Learning Traditional Chinese Radical 部首12

In 部首 Eleven we talked about bamboo, bamboo is a good material to make many things. In today's video, let's look at the  部首  related to the material.

Speaking of material, the first thing that comes to my mind is a knife. I know the knife is not a material but a tool, but you need a tool to help you cut the material to get it separated, right?
So, our first 部首 is 

knife刀

刀 has two types 刀刂.
and we have 切割 cut, 分開 separate.
There is a word that looks like 刀 and uses 刀 as its 部首, but they are completely different. The word 刁 has the connotation of someone or something difficult to deal with, so 刁難 means someone is making things difficult for you.

Some materials require tools such as knives to separate them and put them through a special process. For example, leather.
So, we have 

革 leather

Things made of leather, such as 鞋子shoes and 靴子 boots.
To bind things with leather is called 鞏. So the word 鞏固 consolidate means to make something stronger and more secure.

The knife is able to separate not only leather but also silk. So the next 部首 is

 糸silk, or more precisely, silk thread.

糸 has two types 糸糹, usually related to the 絲線 silk thread and 紡織 spin.
The fabric made of silk, called 絹帛.

帛 is a general term for fabric, its 部首 is 巾, so 

巾 is related to fabric.

帛 is an ancient word, now we call it 布料fabric. The strong, rough cloth used for making tents, sails, bags, strong clothes, etc. is 帆布canvas.
The piece of fabric that can cover your head is a hat 帽子.
  • 布料 fabric
  • 帆布 canvas
  • 帽子 hat

Now that we have the fabric, it is time to make the clothes.
Clothes衣 has three types衣衤𧘇, this one will be more common.
Common clothes will be shirts襯衫, shirts have 袖 sleeves, and shirts can be worn with 裙skirt or 褲pants.


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