The Chinese Radical: 釆


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Meaning
emphasized rice    釆

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
to explain, to interpret, to release
shì
Left: 釆 (rice 米 with emphasis ノ), right: variant of vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above ground 土)
(It depends on the strong rice:) The emphasized rice stands vertically: That's how it can be explained.  
HSK 4
to turn over, to flip over, to overturn
fān
Left: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.), right: wings 羽
Foreign wings can turn over.  
HSK 4
to sow, to scatter, spread, broadcast

Left: hand 扌, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with accent/emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
The hand puts the emphasized ノ rice (= selected for breeding) on the field when sowing or spreading.  
HSK 4
know, familiar with, in all cases

Top: 釆 (accent for emphasis ノ and rice 米), bottom: heart 心
To have the outstanding (= accented importance) of rice in your heart is the real knowledge.  
HSK 6
foreign, ethnic from outside China, (number of) times or fold
fān, pān
At top: emphasis ノ rice 米, below a rice field 田
The emphasized/modified rice on the field is foreign.  
no HSK
water for rinsing rice
pān
Left: water 氵, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
Use water such that the husk ノ floats at the top and below the rice is on a space/area 田, when: washing the rice.  
no HSK
glaze (of porcelain)
yòu
Left: 釆 (emphasis ノ and rice 米), right: reason 由 (The seedling/sprout 丨 in the field 田 has its reason) (here: 由 as waterless oil 油)
Using emphasized rice and waterless oil, you make a glaze.  
no HSK
banner
fān
Left: cloth 巾, right: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
This cloth shows, what is foreign: The banner!  
no HSK
a fence (for defense), a pale, border, vassal state
fān
Top: plant 艹, below: water for rinsing 潘 (water 氵, foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
Plants or water can be against the foreign, a fence or border.  
no HSK
luxuriant, flourishing, to reproduce, to proliferate
fán
Top: growing plant 艹, below: foreign 番 (The modified rice 釆 [= rice 米 with emphasis ノ] on the field 田 is foreign.)
Plants that are foreign (invasive species) are particularly flourishing.  
no HSK
cricket

Left: insect 虫, right: know, be familiar with 悉 (To have the outstanding ノ of rice 米 in your heart 心 is the real knowledge)
The insect, that is known/familiar is: the cricket.  

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