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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樂樂RS
乐乐
楽happy, glad, enjoyable, music
  • instrument with a white 白 center on a stand made of wood 木 and hung on strings 幺幺 → 樂 → 楽 → 乐 ; everybody is happy when they hear music
  • drum on a stand 木
  • ⓢ looks like a very happy person with a giant mouth singing music
快 慰; 拍 奏 譜 弾; 享 遊 康 愉 売 娯; 歓; 薬
玄玄RSdeep, profound, abstruse, black, dark, rad. 95
  • RS. a piece of yarn 幺 being dyed black black (suspended from a cover 亠 in a pot)
幽幽RSquiet, secluded, tranquil, dark
  • RS. plants (possibly) 幺幺 hidden in the mountains 山: hidden, quiet
  • lines 幺幺 of mist hanging in the mountains 山: quiet and secluded place
奚奚RSwhere? what? how? why? servant
  • RS. a hand ⺤ holding a rope 幺 around the neck of a servant 大: what has he done wrong and why
麼麼RS
么么
interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
  • if you ask a question, the answers hangs 幺 in the air by a thread 麻
  • tiny things can be hung by threads 幺麻
  • modf. 幺 → 么: one 一 tiny individual 厶 thing
谿谿RSvalley
  • contains several houses 𠆢 of farming families 口 where large men 大 work continuously 幺 with their hands ⺤
谷
後後RS
后后
behind, rear, after, descendants
  • if one walks 夂 with small 幺 steps with the left foot 彳 one lags behind all others and forms the rear of the party
  • ⓢ eating one 一 mouthful 口 after work at the factory 厂
滞 后 陰; 遅
幼幼RSinfant, young child, immature
  • RS. young girls hands 力 are best to do the spinning 幺
胤胤RSheir, successor, progeny, posterity
  • RS. bodies 月, a string 幺 of children 儿
  • a string 幺 of bodies 月 from between the legs 儿 of a man
幾幾RS
几几
how many? how much? a few, some
  • confronting garrisons 戍 weaving amongst themselves 幺幺 across the landscape in a battle, how many fall in battle? how many survive?
  • ⓢ how many bees are there in the hive 几?
  • ⓢ how many things can fit on such a small table 几?
機 磯 織
㡭㡭RSthread cutting knive
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