The Chinese Radical: 甬

Meaning	what a bent person uses    甬
Explanation
Used in these characters: 勇 JLPT HSK 4 brave, courage, righteous yǒng 甬 力 マ 男 Top: 甬 (bent person マ, use 用), below: force 力, better bottom: man 男 (In the rice field 田 is the strength 力 male.) If the bent person マ is a (real) man, then it's because he is brave.   通 JLPT HSK 4 to connect, to go through, communicate, to clear, open tōng 辶 甬 Left: movement 辶, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用) [用 = A fence 用 can be used] (Old people stay fit to keep up in our society) Bent persons need movement to stay connected.   桶 JLPT HSK 4 bucket, (trash) can, barrel (of oil etc) tǒng 木 甬 Left: tree 木, right 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [= A fence 用 can be used.]) It's made of wood and the bent person uses it: The bucket.   痛 JLPT HSK 5 pain, ache, sorrow, deeply, thoroughly tòng 疒 マ 甬 Top: sick 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick), below: 甬 (bent person マ, use 用 [= A fence 用 can be used]) The disease that a bent person has (when climbing) over a fence, is: pain.   涌 JLPT HSK 6 surge up, to bubble up, to rush forth, spill yǒng 氵 甬 Left: water 氵, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [a fence 用 can be used]) Water can bend マ or (overflood) the fence, if it surges up.   诵 JLPT HSK 6 to read aloud, to recite sòng 讠 甬 Left: Wort 讠/言, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [A fence 用 can be used]) Words a bent person uses/needs, is reading aloud.   踊 JLPT HSK 6 to leap, to jump, enthusiastically yǒng 足 甬 Left: foot 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: 甬 (=var. of pass 通 (bent person マ, use 用 [A fence 用 can be used]) The foot (=the leg) is bent, at the fence, when leaping over.   捅 JLPT no HSK to poke through tǒng 扌 甬 Left: hand 扌, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [A fence 用 can be used.]). The hand at the bent person is needed, when poking.   恿 JLPT no HSK to urge, to instigate, to incite, to alarm yǒng 甬 心 Top: 甬 (bent person マ, use/usage 用 [A fence 用 can be used]), bottom: heart 心 A bent person uses/needs a heart that can: be urged or instigated.   蛹 JLPT no HSK chrysalis, pupa yǒng 虫 甬 Left: insect 虫, right: 甬 (bent person マ, use, need 用 [A fence 用 can be used]) This insect is bent: This is needed by the pupa.
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