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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香香R S	𥞌𩠼𩡄𩡠𪏰𪏽	fragrant, sweet smelling, incense	RS. nice food 禾 reduced to in the mouth 甘: 𥞌 → 香: fragrant beehive 日 in a tree禾: honey is sweet smelling, fragrant, appetizing
昌昌R S		light of sun, good, proper, prosperous, bright, clear	light 日 of the sun 日 is good for all living creatures RS. clear 日 talk 曰
暮暮R S		evening, dusk, sunset, ending, life	sun 日 going down in the grass 莫: end of life (for this day)
晃晃R S		bright, dazzling, sway, shake	light 光 of the sun 日: bright and dazzling
昨昨R S		yesterday, in former times, past	sudden 乍 end of the day 日	𣄼昔歴
昏昏R S		dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark	sun 日 is standing low 氏	婚
曼曼R S		long, extended, vast, beautiful	beautiful hand 又 with long fingers and eyes 罒 with long eyelashes seen under the light 日
暉暉R S 晖晖		sunshine, light, bright, radiant	sun 日 shining on the army in transport 軍
晟晟R S		clear, bright, splendor, brightness	something completely 成 illuminated by the sun 日
晨晨R S		early morning, daybreak	man working with a hoe 辰 in the morning sun 日
昴昴R S		the Pleiades (constellation)	stars 日 between two moons 卯
簡簡R S 简简	𥳑	simple, terse, succinct, letter	gate 間 made of bamboo 竹: simple structure made in brief time; letter made of slips of bamboo 竹 with space 間 between a simple bamboo 竹 gate 門/门 through which the sun 日 passes
昧昧R S		obscure, dark, darken	sun 日 is not yet 未 out
早早R S		early, soon, morning, fast	the sun's 日 rays starts to heat everything 十 in the morning: → 早; if you want to do something fast you have to get up early in the morning	速逸迅; 焦; 章卓草
曆曆R S 暦暦	厯	calendar, era	RS. to go through 止 a planting 厂 (happens once) of grain 秝 - one year of suns 日: calendar simpl. 曆 → 暦
冥冥R S	㝠	dark, gloomy, night, deep	RS. the sun 日 covered 冖 in the six 六 directions: dark
漠漠R S		desert, aloof, indifferent, cool	place with no grass 莫 and no water 氵 because of the sun 日
暑暑R S		hot, heat, the heat of summer, mid-summer, summer	person working 者 under the heat of the sun 日
昭昭R S		bright, luminous, illustrious	the bright sunlight 日 commands 召 every living creature
音音R S		sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation	→ 音: person being scared up by a sound he stands up 立 from his seat 日 Stand 立 up to listen the sound of the mouth 曰.	騒; 欧鳴膨; 竟戠意韻響暗

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