The Chinese Radical: 育


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to give birth, raise    育

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
to give birth, to raise, to educate

Top: new born baby (character for child turned upside down: the baby's head comes first), below: body /
The new born baby has a body, that is born and needs to be raised.  
JLPT HSK 6
to remove, to take away, to withdraw
chè
From left: hand , give birth, educate (The new born baby [=child upside down, as head first at birth] has a body , that is born and raised), strikes 攵/
The hand raises and educates with strikes and then removes/withdraws.  
JLPT HSK 6
track, rut, to remove
zhé
From left: vehicle /車, to give birth, educate (The new born baby [=child upside down, as head first at birth] has a body , that is born and raised), strike 攵
The vehicle creates (= gives birth) with every strike (=pothole) a track/rut.  
JLPT HSK 6
clear (water), thorough
chè
Left: water , right: give birth, educate (The new born baby [=child upside down, as head first at birth] has a body , that is born and raised), stick in hand, strike 攵/
If the water is correctly "raised" you can strike through: It is such clear.  
JLPT no HSK
(interjection expressing surprise): Oh!, Yo!

Left: mouth , right: give birth, educate (The new born baby [=child upside down, as head first at birth] has a body , that is born and raised.)
The exclamation (= what comes out of the mouth) at a birth is: Oh!  

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