The Japanese Radical: 兹


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2x mysterious    兹

Explanation This radical comprises twice 'mysterious 玄". For remembering think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet 磁石 = じしゃく), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺) [and fixed with a bracket 艹] behave mysteriously.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 1Joyo 6
magnet, porcelain
JI
Left: stone 石 (Below the cliff 厂 are stones 口.), right: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (Here: mounting bracket 艹 with two hanging threads 糸)
These stones, are mysterious (when hanging at threads and move), because they are: magnetic. (or porcelain)  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
nourishing, nutritious, strengthen, nutrient-rich
JI
Left: water 氵, right: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously.)
Water is doubly mysterious, if it is nourishing and nutritious.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
mercy, affection, tenderness
itsukushimu, JI
Top: 兹 2x mysterious 玄 (part of magnet: 磁, where a upper bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysteriously.), below: heart 心
Like a magnet of the heart [without that stone] is: mercy and affection.  

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