The Chinese Radical: 育




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Meaning
to give birth, raise    育

Explanation

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

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

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

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