allograph (different shape but same meaning)
connotation as a character part
abbreviated, abbreviation
contracted, contraction
extended meaning
government
kanji, ideograph, character
literal translation from the Shuowen Jiezi
modified, modification
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mijn hanzi, modification
opposite meaning or situation
when used as a character part
explanation according to Richard Sears (http://hanziyuan.net/)
one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
situation chosen for evoking this meaning
suffix for counting units of objects, etc.
Unclassified by Joseph De Roo.
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円円RSyen, circular
  • the world is thrown wide ⼌ open when one 丨 has confidence and stands firmly on the ground 一: one earns a lot of money; money coins are circular
 丸 圓
旾旾RSspring, youth
  • the time of the year when the sun 日 makes the vegetation break through the ground 一
 春
本本RSroot, origin, source, basis, book
  • lit. at the base 一 of the tree 木 lie its roots and its origin; the basis of all knowledge is in books
 源 基 創 元 下 原 塁; 之; 乚 巻 帳 書 典 簿 簡 籍 頁 冊; 体 鉢
雨雨RS𠕲𠕒𠕘𩁼㲾rain, rainy, rad. 173 傘; 虹; 漏; 3144-3179
度度RSdegree, system, manner, to consider
  • hand 又 feeling the temperature of a pot 凵 with lid 一 in house 广
  • hand 又 checking things extensively 广 twenty 廿 times: systematically
程 段; 遍 回; 渡
才才RStalent, ability, years old, just, only
  • thing 丨 pierced through twice 一⼃: talent pierces through everything; ability can only be achieved by developing a talent with many years of practice
  • sprouting plant: it has the capacity to grow and bear fruit as men have talent
 材 閉 財; 齢 歳 年; 能
弐弐RSnumber two
  • one 一 spear 弋 guarding the number two 二
了了RSfinish, particle of completed action
  • baby 子 without supporting arm 一: a life coming to fruition, one doesn't need to be supported anymore
卒 完 終; 悟; 蒸
晝晝RS
昼昼		daytime, daylight
  • when writing with a brush in a sunlit place near the window 書 casts a shadow on a sheet of paper 一
  • ⓢ when the sun 日 casts a small 尺 shadow on the ground 一
不不RSno, not; un-; negative prefix
  • person spreading arms in objection → 不
  • lit. bird flying under the sky 一 and not coming down → 不
  • newborn bird flapping its wings, it will not fly to the sky 一, the result is negative for flying
  • the roots of a plant → 不: the roots can not be pulled out
 非 無; 杯 否
國國RS
国国		nation, country, nation-state
  • people wielding spears 戈 with big mouths 口 protecting their one 一 king and borderline 囗
  • ⓢ a country holds it's precious 玉 treasures within it's borders 囗
 国
来来RS來come, coming, return, returning
  • modf. 來 → 来
  • looks like a grain of wheat with it's roots 人, ground 一, stem and spike丨, and leaves 一丷: Farmers keep coming back to the fields to plant grain
夹; 参; 因 致 醸
爰爰RSlead on to, therefore, then
  • RS. a hand 爫 on the top and a hand on the bottom 又: leading someone
  • hand 爫 of a friend 友 leading someone 一
亼亼RSto assemble, to gather together
  • people 人 coming together in one 一 place; people entering 入 one 一 place
 今
徴徴RS
徵徵		summon, levy, ask, sign
  • king 王 knocking 攵 on his chair: sign to summon someone 一 from the mountain 山 to come 彳
央央RScenter, conclude, run out, beg
  • RS. man 大 carrying a big load 冂 on a pole 一 which he has to balance so he's in the middle; after he's finished he begs for water; con.: balance
器; 枢; 召; 中; 英 映
烏烏RS
乌乌		crow, rook, raven, black, dark
  • looking like bird 鳥 but with one 一 color
黴黴RS
黣黣		䆀霉𩽚𪑛mold, mildew, bacteria, fungi
  • when every 毎 single 一 day the mountains 山 are hit 攵 with coming 彳 dark 黑 clouds fungi and mold thrives
具具RStool, implement, draw up, write
  • a tool 一 inserted into a seashell 貝 to open it
 鏡; 器; 物
衰衰RSdecline, falter, decrease, weaken
  • RS. clothes 衣 made of hemp: → 衰: clothing for the weak with declined health
  • clothes with one 一 hole口: declining
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