The Chinese Radical: 欶




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Meaning
|a bundle 束 and to lack 欠    欶

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
cough
sòu
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's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough.  
no HSK
to gargle, to rinse one's mouth with water
shù
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.  
no HSK
very slight sound, rustling (onom.), tears streaming down

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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