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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父父RSfather, rad. 88
  • a father needs many 八 hands 又 to work for and feed his family
  • RS. hand 又 with axe 八
歡歡RS
欢欢
歓happy, pleased, glad, joy, to enjoy
  • man with open mouth 欠 like a noisy bird 雚: he's happy and enjoying himself
  • modf. 歡 → 歓
  • ⓢ hand 又 which lacks 欠 nothing
友友RSfriend, companion, fraternity
  • friends joining their hands 𠂇 又
曹 僚 朋 睦; 云; 爰 抜 髪
嘆嘆RS
叹叹
歎sigh, lament, moan, grieve, admire
  • man digging out clay 𦰩 (with his hands 又) sighing through his mouth 口/欠; he's admiring the centuries of work by nature to accumulate the clay 𦰩
聶聶RS
聂聂
whisper
  • you need three ears 耳耳耳 to hear it: a whisper
  • ⓢ two hands 又又 helping the ear 耳 hearing something: a whisper
取取RStake, receive, obtain, select
  • hand 又 taking someone/something by the ear 耳
采 携 把 採 撮 握 執; 趣 最
粲粲RSpolish, bright, radiant, smiling, beautiful
  • separating bad 歺 rice 米 from good rice with the hand 又 and cleaning it: polish into bright coloured and beautiful produce which makes everyone smile
尋尋RS
寻寻
seek, search, look for, ancient
  • RS. to work 工 and talk 口 hand 又 to hand 寸: search
  • ⓢ a snout 彐 searches for food in a small 寸 burrow
御御RS馭drive, ride, chariot, manage, honorific
  • go 彳 with the chariot doing sales 卸; old 馭: hand 又 whipping horses 馬
翁; 制
難難RS
难难
difficult, arduous, hard, unable
  • it's difficult for birds to get at clay 𦰩 (inspired by RS.)/it's difficult to get a bird 隹 in hand 又
収収RS㧃收gather together, collect, harvest, income
  • connect 丩 hands 又/攵: people gathering together; hand 又/攵 holding a receptacle 丩 to collect the income
僅僅RS
仅仅
only, merely, solely, just
  • person 亻 only working with clay 堇
  • ⓢ just the hand 又 of a man 亻
聲聲RS
声声
sound, voice, noise, tone, music
  • sound 声 made by hand 又 hitting a bell 几 reaching the ear 耳
  • ⓢ professional 士 person 尸 singing with his mouth 口
  • ⓢ looks like a stone chime 尸 being hung by a string 丨 on a wooden frame 二, a stone chime is an instrument that can make a sound/noise
叔叔RSyounger brothers of one's father, paternal uncles, younger brothers of one's husband, a general designation for members of one's father's generation who are younger than one's father, declining
  • RS. a hand 又 husking peas 尗: younger brothers helping in the household
叡叡RSastute, profound, shrewd, intelligence
奴奴RSslave, servant
  • a woman 女 held under hand 又
及及RS乁extend, reach, come up to, and
  • hand 又 reaching out to a person 人
着 達 到 至 届; 幅; 並 且; 扱 級 吸
敘敘RS
叙叙
express, state, relate, narrate
  • hand 攵/又 expressing what is too much 余 to keep for oneself: narrate
雞雞RS
鸡鸡
鶏鷄𨿸chicken
  • bird 隹 serving 奚 as meal
  • ⓢ hand 又 raised bird 鸟
  • bird 鳥 killed by pulling a rope around it's neck 奚
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