The Japanese Radical: 彑


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mutually    彑

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 4
pole, extreme, zenith, extremely
kiwameru, KYOKU, GOKU
Left: tree , from right, a hand pushes seaweed between two bars into a small opening
A tree as a mast holds those two bars extremely far apart such that a hand can hang seaweed in the opening between them: This is extreme.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
mutual, interdependence
tagai, GO
Image of a spool with a crosswinding and comprises the radical: 'intertwined' (= image of intertwined threads)
Threads crossing mutually.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
same kind, sort, collect, classify, category
I
From top: var.of mutual , cover (here: separate by covering), fruit (= The "rice field" at the tree )
You should mutual cover/separate them, if you collect fruits of the same kind.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
uncover, peel off, strip off, come off, reveal
hagasu, HAKU
Left top: var. of mutual (intertwined threads on a spool), below: water , right: knife
Mutually, water or a knife can peel off sth. or reveal/uncover.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.





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