The Radical: 圭

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piled earth    圭

Explanation twice earth 土 about each other

Used in these Kanji:
勢
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 energy, force, power
ikioi, SEI
Top left: earth 土, eight 八, earth/soil 土; right: round 丸 (sth. nine-九-sided needs an extra accent 丶 to become round.), below: force, strength 力
Eight layers of soil piled up all around with effort need a lot of energy.
 力 丸 圭
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街
JLPT 3Joyo 4
 district, area, road
machi, GAI, KAI
Outside: to go 行, center: piled soil 圭 (= 2x earth 土)
I am walking on elevated earth: The road in my district.
 行 圭 土
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佳
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 excellent, beautiful, good, nice
KA
Left: person 人, right: heaped earth 圭 (2 x earth 土 as piled earth path cf. street 街)
The person strutting on the mounds of earth (= a street) is of excellent beauty.
 亻 圭
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涯
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 limits, boundary, shore, horizon
hate, GAI
From left: water 氵, right: precipice 厓 (cliff 厂 of piled/cumulated earth 圭 [= 2x earth 土])
Water, a cliff, or piles of earth can (each) be a limit.
 氵 厂 圭
Vocabulary
掛
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 cost, hang, hook, be connected
kakari, kakaru/keru,
From left: hand 扌, 圭 (2x earth 土), divine 卜 (crack in a turtle shell used for divination)
A hand with an earth mound can divine where it will hang and how much it will cost.
 扌 圭 卜
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封
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 seal, close off
FŪ, HŌ
Left: piled/cumulated earth 圭 (=2x earth 土), right: skillful hand 寸
(cf. street 街 [= I go 行 over piled earth 圭] - Thus at road construction:) Earth is piled up by skillful hands and sealed.
 圭 寸
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崖
JLPT -Joyo 7
 cliff, steep precipice
gake, GAI
Top: mountain 山, bottom: precipice 厓 (cliff 厂 of heaps of soil 圭/土)
A mountain of piled earth like a cliff, is a cliff/precipice.
 山 厂 圭
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