embracement 口. - The tree 木 stands for many plants 禾, which are bound/lashed with with a ribbon 口 (cf.: double 兼)
"Trees" bound by a ribbon make a bundle.  
速
JLPT HSK 4
fast, rapid, quick, velocity
sù
辶 束
Left: movement 辶, right: bundle 束 (Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle)
If you bundle it, the movement (= transport) is faster.  
整
JLPT HSK 4
in good order, exactly, to repair, to punish
zhěng
束 攴 正
Top: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵=攴=hand 又 with stick卜], bottom: correct 正
(In linen production, the flax fibers are aligned by beating:) The bundle needs strikes, but correctly for (good) order.  
懒
JLPT HSK 4
lazy, idle, inactive
lǎn
忄 束 负
Left: feeling 忄, right: depending on 赖 (bundle 束, to bear 负 [With the load ⺈ at the backpack 冂 the person 人 bears a load])
The feeling when you give your bundle to the bent ⺈ for money 贝/貝 is: to be lazy.  
辣
JLPT HSK 4
hot (spicy), pungent
là
辛 束
Left: hot/bitter 辛 (needle used for tattoo), right: bundle 束 (Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.)
Hot stuff in a bundle is even hotter.  
嗽
JLPT HSK 4
cough
sòu
口 欶 束 欠
Left: mouth 口, right: 欶 (bundle 束 [a mouth behind a tree], lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
If you open your mouth so that it is 'treewide' open, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough.  
嫩
JLPT HSK 5
soft, tender, delicate, light (color)
nèn
女 束 攴
Left: woman 女, right: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵/攴= hand 又 with stick 卜]
(Manufacturing process for flax fiber by beating) By women the bundle is beaten to until it is: soft.  
赖
JLPT HSK 6
to depend on, to trust, to renege, to blame
lài
束 负 贝
left: bundle 束, right: carry load 负 (With a load ⺈ at the backpack 冂 the person 人 bears a load)
The bundle needs sb. to carry the load: That's what it is depending on.  
捆
JLPT HSK 6
to tie together, bundle, a bunch
kǔn
扌 囗 木 束
Left: hand 扌, right: surrounded, distress 困 (By the enclosure 囗 the tree 木 is in distress)
The hand "surrounds" sth., if it ties together as a bundle.  
喇
JLPT HSK 6
sound of wind, trompet, horn
lā, lǎ
口 束 刂
Left: mouth 口, right: 剌 (bundle 束 [Plants 木/禾 like sheafs of rice (cf. 兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle], knife 刂)
From this "mouth" comes a bundle of cutting (sounds): The trompet!  
柬
JLPT HSK 6
card, letter, note, notice
jiǎn
柬 木 束 丷
Bundle 束 (The tree 木 stands for many plants, which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 or the like (cf. 兼) with extra parts 丷
The bundle with two wrapped items 丷 as a: notice or letter.  
漱
JLPT no HSK
to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water
shù
氵 欶 束 欠
Left: water 氵, right: 欶 (bundle 束, deficient/lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])
The water is first in a 'bundle' and then lacks: when rinsing.  
敕
JLPT no HSK
imperial order
chì
束 攴
Left: bundle 束 (Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
It comes in a bundle and strikes: the imperial order.  
悚
JLPT no HSK
frightened
sǒng
忄 束
Left: feelings 忄, right: bundle 束(Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.)
The feeling like being bound as a bundle, when being: frightened.  
剌
JLPT no HSK
unreasonable, perverse, absurd
là
束 刂
Left: bundle 束 (Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle), right: knife, to cut刂
(Afterwards there is disorder:) Cutting the bundle (to open it) with a knife is: unreasonable.  
簌
JLPT no HSK
very slight sound, rustling (onom.), tears streaming down
sù
竹 欶 束 欠
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: 欶 (bundle 束, to lack 欠)
The bamboo is bundled with gaps (= lacks) in between, which causes slight rustling sounds.  

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