THE RADICAL SHED

The knife radical

Radical · cutting, dividing

刂

A knife squeezed thin. Words with it slice, split or separate.

14 of the 32 characters that carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

前B1

前qiánfront; before 前面qiánmiànfront; ahead 面前miànqiánin front of; before 前年qiánniánthe year before last

到B1

到dàoto arrive; to reach 迟到chídàoto arrive late 到处dàochùeverywhere 得到dédàoto get; to obtain

别B2

别biédon't; other 别的biédeother; else 别人biérénother people; others 特别tèbiéspecial; especially

刻B3

刻kèa quarter of an hour; to carve 立刻lìkèimmediately 深刻shēnkèprofound 时刻shíkètime

刚B3

刚gāngjust; only just; exactly 刚才gāngcáijust now; a moment ago 刚刚gānggāngjust recently; just now 刚好gānghǎojust

刷B3

刷shuāto brush; to scrub 牙刷yáshuātoothbrush 印刷yìnshuāto print 刷新shuāxīnto refresh; to break a record

刮B3

刮guāto blow; to scrape; to shave 刮目相看guāmù-xiāngkànto look at sb with new respect; to sit up

利B4

流利liúlìfluent 顺利shùnlìsmoothly 便利biànlìconvenient 便利店biànlìdiànconvenience store

剧B4

电视剧diànshìjùTV drama; TV series 话剧huàjùstage play; drama 京剧jīngjùBeijing opera 剧院jùyuàntheater

划B4

计划jìhuàplan; to plan 划huáto row; to cut 策划cèhuàto plan; to plot 规划guīhuàplan; to plan; to map out

列B4

列lièto line up; measure word for trains 列车lièchētrain 排列páilièto arrange in order 系列xìlièseries

判B4

判断pànduànto judge 裁判cáipànreferee; judge 谈判tánpànto negotiate 判pànto judge; to decide

则B4

否则fǒuzéotherwise; if not 规则guīzérule 原则yuánzéprinciple 则zéconjunction: but, then (literary contrast)

剩B4

剩shèngto remain 剩余shèngyúto remain 过剩guòshèngto be excessive

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