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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皮皮RS𥬖𠰎skin, hide, fur, feather, outer, rad. 107
  • RS. hand 又 with a rock 丨 stripping the skin (protection) 厂 from an animal
叚; 膚 肌; 革; 波 疲 被 披 彼 破
對對RS
对对		correct, right, facing, opposed
  • the law spoken by the king 王 stands 业 above all else, big 丷 and small 寸
  • ⓢ two hands 寸 又 correcting something
  • ⓢ correct again 又 therefore deserve a thump up 寸
丈丈RSunit of length equal 3.3 meters, gentleman, man, husband, old man
支支RSdisperse, pay, support, branch, rad. 65
  • RS. hand 又 holding a branch 十: used to disperse the crowds of birds eating the food from the fields thus allowing to earn one's money, pay taxes and support one's family
漢漢RS
汉汉		the Chinese people, Chinese language, Han Chinese
  • people 人 renowned for making pottery and ceramics in clay 堇 with water 氵
  • people living near the Han-river 氵 with skilful hands 又
唐 中 華
反反RSreverse, opposite, contrary, anti
  • hand 又 using a cliff 厂 to defend against an opposite army, reversing their attack
 夆 対 逆; 折 曲 屈; 版 坂 板 仮 飯 返 阪 販
受受RSreceive, accept, get, bear, stand
  • two hands ⺤又 meeting across a wide 冖 distance, one receiving something from the other
卑卑RS𤰞卑humble, low, inferior, despise
  • RS. a hand 又 that drinks from a turtle shell 甲: → 卑: low level or inferior action
鳳鳳RS
凤凤		male phoenix, symbol of joy
  • bird 鳥 sailing in the wind 凡; one has the same feeling when one is joyous
  • ⓢ bird sailing in the wind 凡 with his hands 又
發發RS
发发		発issue, dispatch, send out, emit
  • RS. the action of 殳 on a bow 弓 to make the arrow go forward 癶: shoot
  • ⓢ hand 又 holding a crossbow ready to shoot: 发
  • two hands 开 issuing or sending out a message carried by legs 癶
觀觀RS
观观		see, observe, view, appearance, outlook, look
  • see 見 from above like a flying bird 雚
  • ⓢ hand 又 shading the eye that sees 见
餐餐RS䬸喰湌飡𩛳eat, dine, meal, food
軽軽RSlight, easy, simple, gentle
  • it's easy to plow 圣 with the aid of a tractor 車 instead of doing it only by hand 圣; moving 土 by cart 車 instead of by hand 又 is lighter
聖聖RS
圣圣		sage, holy, sacred, till the ground
  • RS. the person who speaks 呈 into the ear 耳: sage
  • ⓢ work with hands 又 on the fields 土: sacred work for the sage
 畝; 東; 線; 怪 軽 茎 径 経
祭祭RSsacrifice to, worship斉 斎 査 狙; 祝; 盆; 察 際
蒦蒦RSto measure, to calculate
  • hand 又 holding an owl 雈 calculating the right time to release it
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
亟亟RSurgently, immediately, extremely, fast, quick, sudden
  • RS. a hand 又 and voice 口 urging a man 人 to do 2 二 things (top and bottom) at once: urgent and quick
擇擇RS
择择		択select, choose, pick out
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
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