The Chinese Radical: 立


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Meaning
stand    立

Explanation A person with wide hips 六 stands upright on the ground 一.

Used in these characters:
新
JLPT HSK 2
new, newly, recent
xīn
亲 立 木 斤
Left: parents 亲 (They stand 立 in the tree 木 and supervise.), right: axe 斤
Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new.  
站
JLPT HSK 2
station, to stand, to halt, to stop
zhàn
立 占
Left: standing 立, right: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.)
(As to whether the train is coming:) You stand there and can only divine fortune: At the station.  
境
JLPT HSK 3
border, boundary, place, circumstances
jìng
土 竟 立 儿
Left: earth 土, right: actually 竟 (standing 立, sun 日 and legs 儿)
The earth remains standing, while the sun continues to go: We are at the border.  
应
JLPT HSK 3
should, ought to, to deal with, to answer, to respond
yīng, yìng
广 立
Left: Building 广, below: compressed variation of standing 立
In the building to be able to stand? That's what you should!  
接
JLPT HSK 3
to contact with, to connect, to welcome sb., to receive
jiē
扌 立 女
Left: hand 扌, right: stand 立, woman 女
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to make contact with.  
位
JLPT HSK 3
position, location, place, seat
wèi
亻 立
Left: person 亻/人, right: to stand 立
People are standing at their positions.  
亲
JLPT HSK 4
parent, relative/intimate, close, kiss
qīn, qìng
亲 立 木
Top: to stand 立, bottom: tree 木 (simplified from: 親, which comprised 'to see' 見)
They stand in a tree and look after the close ones: The parents  
章
JLPT HSK 4
medal, badge, decoration, order, chapter, regulation
zhāng
音 章 立 早
Top: to rise/stand 立, below: early 早 (When the sunrise 旦 at the mark 丶 at the horizon 一, it is early in the morning)
Get up early and you will get a medal.  
竞
JLPT HSK 4
to compete, to contend, to struggle
jìng
立 兄
Top: to stand 立, bottom: elder brother 兄 (A big mouth 口 on feet 儿)
He stands over my elder brother, because he competed with him.  
童
JLPT HSK 4
child, children
tóng
童 立 里
Top: stand 立, below: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
Standing in the village is: a child.  
镜
JLPT HSK 4
mirror, lens
jìng
金 竟 立 見
Left: metal 钅/金, right: actually 竟 (to stand 立 and a variation of the traditional: 'to see': 見, therefore: "to practically see") ['to see' 見 is typically simplified to 见]
It is made of metal and when standing in front, you can practically see yourself: It is a mirror.  
普
JLPT HSK 4
general, popular, everywhere, universal
pǔ
並 日 立
Top: to line up 並 (originally 2 x stand 立立 [for row], now merged to 並), bottom: sun 日
Lining up in the sun is generally popular.  
拉
JLPT HSK 4
to pull, to drag, to play (string instruments)
lā
扌 立
Left: hand 扌, right: to stand 立
You pull your hand back when someone is standing on it - just like you pull/play a stringinstrument.  
垃
JLPT HSK 4
trash, garbage, of poor quality
lā
土 立
Left: earth, ground 土, right: to stand 立
(This emphasizes the global waste burden?) On the earth stands: The trash.  
碰
JLPT HSK 5
to touch, to meet with, to bump
pèng
石 立 並
Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: line up 並 (originally: twice standing 立立 next to each others, now it is merged)
When stones are lined up, they touch.  
产
JLPT HSK 5
to give birth, to produce, estate
chǎn
亠 产 立 厂
Combination of: standing 立 and factory 厂 (when used as radical understood as: 'cliff')
If something is standing on the cliff, it was produced (or born).  
立
JLPT HSK 5
to stand, to set up, to establish
lì
立

Top: head and arms 亠, bottom: legs of a person standing on the ground 一.  
毅
JLPT HSK 6
perseverance, endurance, resolute staunch
yì
立 豕 殳
Left: 豙 (standing 立 and pig 豕, but here an animal with antlers), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
If you want to hunt an animal with antlers (e.g., an elk) with a battle axe in your hand, you need perseverance.  
竭
JLPT HSK 6
to be exhausted, used up (resources), dried up
jié
立 曷
Left: to stand 立, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth 口 with a tongue 曰 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
If you need to stand at an interrogation, you will be exhausted.  
端
JLPT HSK 6
end, extremity, item, port, margin
duān
立 耑 山 而
Left: to stand 立, right: concentrated 耑 (like a mountain 山 of beards 而)
(e.g. a hunter) He stand on the mountain with a beard at the edge.  
薪
JLPT HSK 6
firewood, fuel, salary
xīn
艹 亲 立 斤
Top: plant 艹, below: new 新 (From a standing 立 tree 木 your axe 斤 makes someting new.)
(All) plants and also standing trees are made with the axe to: firewood.  
啦
JLPT HSK 6
Sentence-final particle as exclamation
lā, la
口 扌 立
Left: mouth 口, right: pull (string instrument) 拉
With my mouth, the hand 扌 and my standpoint 立 I make an exclamation at the sentence-final.  
谱
JLPT HSK 6
chart, list, score (music), spectrum (physics)
pǔ
讠 立 並
Left: word 讠/言, right: general, common 普 (Lining up 並 in the sun 日 is generally common.) - [line up 並 = combined of 2x 'to stand' 立立]
Words are commonly lined-up in: lists.  
泣
JLPT HSK 6
to cry, to weep, to sob
qì
氵 立
Left: water 氵, right: to stand 立
In the water he is standing and cries.  
竖
JLPT HSK 6
vertical, to erect, vertical stroke
shù
立 圣
Top: knife刂, hand 又 (Here: 又 as a variant of fork 叉 [= hand holding fork 丶]), bottom: stand 立
(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected).  
障
JLPT HSK 6
to hinder, block, obstruct
zhàng
阝 章 立 早
Left: hill 阝, right: medal 章 (Get up 立 early 早 to get a medal.)
(As a protection against floodwaters) The hill gets a medal, because it is a hindrance. [against the water]  
粒
JLPT HSK 6
grain, granule, [small round things]
lì
米 立
Left: rice 米, right: to stand 立
Where the rice stands, there is grain.  
靖
JLPT no HSK
quiet, peaceful, to make tranquil, to pacify
jìng
立 青
Left: to stand 立, right: green, blue, young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.)
When something stands (still), like growing plants in the moonlight, it is quiet.  
妾
JLPT no HSK
concubine, female servant
qiè
立 女
Top: to stand 立, bottom: woman 女
The standing woman is the: concubine.  
笠
JLPT no HSK
broad bamboo rain hat
lì
竹 立
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: to stand 立
Under this 'bamboo' you can stand, if it is: a hat.  
霎
JLPT no HSK
all of a sudden, drizzle
shà
雨 立 女
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), right: concubine 妾 (The standing 立 woman 女 is the: concubine.)
In the rain is standing a woman (and says:) It came suddenly.  
竣
JLPT no HSK
complete, finish
jùn
立 夋
Left: to stand 立, right: to dawdle =go slowly 夋 (nose 厶, legs 儿, upturned foot 夂)
(At the end of a race) You can stand (still) or dawdle when you have: completed or finished (the race).  
翌
JLPT no HSK
the next, the following, bright, tomorrow
yì
羽 立
Top: wings 羽, bottom: to stand 立
(When a rooster crows in the morning, it first fluffs itself up.) Its feathers stand up (= deploy) to announce the next/following (day).  
煜
JLPT no HSK
brilliant, glorious
yù
火 立
Left: fire 火, right: bright 昱 (The sun 日 stands 立 upright and bright.)
A fire that is like a 'standing sun', is: brilliant.  

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