Chinese character/hanzi/kanji mnemonics

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

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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圭圭R S		a jade tablet with a square base and a pointed top used in official ceremonies in ancient China	RS. jade slabs with messages resembling clay tablets 土土 con. river between grounds 土土
毀毀R S 毁毁		destroy, ruin, injure, slander	clay 土 mortar 臼 used as a weapon 殳 in attack to destroy: → 毀 → 毁
幸幸R S	㚔	luck(ily), favor, fortunately, happiness, blessing, fortune	person standing 立 in the fields 土 using his pitchfork 𢆉 to gather the harvest: he's a happy man with good fortune 大 murder above 屰 dead man: 㚔 murderer from bitter 辛 to happiness: only one 一 step	祥福吉; 慶祉嬉; 執報; 尺
塞塞R S	塞𡨄	stop up, block, seal, cork, pass, frontier, fortress	roof 宀 (and floor 土) being stopped up with straw 茻 → 𡨄 for isolation against the cold (寒)	寒
墻墻R S 墙墙	墻	wall	half of a tree 片 or clay 土 used as a wall to shut off a house of someone stingy 嗇/啬
城城R S		castle, city, town, municipality	place 土 protected by men with spears 成	戊戌厂阝塁; 丸
址址R S		site, location, land for house	place 土 to stop 止
域域R S		district, region, boundary, land	place 土 defended by weapons 或
塾塾R S		village school, private tutourage	place where one learns to turn clay 土 into something to be baked in the oven 孰
墨墨R S		ink, writing, calligraphy, letters, greedy	inkstone made from black 黑 earth 土 used in writing and calligraphy
垃垃R S		garbage, refuse, waste	which 立 stands on the ground 土 at night and looks like 立
圾圾R S		garbage, rubbish, shaking, danger	hand reaching out 及 of the house to put the garbage on the ground 土
巠巠R S 𢀖𢀖	𡿱坙	streams running underground, flowing water	water 川 streaming under the ground 一 usually crafted 工: 巠 → 𢀖工 replaced by 𡈼; corrupted form 坙: 工 replaced by 土 a stream of flowing water 巛/人 flowing from a pipe 工 underneath the ground 一	脛
埶埶R S	𡎐𤞷	art	clod of earth 坴 made into round 丸 pots persons 土 dividing 八 clay 土 to make round 丸 pots RS. a person 丮 holding a tree 木 above dirt 土 - planting - art: 𡎐 → 埶
堵堵R S		wall, stop, prevent, stop up	person 者 stopped by something made of clay 土: a wall
宅宅R S	𡧪	residence, dwelling, home, grave	thrusted 乇 home 宀 thrusted 乇 roofed 宀 place 土
堇堇R S	𦰩	yellow loam, clay, season, few	ground 土土 covered 冖 by grass 艹 man 夫 digging out stuff 一 covered 冖 by grass 艹	漢
壓壓R S 压压	圧	press, oppress, crush, pressure	the weight of cliffs 厭/厂 and ground 土 crushes everything
墳墳R S 坟坟		grave, mound, big, the banks of a river	decorated 賁 ground 土: grave, usually big ⓢ pottery 文 as decoration on ground 土: grave, usually big under the ground 土 with a lot 十十十 of money 貝
塑塑R S		model in clay, sculpt, plastics	dead body 朔 modelled in clay 土

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