The Chinese Radical: 谷


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Meaning
valley    谷

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 2
lead (chemical element)
qiān
Left: metal 钅/金 (= Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: variation of valley 谷
(Found in lower places because of its weight.) The metal in the valley is: lead.  
HSK 3
appearance, look, to hold, to contain
róng
Top: roof 宀, below: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口)
The roofs in the valley determine the appearance.  
HSK 5
custom, convention, popular, vulgar, coarse

Left: person 人, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
People in the valleys have commonly coarse customs.  
HSK 6
rich, abundant

Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The clothes in this valley looks rich.  
沿
HSK 6
along, following (a line)
yán
Left: water 氵, right: var. of valley 谷 (pictograph of a valley opening towards a plain)
The water in the valley: flows along. (that you can have your bath 浴)  
HSK 6
valley, grain, corn
gǔ, yù

Shows a valley between lateral slopes that opens into a plain 口  
HSK 6
to melt, to dissolve, soluble
róng
Left: water 氵, right: appearance 容 (The roofs 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Water comes from the roof into the valley, because it is melting.  
HSK 6
bath, to bathe

Left: water 氵, right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The water flows into the valley, where you can have your bath.  
HSK 6
greed, to desire, passion, lust

Left: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.)
In the valley (everything) is lacking, hence the greed and desires.  
no HSK
lotus
róng
Left: plant 艹, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 have an appearance.)
(With the big pink blossom:) The plant for your good appearance is: The lotus.  
no HSK
opening, sacrifice, crack, slit, stake all, exempt (from)
huá, huō, huò
Left: damage 害 (Under the roof 宀 is a growing plant 丰 in a pot 口, which damaged it), right: valley 谷 (Shows a valley that opens into a plain 口.)
The damage is like a valley: Such wide open.  
no HSK
to smelt, to fuse
róng
Left: fire 火, right: appearance 容 (The houses 宀 in the valley 谷 are an appearance.)
Fire causes the "appearance" of smelting.  
no HSK
channel, gully, narrow ravine, bed of torrent

Top: 㕡 (Upper left resembles: cavity,hole 穴 and valley 谷 with other elements showing a channel itself) and hand 又), bottom: earth 土
(So that the water can flow away) A hole for running towards the valley was formed by the hand in the earth as a channel or canal.  

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