The Japanese Radical: 並


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Meaning
line up    並

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 2Joyo 7
widely, universally, generally
amaneku, FU
Top: row, line, common 並 (originally 2 x stand 立立 [for row], now merged to 並), below: sun 日
Lining up in the sun is done generally.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
(musical) notation, score (music), genealogy
FU
Left: word 言, right: generally 普 (Lining up 並 in the sun 日 is done generally) [to line up 並 = 2x standing 立立 in a line]
"Words" that are lined up on a written page 日: This is a musical notation.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
line, row, rank, common, ordinary
nami, narabu/beru/bi, HEI
Originally a pictograph: twice to stand 立立, but now merged to this character 並
People are standing side by side to form a line.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
spirit, soul
tama, REI, RYŌ
Top: rain 雨, middle line 一, below: line up 並 (originally 2 x stand 立立, now merged to 並)
Rain falls on lined up spirits.  

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