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.

算算R S		count, calculate, figure, plan	bamboo ⺮ tool 具 held by two hands 廾 used to count: abacus	数
要要R S		necessary, 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
棄棄R S 弃弃		reject, abandon, discard	RS. a group of hands 廾木 tossing a child 𠫓 on a blanket: toss out
弁弁R S		valve, cap, conical cap worn during Zhou dynasty	RS. hands 廾 placing a hat on the head: → 弁
開開R S 开开		open, initiate, begin, start	two hands 开 pushing open the gate 門 ⓢ looks like two hands 廾 opening the latch 一 of a gate	発; 挨披明
暴暴R S	㬥曓暴	violent, brutal, tyrannical	RS. the savage attack (two hands 廾 going out 出) of a buck 米 in clear daylight 日: 㬥 → 暴
共共R S	龷	together with, all, total, to share	RS. two hands 廾 holding a communal bowl 廿; many 廿 hands 廾 together	廾; 合; 両双; 巽洪恭巷供異殿暴; al. 龷
弄弄R S		do, play or fiddle with, make fun of	RS. two hands 廾 playing with jade 王
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
升升R S		arise, go up, hoist, advance, measuring box	ten 十 people 亻 rising or advancing together; container 廾 with a lid 一: 升
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
灷灷R S		live coal, grain of fire	RS. fire 火 that can be 廾 handled
戒戒R S		warn, caution, admonish, commandment	RS. two hands 廾 holding a weapon 戈: warn or order under threat
丞丞R S	㞼亟拯	assist, aid, rescue	RS. to deliver with the hands 廾 a man 卩 from a hole 凵 -> 㞼 → 丞
舁舁R S		lift, raise, carry	carry on one's shoulder (two hands 廾 holding an object 𦥑 carried on the shoulder)
展展R S	㞡㠭	open, unfold, stretch, extend	RS. person 尸 laying out wares and clothes 𧝣 for sale: 㞡 → 展 two hands 廾 of a person 尸 unfolding clothes 𧘇
廾廾R S		two hands, rad. 55	→ 廾	开弊奔戒葬共算弁
鼻鼻R S	䫁𢊵𢋛𢍂𦤓鼻⿐	nose, first, rad. 209	head 田 with a nose 自 held by two hands 廾
弊弊R S		evil, wrong, bad, criminal	RS. hands 廾 that break things 敝: bad