The BOAT radical: It is related to boats.
Examples: 船 (chuan) meaning boat
艘 (sou) meaning fleet, a quantitative noun
艇 (ting) meaning yacht
The WOOD radical: It is related to wood and plants.
Examples: 枝 (zhi) meaning branch
植 (zhi) meaning plant
树 (shu) meaning tree
The METAL radical: It is related to metals.
Examples: 钱 (qian) meaning money
meaning wrong, as people used an object made of metal to mash ice and other things.
铁 (tie) meaning iron
The MEAT radical: It is related to the body and its parts.
Examples: 脚 (jiao) meaning leg
脑 (nao) meaning brain
胖 (pang) meaning fat
The GRAIN radical: It is related to grains.
Examples: 稻 (dao) meaning grain, wheat
种 (zhong) meaning to plant
移 (yi) meaning to shift, as farmers shifted their crops when
the soil was not fertile anymore