Now Out: Radical Note 6 on the "Barb" Radical, Plus 24 Revisions

Radical Note 6 on the “barb” radical 亅 has posted. Find out what 事 (293: thing), 予 (403: beforehand), and 了 (1905: completion) have in common that landed them in the same radical category. Hint: nothing! And see how radical 6 relates to radical 2. This resource is free!

In addition, revisions of the following 24 essays have posted.

• essay 1019 on 疫 (epidemic; disease)
• essay 1022 on 謁 (meeting with a high-ranking person)
• essay 1031 on 汚 (dirty; to defile, dishonor; corruption; contamination)
• essay 1039 on 憶 (memory; guess)
• essay 1047 on 菓 (confection; cake; sweets)
• essay 1093 on 甘 (sweet; fragrant; tempting; indulgent; "sweet" radical)
• essay 1110 on 寛 (broad; magnanimous; lenient; relaxed)
• essay 1154 on 拒 (to refuse)
• essay 1198 on 掲 (to display (esp. in writing), put up (a notice), hoist; mention, carry, publish)
• essay 1212 on 肩 (shoulder)
• essay 1341 on 蛇 (snake, serpent; hard drinker)
• essay 1432 on 辛 (spicy; bitter; dry taste; salty; severe; painful; "bitter" radical)
• essay 1731 on 碑 (inscribed stone monument; tombstone)
• essay 1742 on 猫 (cat)
• essay 1799 on 峰 (peak, mountaintop; ridge)
• essay 1809 on 房 (chamber, room; cluster; tuft; tassel; cell)
• essay 1831 on 磨 (to polish; brush (teeth); grind, wear away; improve)
• essay 1835 on 又 (again; and, also; on the other hand, or; "again" radical)
• essay 1898 on 柳 (willow) 
• essay 1919 on 励 (to encourage; strive; diligent)
• essay 1987 on 臼 (mortar; millstone; hand mill; "mortar" radical)
• essay 2005 on 虎 (tiger; drunkard)
• essay 2025 on 鹿 (deer)
• essay 2079 on 瞳 (pupil (of eye); eye; iris (of eye))

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