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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襄襄RS
㐮㐮
aid, help, assist, undress
  • image of a person with two eyes 口口 putting off his hat 亠 and being 龷 undressed from his clothes 𧘇: he's being helped
京京RScapital city
  • city with covered places 亠 where small 小 talk 口 is of great importance
洛 市 都; 涼 就 鯨 景
六六RSsix
  • → 六 : eight 八 without 2 入
  • 1 head + 1 torso + 2 arms outstretched sideways 亠 + 2 legs 八= six
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玄玄RSdeep, profound, abstruse, black, dark, rad. 95
  • RS. a piece of yarn 幺 being dyed black black (suspended from a cover 亠 in a pot)
高高RS髙high, tall, lofty, elevated
  • high house visible in the open country 冂 with one room 口 above another 口 and a roof 亠 on top
耒; 稿 亭
亡亡RSdeath, destroyed, lose, perish
  • → 亡: person 人 hidden behind a line 丨: buried and lost
  • person hidden under a lid 亠
歹 死; 忘 妄 望 盲 忙 荒 網
雝雝RS
雍雍
harmony, union, harmonious
  • RS. 邕 city with moat and 隹 birds: harmony
  • ⓢ sealed 亠 harmony 雝: 雍
  • ⓢ bound 乡 chicken 隹 in a pot with lid 亠: harmonious life with cooking chicken on the fire
熟熟RS熟孰𡒒𡦛𡦦𤋩 𤍨𤒆𤒒𦏧𰀅well-cooked, ripe, mellow, familiar with
  • fire 灬 in the oven in which one is cooking 孰
  • a skilled person who 孰 is familiar with the fire 灬 and enjoys 享 preparing cooked meatballs 丸 for the children 子 in the house 亠 to eat 口
享享RSenjoy, receive
  • RS. (1) original of 郭 (2) simplification of 亯 (3) simplification of (亯 abv 羊) (4) see 亨
  • child 子 receiving and enjoying something to eat 口 in the house 亠
交交RSmix, intersect, exchange, communicate, deliver
  • many 八 people mixing hands 乂 and heads 亠: they will communicate and exchange ideas and intersect them to deliver a compromise everybody can work to
混; 郊 効 較 校 絞
廩廩RS
㐭㐭
granary, supply, stockpile, silo
  • broad 广 silo 稟
  • ⓢ big enclosure 回 with roof 亠: silo or granary
亱亱RSevening, night
  • when retiring for the night a person 亻 goes under cover 亠, when he wakes up he sees the sun coming up 旦
夜
市市RSmarket, fair, city, town, trade
  • covered place 亠 for trading clothes 巾: the market is the centre of the town
姉 柿 肺, 染 率 玄; 京 都
𡿺𡿺RSbrain
  • to make good ideas flow 巛 one should cover and improve 亠 bad 凶 ideas
腦腦RS
脑脑
脳匘brain
㐫㐫RScruel, unfortunate, sad
  • a murderer hides his cruel crime 㐅 by putting everything away in a box 凵 and covering it 亠
凶
方方RSa square, rectangle, a region, local, direction
  • RS. man 人 carrying a load 亠: he must know exactly which direction he goes otherwise he won't reach his target
  • man 人 under a roof 亠: a roof is square
  • a square-shouldered, square-built powerfull man 人 carries a heavy weight 亠: he has as aspect not to be afraid to be upright and honest, he can stand his ground, that is a law of nature
  • Looks like a person running in a certain direction
㫃 坊 妨 芳 傍 紡 房 訪 防 肪
𧝑𧝑RS
𧝣𧝣
wares and clothes
亮亮RSbright, brilliant, radiant, light
  • a brilliant man 儿 stands high above everybody else
  • man with his arms outstretched sideways 亠 standing on a pedestal 几 with cover cloth 冖: you can hear him loud and clear from his mouth 口, you see him bright, radiant and shine and he reveals to be the highlight, he is epic
巿巿RSgrow, sacrificial clothing
  • RS. an apron (巾)
  • RS. plant with long tentacles
  • looks like a head 亠 and clothes 巾
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