The Chinese Radical: 爫


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Meaning
reaching downwards    爫

Explanation Shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to love, affection, to be fond of, to like
ài
From top: hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖 friend 友 (They shake hands ,又 because they are friends.)
When I reach down though a cover to a friend, then because of love. (Or: To receive 受 a hand from sb., due to: love.)  
HSK 1
vegetable
cài
Top: plant 艹, below: to pluck 采 (A hand 爫 plucks from above at a tree 木.)
Plants you can pluck from above from a 'tree', are the vegetables.  
HSK 4
to instruct, teach, award, to give
shòu
Left: hand 扌, right: receive 受 (A hand 爫 from above holds a cover 冖, the other hand 又 receives it.)
With the hand, to receive sth. This is an instruction.  
HSK 4
commander-in-chief (mil.), will, shall
jiāng, jiàng
Left: bed 丬 (pictograph of a tree cut into half, cf. 片), right: hand reaching down 爫, skillful hand 寸
A simple bed, a hand reaching down and a skillful hand: This is what makes a commander.  
HSK 4
to receive, to accept, to suffer (passive marker)
shòu
From top: a hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, hand 又
One hand from above holds a cover, the other hand receives it.  
HSK 4
colorful, colored, tint
cǎi
Left: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木), right: hair 彡 (here: tree flowers)
You pluck (i.e. on a meadow) three flowers, which are colorful.  
HSK 4
to warm, to heat
nuǎn
Left: sun 日, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
The sun helps to warm up.  
HSK 5
to pluck, to pick, to collect, select
cǎi, cài
Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: tree 木
A hand is reaching downwards into a tree to pluck sth.  
HSK 5
to shake, rock, wag, swing
yáo
Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, below: can, jar 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The hand reaches downwards to the can, to shake it.  
HSK 5
relaxed, unhurried, sluggish, to defer
huǎn
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
If you have a thread (a rope?) for helping you can be relaxed.  
HSK 5
to step on, to tread, to stamp, to press a pedal
cǎi
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: to pluck 采 (hand 爫 plucks from above into a tree 木)
The "plucking with the foot" means to: tread on it.  
HSK 6
breast, milk

Left: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.), right: kneeling person 乚
To reach down to the child, when you yourself are kneeing: You give breast and milk.  
HSK 6
suitable, adequate, ready, settled
tuǒ
Top: hand reaching down 爫, below: woman 女
The hands reaching down (= caring) of the women settle the suitable adequately.  
HSK 6
to float, unstable, superficial, excessive

Left: water 氵, right: trust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
Into the water, a hand reaches down for a child that is floating.  
HSK 6
to take prisoner, prisoner of war

Left: person 亻, right: entrust 孚 (To the hand reaching down 爫, the child 子 is trusting.)
A person who trusts can (easily be) taken as prisoner.  
HSK 6
to twinkle, wink, a moment
shùn
Left: eye 目, right: Emperor Shun 舜 (hand reaching down 爫, cover 冖, 舛 two var. of foot 夕/止 (opposite feet, originally a pictograph, like at: to dance 舞)
The eye sees a hand covering two unequal feet and twinkles for a moment.  
HSK 6
to help, to assist, aid
yuán
Left: hand 扌, right: to help 爰 (a hand reaches down 爫 to give a rope ノ [with two 二 knots] and another hand 又 takes this help.)
A hand helps to help.  
HSK 6
rivulet =small river, creek

Left: water 氵, right: What? WHERE? 奚 (The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What? Where?)
To get to the water, you need to reach down and it seems like a 'big thread', then it is a rivulet.  
HSK 6
rice (Oraza sativa), paddy
dào
Left: rice plant 禾, right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
It comes from the rice plant and the hand puts it (for processing) into the mortar: The rice.  
HSK 6
rumor, popular ballad, legend
yáo
Left: word 讠/言, right: hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (= lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Words you pick out of a can are: rumors or ballads.  
HSK 6
to tread on, to trample, dance, to stamp, to fulfill
dǎo
Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: 舀 (hand reaching down 爫, mortar 臼)
(At the grape-stomping) With the feet from above into the mortar: to tread in.  
HSK 6
to chew
jiáo, jué
Left: mouth 口, right: nobility 爵 (A hand 爫 takes the plates 罒(=皿) to serve food 食 skillfully 寸 to the nobility.)
Also the mouths of the nobility chew.  
HSK 6
distant, remote, far, far away
yáo
Left: movement 辶, right: 䍃 (hand from above 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant.  
HSK 6
seek, to look for, search

Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
If the hand reaching down wants to "see" (= feel, grope) something, it: seeks.  
HSK 6
take notice of, pay attention, heed
cǎi
Left: eye 目, right: to pluck 采 (A hand plucks from above 爫 into a tree 木.)
The eye "plucks", when: taking notice of sth.  
no HSK
nobility, duke, baron, lord
jué
Top: hand reaching down 爫, net/eye 罒 (here: plate 皿), below: var of food 食, skillful hand 寸
A hand reaches down to the plates to serve food skillfully to the nobility.  
no HSK
to pacify, soothe, to appease
suí
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: to settle sth. adequately 妥 (The hands 爫 of the women 女 settle the suitable)
(When taming animals) Threads settle adequately the: pacifying.  
no HSK
precious stone, jade, nacre, precious
yáo
Left: king, jade 王, right: 䍃 (hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The 'jade', the hand gets out of the can, is a precious stone.  
no HSK
lewdness, wanton, lascivious, obscene, depraved
yín
Left: water 氵, right: hand reaching down 爫; bundle, burden 壬 (spindle for winding up threads)
Water cools down and a hand imposes a burden against lewdness.  
no HSK
Shun (c. 22nd century BC), fifth of the Five Emperors
shùn
From top: hand grasping down 爫, cover 冖, oppose 舛 (opposed feet, like at: dancing 舞)
With a downward hand he covered/protected, but was opposed and thus the last of the five emperors.  
no HSK
what?, where?, why?

From top: a hand reaching down 爫, thread 纟, big 大
The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What?, Where?  
no HSK
to trust, to believe in

Top: hand reaching down 爫, bottom: child 子
A hand reaching down is what a child can trust in.  

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