The Chinese Radical: 氏


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Meaning
clan    氏

Explanation Variant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
paper, classifier for documents,...
zhǐ
Left: thread 糹/糸 (here: fiber), right: clan/family name 氏 (Here: see 氏 as ladle or scooping grill for the paper production) [Family 氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with "Plus +" as multiplier makes a family.]
Use cellulose fibers and a grill for making paper. (OR: Threads become one 'family' in: paper.)  
HSK 3
to marry, marriage, wedding, to take a wife
hūn
Left: woman 女, right: dusk/nightfall 昏 (The family 氏 sits in the sun 日 at dusk.)
The woman comes into the family/clan 氏 at the day 日 of the marriage.  
HSK 4
the people, nationality, citizen
mín
Left: buttocks seen from the side 尸, right: a plus-sign +
Buttocks that are duplicated with the + sign, make up a people.  
HSK 4
bottom, base, background
de, dǐ
广
Outside: building 广, below: floor, foundation 氐 (The family 氏 sits down 一 on the floor.)
In the house, the family sits on the bottom.  
HSK 4
low, to lower (one's head), to hang down

Left: person 人, right: floor, foundation 氐 (The family 氏 sits down 一 on the floor.)
The person on the floor is in a low position.  
HSK 5
sleep
mián
Left: eye 目, right: people, nation 民 (several times 'family' 氏 behind each others as multiplier for the people.)
The eyes of the people are sleepy. [Is this a hint to the manipulability by the government?]  
HSK 6
clan name, maiden name
shì
Variant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.
A distorted variant of person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with "Plus +" as multiplier results in a family.  
HSK 6
twilight, dusk, lose consciousness, muddle-headed
hūn
Left: family 氏 (A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with "Plus +" as multiplier makes a family.), right: sun 日
The family is sitting in the sunshine at dusk.  
HSK 6
to press against, to prop up, to resist, balance

Left: hand 扌, right: foundation 氐 (family 氏 is at the "bottom" _ sitting on the floor) [Family 氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with "Plus +" as multiplier makes a family.]
A hand pushing against the 'floor', when propping up (= pressing against).  
HSK 6
ruffian, gangster, rogue, hooligan, vagrant
máng, méng
Left: to die 亡 (coffin in cross-section), right: people, nation 民 (several times 'family' 氏 behind each others as multiplier for the people.)
It could be the death of our people having these ruffians.  
no HSK
mansion, lodging-house, residence

Left: ground, foundation 氐 (The family 氏 sits at the "bottom", on the floor 一), right: village⻏
At the bottom of the village are the mansions.  
no HSK
to smooth, purse up (lips)
mǐn
Left: hand 扌, right: people, nation 民 (several times 'family' 氏 behind each others as multiplier for the people.)
A hand that forms (families into) a people: smoothes.  

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