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In modern Chinese scripts, the radical component on the left is written 糹 (three dots below 幺).
In Japanese kanji and Korean hanja, the radical component on the left is written 糸 (小 below 幺 but the middle stroke of 小 is written with a 丨 vertical stroke without bottom hook), which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
In traditional Chinese and Korean hanja, the 及 component on the right contains 又, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
In mainland China (for the traditional form based on Xin Zixing ( 新字形)), Japanese kanji and Vietnamese Nôm, the 及 component on the right does not contain 又 and is written in 3 strokes (丿 followed by ⿱ 乛 乛 and ㇏).

It is a phono-semantic compound character formed by the meaning component 糸 (silk/thread) and the sound component 及 (pronounced “급”).

#113 — to show, to display, to demonstrate, to reveal, to indicate, to exhibit

#114 — animal footprint

#115 — grain, cereal

#116 — hole, cave

#117 — to stand, to make erect, to establish

#118 — bamboo

#119 — rice

#120 — thin silk, fine thread

#120 — level, grade, class/rank

#121 — pot, jar

#122 — net

#123 — sheep, goat

#124 — feather, wing

#125 — old

#126 — to connect, to link

#127 — handle of plow

#128 — ear

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