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As a radical, it is used to classify characters that contain the 丨 stroke. It represents the idea of penetrating vertically or passing through from top to bottom.

#1 — one, the number 1, first

#2 — to pierce through

#3 — an ancient punctuation mark

#4 — diagonal stroke, slanting stroke

#5 — The second of the ten heavenly stems (天干 (tiāngān))

#6 — a backward hook

#7 — two, the number 2, second

#8 — pig-year head, top of the character 亥

#9 — human, person

#10 — a virtuous/good person

#11 — to enter, to let in, to put in

#12 — eight, the number 8, the eighth in order

#13 — city outskirts, suburbs

#14 — to cover, to conceal

#15 — ice, oil, to congeal/freeze

#16 — small table, low bench (안석)

#17 — to open the mouth, to gape

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