The Chinese Radical: 甫


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just, just now    甫

Explanation Image of the upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
extensive, gains, rich, obtain, to win, plentiful

Left: ten 十, right: announce 尃 (from top: just now 甫, skillful hand 寸) Here cf. shoulder 膊, thus the body part 月/肉, that somehow looks like the upper body 甫 with that skillful hand 寸
(Together we are stronger:) Tenfold shoulders (together) and skillful hands can achieve extensive gains.  
JLPT HSK 4
master, tutor, qualified worker

Left: person 亻, right: announce 尃 (just now 甫 with skillful hand 寸) Here cf. shoulder 膊: Thus the body part 月/肉, that somehow looks like the upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and the chest 月 with the 'skillful hand' 寸 are the shoulders.
That person with the (strong) shoulder and skillful hand is a qualified worker or a master.  
JLPT HSK 4
grapes, Portugal

Top: plant 艹, bottom: 匍 (enwrap 勹, just now 甫) [甫 = Image of the upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨]
The plant in which the grapes are enclosed, just as the upper body encloses the lungs, is are the grapes.  
JLPT HSK 4
shoulder, upper arm

Left: body part 月/肉, right: to announce 尃 (just now 甫 with skillful hand 寸) [甫 = Upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 the chest 月 and spine 丨]
The body part, that looks like the upper body 甫 and which supports the 'skillful hand' 寸, is the shoulder.  
JLPT HSK 5
to assist, to complement, auxiliary

Left: vehicle 车 (車= cart with axle丨 load-area 日 wheels 二), right: just now 甫 (Image of the upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨)
(For the purpose of transport:) A vehicle or a (strong) upper body can: assist / support.  
JLPT HSK 6
to catch, to seize, to capture, fishing

Left: hand 扌, right: just now 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨)
You need your hand and upper body for: catching or fishing.  
JLPT HSK 6
to spread, lay out, cover, place to sleep
pū, pù
Left: metal 钅/金, right: just now 甫 (Image of upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨)
(Think of a metal rake 用 in a hand ) Use this metal and your upper body to spread or lay out things.  
JLPT HSK 6
to lay out, to apply (powder, ointment), to spread, enough

Left: just now 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨and a bit of an ointment 丶), rest: let go/release 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵/攴, until he released)
To the upper body something is "released", when applying an ointment.  
JLPT HSK 6
breast feeding, feed, eat

Left: mouth 口, right: just now 甫 (Here: image of an upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and a small baby 丶)
The mouth at the upper body is breastfed.  
JLPT no HSK
chest, breast, dried meat, preserved fruit
fǔ, pú
Left: body part 月/肉, right: just now 甫 (A hand for holding an item 丶is what I need 用 just now) Here: 甫 as an image of a chest with shoulders 一 on top and the chest (or ribs) 月 underneath.
The part of the body that looks like the chest.  
JLPT no HSK
port, pier, wharf

Left: earth 土, right: just now 甫 (Image of an upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 loaded with a sack 丶)
(You need strong shoulders to unload a boat.) Here is earth (= solid ground) and are upper bodies: in the port or at the pier.  
JLPT no HSK
garden, orchard

Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: just now 甫 (Image of upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and a gardening tool 丶)
The enclosure, with the upper body and a gardening tool describes: a garden.  
JLPT no HSK
just, just now

Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 (with ribs) and spine 丨 and something 丶 is sitting on the shoulder, perhaps a bird?)
There is a small thing on the shoulder: just now!  
JLPT no HSK
bullrush, divers reed grasses

Top: growing plant 艹, below: river bank 浦 (water 氵, just now 甫(Image of upper body 甫 with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and a harvesting tool 丶)
The plant of the water that is harvested by a person (you only see his upper body), is the: reed grass.  
JLPT no HSK
river bank, shore

Left: water 氵, right: just now 甫 (Image of upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and a head 丶)
The water, where you can stand such that the upper body is still seen is at the: river bank.  

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