The Chinese Radical: 相




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Meaning
mutually    相

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
to think, to believe, to suppose, to wish, to miss
xiǎng
Top: mutually 相 (At the tree 木 you watch 目 mutually.), below: heart 心
The mutual exchange with the heart are the thoughts.
HSK 3
mutually, each other, one another, appearance
xiāng, xiàng
Left: tree 木, right: eye 目
At the tree they watch mutually their appearance.
HSK 3
box, trunk, chest
xiāng
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: mutually 相 (tree 木, eye 目 [here: image of a box])
It's made of bamboo or wood and looks like a box 目. It is: a box.
HSK 5
compartment, box (in theater), side room, side
xiāng
Outside: cliff 厂 (here: dividing wall), inside: mutually 相 (cf. box 箱)
A dividing wall 厂 made of wood 木 defines the compartments 目.
HSK 6
frost, white powder or cream
shuāng
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: mutually 相 (At the tree 木 you watch 目 mutually.)
(Sometimes hoar frost makes the trees white:) This 'rain' in the trees can be seen, because it is: frost.
no HSK
Xiangjiang-river (in Hunan 湖南)
xiāng
Left: water 氵, right: mutually 相 (At the tree 木 you watch 目 mutually.)
The water is (changing) mutually Xiangjiang-river.

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