The Chinese Radical: 牙


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Meaning
fang, tusk    牙

Explanation Side view of an elephant's head with a tusk .

Used in these characters:
穿
JLPT HSK 2
pierce, pass through, to dress, to wear, to thread
chuān
Top: cavity, hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), below: tusk (= an elephant's head with a tusk )
(Think of sewing your clothes:) You make a hole with a tusk [= the needle] to pierce (e.g. the cloth) such that you can wear it.  
JLPT HSK 3
tooth, tusk, ivory


Side view of an elephant's head with a tusk .  
JLPT HSK 4
general, approximate
gài
Left: tree , right: previous/before (It is 'not good' with a 'false tusk' , that's already since, ..)
A tree and a not-good tusk (as drawn) are approximately in general (the same)?  
JLPT HSK 4
(sound of surprise) ah!, oh!
yā, ya
Left: mouth , right: tusk (elephant's head with a tusk )
A mouth with a tusk, I am surprised: Oh!  
JLPT HSK 4
already, since, both... (and...)

Left: not good ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good'), right: (false tusk )
It is not good with a false tusk, that's already since, ..  
JLPT HSK 6
elegant

Left: tusk (elephant's head with a tusk ), right: bird
A tusk at a bird looks elegant.  
JLPT HSK 6
astounded

Left: word /, right: tusk (elephant's head with a tusk )
With words (pointed like) a tusk, he astounded us.  
JLPT HSK 6
generous, sad
kǎi
Left: feeling , right: already, since (It is 'not good' with a 'false tusk' , that's already since, ..)
With feelings she is already rather generous.  
JLPT HSK 6
crow, raven

Left: tusk , right: bird 鸟/ (bird with head , tail フ, and claws )
(It has a big beak.) A 'tusk' at this bird: The crow.  
JLPT HSK 6
sprout, bud

Top: plant , bottom: tusk (elephant's head with a tusk )
Both plants and tusks grow from a sprout.  
JLPT no HSK
evil, demonic, iniquitous, nefarious
xié
Left: tusk (Side view of an elephant's head with a tusk ), right: village
(Invasion of elephants?) A tusk in a village is evil.  
JLPT no HSK
child (coll.), kid

Left: person , right: tusk (also: sprout, bud cf. 芽)
The person, who is a sprout, is a child.  

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