The Radical: 尹


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Meaning
Hand with stick    尹

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
you, Mr., lord
kimi, KUN
Top: A hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick , bottom: mouth
The one with the stick in the hand striking on your mouth, is your master/lord.

Vocabulary
JLPT 3Joyo 4
county, township
kōri, GUN
Left: you/lord (The one with the stick in the hand ナ/ヨ striking on your mouth , is your master/lord.), right: village (If this radical is at the left of a character, it means: hill.)
The lord of the village dominates the county.

Vocabulary
JLPT 3Joyo 4
health, peace

Left: building 广, below: (hand ナ/ヨ holding a stick which stirs a liquid ) [cf. to catch ]
In a building a hand stirs a soup which is for the health.
广
Vocabulary
JLPT 3Joyo 4
silent, quiet, calm
shizuka, SEI, JŌ
Left: blue/young (Growing plants appear in the moonshine as blue and young.), right: dispute (bent person with stick in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute)
A "young" dispute is still silent and quiet.

Vocabulary
JLPT 3Joyo 4
dispute, compete, conflict, fight
arasou,
Top: bent person , below: hand ナ/ヨ, stick
The bent person with a stick in his hand is looking for a dispute.

Vocabulary
JLPT 2Joyo 5
flock, group, crowd, cluster
mura, mure, GUN
Left: you, lord, master (The one with the stick in the hand ナ/ヨ striking on a mouth , is the master/lord.), right: sheep (The horned animal with a backbone and laterally protruding due to thick wool is a sheep.)
If you (= the master) have sheep, then (hopefully) a flock.

Vocabulary
JLPT 1Joyo 7
pure, clean

Left: water , right: conflict/fight (bent person with stick in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute.)
If 'water' is what you are fighting for, then only for the clean and pure.

Vocabulary
JLPT 1Joyo 7
apprehend, chase, seize, catch up
TAI
Left: movement 辶, right: (Hand ヨ/ and an animal [e.g. cat] with a tail and four extremities/limb spreading away from the body.)
When the hand seizes the tail of the animal in one movement, it has caught it.

Vocabulary
JLPT 1Joyo 7
servant, obey
REI
Left: samurai and to show /, right: (hand ナ/ヨ and an animal [i.e. cat] with a tail extremities/limbs spreading away from the body) (cf. to catch )
A samurai shows how to catch a cat by hand at the tail to the servant.

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