The Japanese Radical: 耂


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Meaning
old man    耂

Explanation With the radical oigashira, an old man seems to be support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?

Used in these characters:
JLPT 4Joyo 2
teach
oshieru, KYŌ
Left: filial duty 孝 (An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子.), right: strike 攵 (hand with a stick ノ)
The old man strikes the child with a stick in the hand when teaching.  
JLPT 4Joyo 2
to think, consider
kangaeru,
Top: old man 耂, bottom: wound seaweed 丂
The old man is at the wound seaweed and he is thinking.  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
person, being, some
mono, SHA
Top: old man 耂, bottom: sun 日
The old man in the sun shows his whole person.  
JLPT 4Joyo 3
hot weather
atsui, SHO
Top: sun 日, bottom: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.)
The sun is directly above the person - that's hot weather!  
JLPT 3Joyo 4
old age, aged, grow old
fukeru, oiru,
Top: old man 耂, below: sitting person 匕
The old man sitting there has been aged.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
filial duty/piety (respect of child for parents)

Top: old man 耂, below: child 子 (an old man 耂 strikes with a stick ノ a child 子)
Towards an old man, a child has: filial duties.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
government, public office, signature
SHO
Top: eye 罒, below: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.)
Like an "eye" over the persons. That's the government (i.e. during signatures)  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
various, several, many
moro, SHO
Left: word 言, right: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.)
The words of that person can mean various things.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
remarkable, author, renowned
ichijirushii, arawasu, CHO
Top: plant 艹, below: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person)
Under the plant, is a person who is a remarkable author.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
fermentation, yeast

Left: wine jar 酉, tight: filial duty 孝 (An old man 耂 with a stick/cane ノ teaches them to a child 子)
In the wine jar, with filial duty, yeast is set into fermentation.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
torture

Left: hand 扌, right: think 考 (The old man 耂 is at the seaweed 丂 for thinking.)
The hand thinks of torture.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
boil, cook, simmer
niru/eru/yasu, SHA
Top: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.), bottom: fire 灬
The person at the fire is boiling sth.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
connection, thong, cord, beginning, string
o, SHO, CHO
Left: thread 糸, right: person 者 (is used at: 一緒に【いっしょに】, where the one 一 thread 糸 makes the persons 者 to be connected.)
A thread (or bond) between persons is their connection.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
gamble, bet, risk
kakeru, TO
Left: shell/money 貝, right: variant of person 者 (old man 耂, white 白)
The money of the white person was risked in gambling.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
chopsticks
hashi,
From top: bamboo 竹, AND '+', chopsticks ナ, white 白 (or variation of person 者)
Made of bamboo AND the chopsticks are white: The chopsticks!  

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