The Japanese Radical: 市


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Meaning
city, market place    市

Explanation This radical is a combination of a cover: 亠 and cloth: 巾

Used in these characters:
市
JLPT 4Joyo 2
 city, marketplace
ichi, SHI
 市 亠 巾
Top: a cover 亠, bottom: fabric/cloth 巾
A cover and cloth are available in the city at the marketplace.  
姉
JLPT 4Joyo 2
 elder sister
ane, SHI
 女 市 巾
Left: woman 女, right: city/marketplace 市
The woman in the city is my elder sister.  
肺
JLPT 1Joyo 6
 lungs
HAI
 肉 市 巾
Left: body part 月/肉, right: simplification of city 市 (Better: shoulders 一, lungs/chest 冂 and middle of the body 丨)
The body part below head 丶 and shoulders 一 with the lobes of the lung 冂 lateral to the backbone 丨 are: the lungs.  
柿
JLPT -Joyo 7
 persimmon
kaki,
木 市 巾
Left: tree 木, right: town/market 市
(Persimmons keep fresh in the refrigerator only for a few days) From the tree (directly) to the market: the persimmon.  

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