The Chinese Radical: 王




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Meaning
king    王

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
present, now, existing, current, appear
xiàn
Left: king, jade 王, right: to see 见/見 (an eye 目 on legs 儿)
(He has the overview:) The king sees it presently now.  
HSK 2
ball, sphere, globe
qiú
Left: a king 王, right: to seek / request for 求 ([I'm dying of thirst:] Just one 一 drop 丶 of water 水, this is my: request!)
The king asks for his ball.  
HSK 2
squad, team, class, work shift, group
bān
Left and right: king 王, center: knife 刂
If there are the 'knifes' between the kings, it is their squads.  
HSK 2
toy, play, sth used for amusement
wán
Left: king 王, right: chin. Yuan, originally 元 (=two 二 legs 儿)
The king looks originally for: amusement.  
HSK 2
to expect, to hope, to visit, to gaze (into the distance)
wàng
Top: death 亡 (coffin in cross-section), body 月/肉, bottom: king 王
The dead body of the king goes with our expectations.  
HSK 3
ring, loop, (chain), bracelet
huán
Left: king 王, right: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!)
A king is not limiting himself with only one ring.  
HSK 3
reason, intrinsic order, logic, science

Left: king 王, right: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to the village.)
When the king comes to the village, there must be a reason.  
HSK 4
to juggle, play with, lane, alley, to fool with
lòng, nòng
Top: king 王 (here: four sticks: 三,丨), bottom: two hands 廾 (twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & combined.)
With four sticks in the hands he is juggling, or playing in the alley.  
HSK 4
regulation, rule, order, procedure
chéng
Left: rice plant 禾, right: to submit, petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
Rice plants for the mouth of the king: This is the regulation!  
HSK 4
to stroll, to roam, to visit
guàng
Left: movement 辶, right: mad/wild 狂 (The wild animal 犭of the king 王 is mad.)
The movement is mad, when the wild animal with the king is strolling or roaming.  
HSK 5
king, monarch
wáng

The three 三 spheres (heaven, earth and mankind) unite in the person 丨 of the king.  
HSK 5
precious thing, treasure
zhēn
Left: king 王, right: 㐱 (person 人 with skin rash 彡 [like measles 疹], but here: jewels 彡)
The king is the person with the jewels and looks precious.  
HSK 5
smooth, lubricate, moist
rùn
Left: water 氵, right: 闰 (gate 门/門 and king 王)
With water the gate of the king became smooth and lubricated.  
HSK 5
jade

King 王 (three spheres 三 [heaven, earth, mankind], one person 丨), jewel 丶
At the foot of the king are his jade-jewels.  
HSK 5
glass

Left: king, jade 王 (jade by itself is also: 玉), right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)
When jade is (as thin) as a skin, it is glass.  
HSK 5
glass, colored glaze

Left: king, jade 王, right: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺, so that it "leaves" us.) [禺 = scorpion 田,禸 with hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶]
The king has a pot with scorpions that is made of glass. [Or: The "jade" of the pot with scorpions is: glass.]  
HSK 5
a treasure, jewel or gem, precious
bǎo
Top: roof/house 宀, bottom: jade, jewel 玉 (At the feet of the king 王 is his jade/jewels 丶)
Under the roof are jewels: A treasure!  
HSK 5
mad, wild, violent
kuáng
Left: animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: king 王
The dog of the king is mad.  
HSK 6
bead, pearl
zhū
Left: king, jade 王, right: vermilion/red 朱 (A branch at the young tree 未 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
The king has red beads and pearls.  
HSK 6
to submit, to petition, to show, to offer
chéng
Top: mouth 口, bottom: king 王
With your mouth [Or: a document 口] at the king to submit sth.  
HSK 6
flourishing, prosperous, roaring (fire)
wàng
Left: sun, day 日, right: king 王
During the day, the king looks so flourishing!  
HSK 6
twisted, crooked, in the wrong, in vain
wǎng
Left: tree 木, right: king/jade 王 (jade itself is also: 玉)
If the whole tree is fully (hung) of jade, it becomes (due to the weight) twisted and crooked.  
HSK 6
to cut (gems)
zhuó
Left: jade, king 王 (jade itself is: 玉), right: 豖 (pig 豕 with a cut leg)
Jade is just as a cut pig's leg, both are: cut and polished.  
no HSK
agate, cornelian

Left: king, jade 王 (Jade itself is: 玉), right: horse 马/馬 (= with mane, four legs 灬 and tail ㄅ)
The jewel (=jade) that has similar to a horse different colored stripes is: the agate.  
no HSK
gem, beautiful jade
lín
Left: king, jade 王, right: forest 林
The king has a forest with gems.  
no HSK
jasper, fine jade, exquisite (e.g. wine, food), beautiful
qióng
Left: king, jade 王 (jade itself is: 玉), right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)
The 'jade' for the capital is: the fine jasper.  
no HSK
propitious, lucky, auspicious
ruì
Left: king 王, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
A king who is focused (to his job) is propitious.  
no HSK
trifling, fragmentary
suǒ
Left: king 王, right: small 小, money 贝/貝
For a king is small change trifling.  
no HSK
beautiful jade, star
xuán
Left: king, jade 王, right: revolve 旋 (The side 方 of the lying person is okay 正, but he has to be turned [because of bed sores?])
The royal jade is revolved (= round at all sides) as: beautiful jade.  
no HSK
excellence, luster of gems

Left: king 王, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])
The king is assenting this excellence.  
no HSK
sound of tinkling (ting-a-ling) of gem-pendants
líng
Left: King, jade 王, right: order, command 令 (here: image of a bell - cf. metal bell 铃 - (令 = bell's body , bell's bolt マ)
The jade bell has tinkling sound.  
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
precious stone
liú
Left: king, jade 王, right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)
If a 'jade' gets a new live, then as: a precious stone.  
no HSK
amber

Left: king 王, right: white 白 (The shine ノ of the sun 日 makes it white)
The king's "white" is amber.  
no HSK
extraordinary, (semi-precious stone)
guī
Left: king, jade 王, right: devil 鬼
The jade of the devil is extraordinary.  
no HSK
ooze, expanse of water
wāng
Left: water 氵, right: king 王 (here: water surface 一 with earth 土)
Water that is (mixed) up to its surface with earth is ooze/mud.  
no HSK
(crystal), lustrous
yīng
Left: king/jade 王, right: brave, England 英 (The plant 艹 in the center 央 is brave.)
The jade that is 'brave' is lustrously.  
no HSK
fine jade, angel

Left: king, jade 王, right: his, her, its 其 (image of grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), here: Playing field, like at chess 棋
The jade on the playing-field is: fine jade.  
no HSK
coral

Left: king, jade 王, right: beard, non-Han-person 胡 (Like old 古 flesh 月 are the beards of the non-Han people.)
The 'jade' that is on old 古 bodies 月 (= coral reef), is the coral. (Or: The king in the water-less lake 湖 is the coral.)  
no HSK
coral
shān
Left: king, jade 王, right: book, booklet 册 (here: two boats 舟)
For this 'jade' (its extraction) you need boats, the: Coral.  
no HSK
to show off, to flaunt, to boast
chěng
Left: movement 辶, right: to submit/petition 呈 (With your mouth 口 at the king 王 to submit sth.)
With movements and the mouth (= much talking) at the king to show off.  
no HSK
rose
méi
Left: king 王, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜, here: sprout ノ)
Something royal develops when this sprout 卜 is planted: a rose.  
no HSK
jade plaything, ancient stone ornament
zhāng
Left: king/jade 王, right: medal 章 (Get up 立 early 早 to get a medal.) [early 早 = When the sunrise 旦 is at a mark 丶 at the horizon 一, it is early in the morning.]
The king gives as a medal a: jade plaything.  
no HSK
gem, precious stone, curio

Left: king, jade 王, right: strange/odd 奇 (There is a big 大 possibility (opportunity) 可, but it looks strange.) [possibility 可 = The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.]
This 'jade' gives big possibilities, because it is a gem.  
no HSK
precious stone, gem, treasure
chēn
Left: king, jade 王, right: 罙 (var. of hole 穴, tree 木
The 'jade' in the hole at the tree is a precious stone.  
no HSK
unlucky, bad, ill-omened, startling
è
Four mouths 口 and in the middle: king 王
If four mouths (talk to) the king, he is: unlucky.  
no HSK
agate
nǎo
Left: king, jade 王, right: wild river 巛, druse 口 with an agate 㐅
The jade from a wild river in a druse is: the agate.  
no HSK
anxious, grieved

Left: king 王, right: page, head 页/頁 (head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
The king is in his head: anxious.  
no HSK
tinkling of pendants, jade-like stone
láng
Left: king, jade 王, right: good 良
The jade is good if it is tinkling.  
no HSK
jade-like stone

Left: king, jade 王, right: be possible, can 可 (The nail 丁 into the opening 口 should be possible.)
The 'jade' of the possibilities is the: jade-like.  
no HSK
guitar-like instrument, see 琵琶, lute

Top: Two pegs 王 for tensioning the strings of a string instrument, bottom: to compare 比 (here: 4 strokes for 4 strings)
The string instrument with 4 strings is this lute.  
no HSK
exquisite, tinkling of gem-pendants
lóng
Left: king 王, right: dragon 龙 (The outstanding 丶 person 尢/尤 has a broken leg 乚 with a dragon ノ)
He is the king of the dragons, because he is exquisite.  
no HSK
brilliancy (of gems), fine jade, genius
jǐn
Left: king, jade 王, right: blooming plant 堇 (from top: plant 艹, blossoms 口, growing plant )
A king like a 'blooming plant' is brilliant.  
no HSK
beautiful jade

Left: king, jade 王, right: road, path 路 (The feet 足 all 各 move on the road.)
Jade is the road to beautiful jade.  
no HSK
vessel used to hold grain offerings
liǎn
Left: king, jade 王, right: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked.)
To the king we are linked through vessels of offerings.  
no HSK
blemish, flaw in jade, defect
xiá
Left: king, jade 王, right: (free interpretation: mine/pit) 叚 (In a hole 口 with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand 又.)
(Jade becomes beautiful by grinding:) The jade (directly) from the mine (still) has a flaw/blemish.  
no HSK
pearl or jade earring
ěr
Left: king, jade 王, right: ear 耳
The jade at the ear is the: earring.  
no HSK
unpolished gem

Left: king, jade 王, right: thicket, tedious 菐 (In hollow 业 things the orchid 兰 grows and the person 人 takes it out of the: thicket)
If the jade appears like in a 'thicket', it is still an: unpolished gemstone.  

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