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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啓啓RS
启启		open, begin, commence, explain, say, disclose
  • RS. the door 户 being opened with the hand 攵 thus there is light and things can be explained 口
  • hand pushing open 攵 the door 户 of the mouth 口
喲喲RS
哟哟		噝啲ah, oh, final particle
司司RSdirector, officer, take charge of, control, manage, a (government) department
  • person leaning to the left ㇕ in his chair giving one 一 order 口 after another
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喊喊RS㘕䁍䌠噉嚂趯 𠳾𠽦𠿑shout, call, scream
君君RSsovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince, you, old boy
  • he governs 尹 and speaks 口 justice; I revere you oh majesty; generally sovereigns are old men
 様; 汝; 主 公 殿; 伊; 郡 群
卻卻RS
却却		still, but, decline, retreat
拐拐RSkidnap, abduct, turn
  • hand 扌 kidnapping someone 口 with strength 力 or weapon 刀
鳴鳴RS
鸣鸣		cry of bird or animal, make sound歌; 音
輯輯RS
辑辑		集𨌖𨍐𨍣𨍾𨎵 gather up, collect, edit, compile
  • listen 耳 to what people say 口, gather up the best slanders 咠, and use a machine 車/车 to edit it
和和RS咊咼啝惒盉私 訸鉌龢𤧗𥤉𧇮 harmony, peace, peaceful, calm
  • countryside: where one can eat 口 one's rice 禾 in peace and harmony
靖 康 寧 安 幽 泰 静 妥 穏 鎮 尉; 邦; 軟 柔
咠咠RS𠶻𦙃to whisper, to blame, to slander
  • mouth 口 whispers into the ear 耳 slandering good people
告告RStell, announce, inform, accuse
  • using the mouth 口 with horns ⺧
  • fortuneteller reads 口 the future in the cracks of the burnt horns ⺧
吽吽RSroar, bark, growl
  • using the mouth 口 with horns 牛
啤啤RSbeer, character used in transliterating
  • humble 卑 liquid pleasing the mouth 口
要要RSnecessary, essential, necessity, important, demand
  • RS. hands 廾 around the head 口 of a child (覀) to be delivered from a woman 女: necessary to deliver a healthy child
  • an important western 覀 woman 女 demands whatever she will
㕣㕣RSriver
  • water spreading 八 from a source 口
沿 船 鉛
保保RSprotect, safeguard, defend, care
口口RSmouth, open end, entrance, gate, rad. 30
  • smiling mouth → → 口; the mouth is where food and words enter and get out
  • con.: speak, box, pot, person, order
穴 古 舌 言 否 召; 勹 束
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
呆呆RSdull, stupid, simple
  • RS. modification of 子 see 保, like a child: stupid
  • a tree 木 that has a mouth 口: it looks stupid
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