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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亙亙R S 亘亘		extend across, through, from	RS. the time indicated by moon 月 or sun 日 between two 二 points
期期R S	𣅆	period of time, date, time limit, hope	a basket 其 of months 月 ⓢ a bunch 丌 of days 日: 𣅆 he 其 hopes for success and eat meat 月	料; 旗; 旬
復復R S 复复		return, repeat, repeatedly	person 𠂉 (coming 彳) and coming 夂 repeatedly during a day 日: he keeps on returning
曇曇R S 昙昙		become cloudy, overcast	sun 日 behind clouds 雲
暇暇R S		leisure, relaxation, spare time	hand, hand and hand 叚 trying to stop the sun 日 from rising: person is not going to work: spare time
莫莫R S	𦶛𦱤	do not, is not, can not, negative	RS. the sun 日 goes down in the grass 茻 (艹)- dusk and not visible: (𦶛) → → 莫 con.: dusk, darkness
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
日日R S		sun, day, daytime, Japan, rad. 72	sun disc → 日; a day is the time the sun takes to appear in the same position; daytime is when the sun shines; Japan is located (from China) where the sun comes up; do not confuse with 曰 rad. 73 con. light	陽; 邦和
替替R S	㬱暜𤽽𤾕	change, replace, substitute for	RS. a man 竝 talking for the other 白 two men looking the same 㚘 under the sun 日: they can replace each other
者者R S		that which, he who, those who, someone, person	person working on the fields 耂 every day 日; he who does that leads a good life RS. the sound of 曰 a burning bush 耂	尸人⺼口; 煮都著緒諸暑
明明R S		bright, light, brilliant, clear	the sun 日 and the moon 月 are the brightest objects in the sky
顯顯R S 显显	顕	manifest, display, evident, clear	fibres displayed in the sun 㬎 clearly visible to the head 頁 ⓢ something standing side by side 业 displayed in the sun 日 (visible to the head 頁)
晩晩R S 晚晚	𣆶	night, evening, late	when the sun 日 has escaped 免 from view	𣄼夜宵夕西
星星R S	𠻖曐𤽛皨	a star, planet, any point of light	living 生 light like the sun 日 planet born 生 from the sun 日
晏晏R S 妟妟		peaceful, quiet, clear, late in the day	peaceful 安 sun 日晏 → 妟
影影R S		shadow, image, reflection, photograph	fine (like hair 彡) shadow 景 the sun 日 over Beijing 京, what a nice view. But the hair 彡 of who shot the photograph seems like a shadow in the image	陰; 光; 像; 跡
景景R S		scenery, view, conditions, shadow	the sun 日 shining over the capital 京 provides for a majestic view; it's light creates many shadows on the street	眺; 影
昇昇R S		rise, ascent, peaceful, peace	rise 升 like the sun 日 over a peaceful landscape
濕濕R S 湿湿		damp, wet, moist	visibly 㬎/显 in water 氵 water 氵 as mist rising from the ground under the sun 日
㬎㬎R S	𣊡	fibers, be visible, minute, evident	RS. fibers 絲 visible in the sun 日

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