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.

導導R S 导导		direct, guide, lead, conduct	RS. guide with the hand 寸 along the road 道/guide someone 巳 with the hand 寸 ⓢ the tiny 寸 ourselves 己 (the conscience floating over our shoulders) guides us
忌忌R S		jealous, envious, fear, mourning	heart 心 weaving 己 itself in strange curves
妃妃R S		wife, spouse, imperial concubine, princess, queen	RS. woman 女 who can 己 weave
起起R S	𨑔𨑖𨑓𡆡	rise, stand up, go up, begin	done right before walking 走 by oneself 己
己己R S	𢀒巳	self, oneself, personal, private, 6th heavenly stem	RS. weaving threads → 己: each thread follows it's own unique course through the fabric con. woven	機織; 厶自僕個我私吾; 港撰起妃包紀記配遷忌選改; al. 巳: 巽巷
杞杞R S	㠱梩檵𠶵𣏌杞	willow, medlar tree, a small feudal state (Qi)	contemplate oneself 己 while watching this tree 木
異異R S 异异		different, unusual, strange	RS. A man holding 共/廾 a mask over his face 田/己 - different from his real face: → 異
巻巻R S	卷	scroll, curl, make a comeback	threads 己 of a scroll 龹; RS. a man 㔾 sorting 釆 with the hands 廾 (𠔉) - bamboo book slips: chapters → 卷 → 巻
改改R S		change, alter, improve, remodel	remodel and alter clothes: pulling 攵 weaved threads 己 To change the world you must begin with self 己 so you must beat 攵 yourself
紀紀R S 纪纪		record, annal, historical account, chronicles, order, discipline	the weaving 己 strings 糸 of history put down in weaving 己 lines 糸 of writing a string 纟of orders promotes self 己 discipline
配配R S		match, pair, equal, blend, distribute	medicine distributed 己 from a jar 酉 matching the illness at hand
記記R S 记记		record, scribe, keep in mind, remember	woven 己 words 言 (either into the fabric of scrolls or in the fabric of the mind) remembering is talking 言 to yourself 己	書著紀録誌
巽巽R S		south-east, mild, modest, obedient, subservient, submissive	two persons kneeling ⺋⺋ (→ 己己) together 共: subservient
豈豈R S 岂岂		happy, delighted, jubilant, harmonious, how, what	RS. similar to 壴 but with hand 山 (⺕) on top: drum on happy and jubilant occasions; what is the party for? wonders a passerby ⓢ modf. 豈 → 豈 (豆 → 己)