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:
HSK 2
new, newly, recent
xīn
Left: parents 亲 (They stand 立 as supervision in the tree 木), right: axe 斤
Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new.  
HSK 2
station, to stand, to halt, to stop
zhàn
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 divine fortune: At the station.  
HSK 3
border, boundary, place, circumstances
jìng
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.  
HSK 3
should, ought to, to deal with, to answer, to respond
yīng, yìng
广
Left: Building 广, below: compressed variation of standing 立
In the building to be able to stand? That's what you should!  
HSK 3
to contact with, to connect, to welcome sb., to receive
jiē
Left: hand 扌, right: stand 立, woman 女
(Shake) hands and stand up for the woman you want to make contact with.  
HSK 3
position, location, place, seat
wèi
Left: person 亻/人, right: to stand 立
People are standing at their positions.  
HSK 4
parent, relative/intimate, close, kiss
qīn, qìng
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  
HSK 4
medal, badge, decoration, order, chapter, regulation
zhāng
Top: to rise/stand 立, below: early 早 (When the sunrise 旦 at the marking 丶 at the horizon 一, it is early in the morning)
Get up early and you will get a medal.  
HSK 4
to compete, to contend, to struggle
jìng
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.  
HSK 4
child, children
tóng
Top: stand 立, below: village 里 (Fields 田 and earth 土 belong to a village)
Standing in the village is: a child.  
HSK 4
mirror, lens
jìng
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.  
HSK 4
general, popular, everywhere, universal

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.  
HSK 4
to pull, to drag, to play (string instruments)

Left: hand 扌, right: to stand 立
A hand on which sb. stands is pulled (back), such as a string instrument is pulled /played.  
HSK 4
trash, garbage, of poor quality

Left: earth, ground 土, right: to stand 立
It is the ground where it should stand: The trash.  
HSK 5
to touch, to meet with, to bump
pèng
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.  
HSK 5
to give birth, to produce, estate
chǎn
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).  
HSK 5
to stand, to set up, to establish


Top: head and arms 亠, bottom: legs of a person standing on the ground 一.  
HSK 6
perseverance, endurance, resolute staunch

Left: 豙 (to stand 立 and pig 豕), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)
He stands like a pig with a battle axe in the hand and has perseverance.  
HSK 6
to be exhausted, used up (resources), dried up
jié
Left: to stand 立, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth 口 with a tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)
If you need to stand at an interrogation, you will be exhausted.  
HSK 6
end, extremity, item, port, margin
duān
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.  
HSK 6
firewood, fuel, salary
xīn
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.  
HSK 6
Sentence-final particle as exclamation
lā, la
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.  
HSK 6
chart, list, score (music), spectrum (physics)

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.  
HSK 6
to cry, to weep, to sob

Left: water 氵, right: to stand 立
In the water he is standing and cries.  
HSK 6
vertical, to erect, vertical stroke
shù
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).  
HSK 6
to hinder, block, obstruct
zhàng
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]  
HSK 6
grain, granule, [small round things]

Left: rice 米, right: to stand 立
Where the rice stands, there is grain.  
no HSK
quiet, peaceful, to make tranquil, to pacify
jìng
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.  
no HSK
concubine, female servant
qiè
Top: to stand 立, bottom: woman 女
The standing woman is the: concubine.  
no HSK
broad bamboo rain hat

Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: to stand 立
Under this 'bamboo' you can stand, if it is: a hat.  
no HSK
all of a sudden, drizzle
shà
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.  
no HSK
complete, finish
jùn
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).  
no HSK
the next, the following, bright, tomorrow

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).  
no HSK
brilliant, glorious

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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