one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
活活RS | | live, exist, survive, lively | - someone with a waterfall 氵 tongue 舌: lively person
- drinking (with the tongue) 舌 water 氵 to live, to survive
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刮刮RS | | shave, pare off, scrape | - knife 刂 scraping substance off a tongue 舌
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甜甜RS | | sweet, sweetness, agreeable, pleasant | - RS. something good 甘 on the tongue 舌: sweet
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筈筈RS | 銛 | arrow end | - made from bamboo 竹 looking like a tongue 舌
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舍舍RS | 舎 | house, dwelling, dwell, reside | - where tongues 舌 chatter together 亼 under the roof 𠆢; place 土 with roof 𠆢 and talking mouths 口
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辭辭RS 辞辞 | | words, speech, expression, phrase, resign, leave | - RS. to depart 辛 in a tangle of words 亂 (-乙): be fired with words
- ⓢ spicy 辛 tongue 舌: chattering all the way; because of chattering the person provokes a scandal and has to resign from the company
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話話RS 话话 | | speech, talk, language, dialect | - use your tongue 舌 for speaking 言
| 談 云 語; 筋
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舌舌RS | | tongue, clapper of bell, rad. 135 | - tongue sticking out of the mouth → → 舌; lit. the tongue invades 干 the mouth 口
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亂亂RS 乱乱 | | confusion, state of chaos, revolt | - RS. man kneeling 乚 trying to unravel a mess of string 𤔔
- ⓢ man kneeling 乚 with his tongue hanging out 舌: he's being strangled in the revolution
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適適RS 适适 | | match, comfortable, just | - rows upon rows of stalks 啇 going on ⻌: they match the same line: comfortable to harvest
- ⓢ tongue 舌 going on ⻌ with comfortable talk matching the other's ear
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括括RS | | include, embrace, enclose, seek, come, bound | - tongue 舌 instructing the hand 扌 to bind or embrace someone or something
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舐舐RS | 咶狧舓𦧇𦧑𦧓 𦧧𦧪𦧫𪙬𪙶䑛 | lick (with the tongue) | - tongue 舌 reaching low 氐 -> 䑛 -> 舐
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敵敵RS 敌敌 | | enemy, foe, rival, resist | - hand knocking 攵 out enemies like stalks in the country side 啇
- ⓢ hand puling 攵 the tongue 舌 of the enemy
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憩憩RS | | rest, take rest | - heart 心 tongue 舌 and nose 自 all rest at the same time
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