The Chinese Radical: 殳


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Meaning
weapon    殳

Explanation battle axe in a hand 又

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to submerge, die, not, have not, to end
méi, mò
Left: water 氵, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
(You can't swim with that weight:) In the water the one with the battle axe in his hand will: submerge.  
HSK 3
section, segment, paragraph, stage (of a process)
duàn
Left: var. of cliff 厂 (with stairs), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
At the cliff the stairs/staircase was cut with a weapon in the hand and the steps are like: sections or segments.  
HSK 3
manner, kind, sort, class, way
bān
Left: boat 舟 (rowing boat with two persons 丶丶), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
When you build a boat using a battle axe in your hand, it happens in a: particular manner.  
HSK 3
to transport, to (re-)move, relocate
bān
Left: hand 扌, right: manner, kind 般 (Boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe in the hand 又 in a particular manner.)
Hands are used in a certain manner for the transport.  
HSK 3
forge, to discipline
duàn
Left: metal 钅/金, right: section/segment 段 (The staircase 三 in the cliff 厂 were cut in sections with a battle axe in a hand 又)
Use iron to make a ladder or a battle axe for your hand, by: forging.  
HSK 5
to throw, to send, to invest
tóu
Left: hand 扌, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
One hand holds the weapon, the other hand throws it.  
HSK 5
to organize, to set up, to establish, display
shè
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
Use words and a weapon in your hand, when organizing sth.  
HSK 5
thigh, share, portion, electric currents

Left: body part 月/肉, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
The part of the body which can serve as "weapon in a hand" is the thigh(-bone).  
HSK 6
epidemic, plague

Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
A disease striking like a "weapon in a hand", is: an epidemic.  
HSK 6
to destroy (by fire), to damage, to defame, slander
huǐ
Left: mortar: 臼 (here: destroyed sun 日), work(er) 工, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
The sun was taken by the worker with the battle axe in the hand and: destroyed.  
HSK 6
perseverance, endurance, resolute staunch

Left: 豙 (to stand 立 and pig 豕), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
He stands like a pig with a battle axe in the hand and has perseverance.  
殿
HSK 6
palace hall
diàn
Left: buttock from the side 尸, together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together.), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
Buttocks together with the armed hands are in the palace.  
HSK 6
forced labor, corvée, obligatory task, military service

Left: go 彳, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
Go with the battle axe in your hand, that is your forced labor.  
HSK 6
to beat up, to hit sb
ōu
Left: district/ward 区, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
In this district, you need a weapon in your hand, otherwise you will be beaten.  
no HSK
flourishing, abundant, dark red, roll of thunder
yān, yīn, yǐn
Left: 方 side view of a pregnant woman with a womb 日, right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
The pregnancy and protection (by the battle axe) stand for flourishing abundance.  
no HSK
butt, buttocks
tún
Top: palace hall 殿 (Buttocks 尸 together 共 with the weapons in their hands 殳 are in the palace), bottom: body part 月/肉
The 'palace' among the body parts is the: buttocks.  
no HSK
fragrant
xīn
Top: 殸 (voice 声, battle axe in a hand 殳), bottom: fragrance 香 (rice plants 禾 in the sun 日 have a fragrance.)
With a voice like a battle axe, he emphasized the fragrance: This fragrance!  
no HSK
firm, stable, rock
pán
Top: manner, kind 般 (The boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe in hand 又 in particular manner.), bottom: stone 石
In a certain manner, stones are firm.  
no HSK
scar, mark on the skin
bān
Left: disease 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), right: manner, kind 般 (Boat 舟 is built with a battle-axe /殳 in hand 又 in particular manner.)
A disease brings in certain manner also a scar.  

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