The Radical: 彳


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Meaning
to walk    彳

Explanation Radical gyounin This is the half form of gyougamae

Used in these Kanji:
JLPT 5Joyo 2
delayed, after, later, back
ushiro, ato, nochi, okureru, GO, KŌ
Left: walking , right: a variation of thread , crossed legs (= here together as: thread around the legs)
He walks with tied legs (= thread around crossed-legs) and thus is: delayed.
JLPT 5Joyo 2
to go, come, conduct
iku, yuku, okonau, KŌ, GYŌ, AN

Twice the radical for going means "to go".
JLPT 4Joyo 3
wait
matsu, TAI
Left: go , right: temple (from earth and built with skillful hands )
Go to the temple and wait.
JLPT 3Joyo 3
role, post, service
eki, YAKU
Left: to go , right: weapon (battle axe) 几 in a hand
Go with the weapon in your hand, that is your role.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
on foot, companion, futile, uselessness
tada, itazura, TO
Left: walking , right: to run (On the earth feet must run.)
(Developed from the foot soldiers, which had little value) They walk or run as escorts/companion, but are pretty useless.
JLPT 1Joyo 5
to leave, to be gone, past, formerly,journey
Ō
Left: to go , right: master (I emphasize the king is the master.)
Here goes the master: Now he has left.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
gain, get, acquire, benefit
eru, uru, TOKU
Left: go , right: sunrise (sun above the horizon ), skillful hand [opposite: ]
Go at sunrise with your skillful hand and make profit.
JLPT 1Joyo 5
virtue, merit
TOKU
Left: go , right: ten , eye , heart
Going with ten eyes and one heart demands virtue.
JLPT 2Joyo 5
again, repeat, restore
FUKU
Left: to go , right: reversible, return (Who first lies on the tatami mat and then sits cross-legged , has "reversed".)
Go with a reverse and it will happen again.
JLPT 3Joyo 4
diameter
KEI
Left: to go , right: vertical (A hand is vertically above the ground .)
Go (at a wheel) with your hand from the ground vertically upwards to measure the: diameter.
JLPT 1Joyo 6
follow, obedience, comply, obey, subordinate
shitagau,
Left: to go , right: out of , correct .
I go out very correctly: I follow in obedience.
JLPT 1Joyo 6
vertical, length
tate,
Left: thread , right: follow, obey (Go out but correctly and obedient.)
(At the loom:) The threads of "obedience= " [= warp-thread, to which the rest follows] are vertical.
JLPT 2Joyo 6
law, judge, melody
RITSU, RICHI
Left: go , right: var. of write (A hand ナ/ヨ with a brush writes two lines on a paper )
Go and write down the law.
JLPT 2Joyo 7
respectful expression, handle, drive, control
o(n)-, mi-, GYO, GO
Left: go , right: wholesale (A noon--break for the bowed person from the wholesale)
I go (to the wholesaler) at noon, stop and bow, because I am respectful.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
sequential, follow, circulate
JUN
Left: go , right: shield (a shield with ten eyes )
(For a better protection:) If you go under a shield, go sequentially or follow a circulation.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
slowly, gradually, little by little
omomuro, JO
Left: go right: excess, remain (A heap is still on a altar [=to show], thus there in excess.)
He goes excessively slow.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
assault, attack, subjugate, assail
SEI
Left: go , right: correct (At the line to stop is correct.)
Go ahead correctly if you want to assault.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
indication, sign, summon, symptom
shirushi, CHŌ
From left: go , mountain , king , strike, hit
Go on the mountain to the king who will strike you: to give an indication.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
punish, chastise
koriru/rasu, CHŌ
Top: indication, sign (Go on the mountain to the king , who hits you for giving an indication.), below: heart
Indications for the heart can be a punishment.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
penetrate, go through, pierce, remove
TETSU
From left: go , raise/grow up (The new born baby [= child , but upside down, because at birth with head first] has a body , that needs to be raised.), strike (hand with stick )
Go, grow up and if you can strike, you will get through it all.
JLPT 2Joyo 7
he, him, boyfriend
kare, kano, are, ano, HI
Left: go , right: skin (A hand with a knife peels off the skin )
He goes, nothing but skin: He, that person!
JLPT 1Joyo 7
tiny, minuteness, obscure, faint, dim, delicate
BI
Left: go , center: mountain , table (cf. ,), right: to strike
Go on the mountain to the table and smash it into tiny pieces.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
overturning (vehicle), capsize (boat), shade, mantle, cover
kutsugaeru/su, ōu, FUKU
西
Top: west 西, bottom: repeat/again (= to go with a reverse ) [reverse = Who first lies on a tatami mat and then sits cross-legged , has reversed.]
In the west it repeats (the experience) that everything can overturn or capsize.
JLPT 1Joyo 7
wear (on foot), put on
haku, RI
Top: buttock from the side , below: repeat, again (to go with a reverse ) [reverse = Who first lies on the tatami mat and then sits cross-legged , has "reversed"]
For the buttock it is a repetition when shoes are put on.

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