The Chinese Radical: 缶


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Meaning
can, jar    缶

Explanation This character 缶 is rarely used in Chinese. The meaning of this radical is borrowed from Japanese: 缶 (=かん) = box. It is understood as a pestle 午 in a mortar 凵. As the pestle 午 in the mortar is vertical, it has the meaning “noon” [wǔ], as the sun is then also vertical.

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
deficiency, lack, scarce, vacant post
quē
Left: a can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ)
With only one 'can' in the backpack, the person still has a defficiency.  
HSK 4
grapes
táo
Top: plant 艹, below: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
A plant where it is like "wrapped in a can" are the grapes.  
HSK 5
to hit, to strike, to break

Bottom: container 凵, similar to a can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵, but without stick ノ)
He takes the stick ノ from the can 缶 and hits/strikes with it.  
HSK 5
to shake, rock, wag, swing
yáo
Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, below: can, jar 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The hand reaches downwards to the can, to shake it.  
HSK 5
to wash, clean out, cleanse, eliminate, dredge
táo
Left: water 氵, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
Use Water, because before enwrapping, the can shall be washed.  
HSK 6
to fish out (from pocket), to scoop
tāo
Left: hand 扌, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 ])
You need your hand for something packed, to fish it out from your pocket.  
HSK 6
pottery, pleased
táo
Left: hill 阝, right: package 匋 (wrap 勹, can 缶 [lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵])
With material from a hill (clay), you can make this package: pottery.  
HSK 6
can, jar, pot
guàn
Left: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: heron, stork 雚 (Between plants 艹 in two ponds ロロ is a bird 隹, the heron.)
A can on which a heron is depicted is still a can.  
HSK 6
rumor, popular ballad, legend
yáo
Left: word 讠/言, right: hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (= lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
Words you pick out of a can are: rumors or ballads.  
HSK 6
distant, remote, far, far away
yáo
Left: movement 辶, right: 䍃 (hand from above 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
If it takes a movement to get from above to the can, it is distant.  
no HSK
jar, vat, classifier for loads of laundry
gāng
Left: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵), right: work(er) 工
A 'can' built by a worker is a jar.  
no HSK
precious stone, jade, nacre, precious
yáo
Left: king, jade 王, right: 䍃 (hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
The 'jade', the hand gets out of the can, is a precious stone.  
no HSK
oven, kiln
yáo
Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: can 缶 (lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵)
At the top is the hole at this 'can': the oven.  

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