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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幹幹RStrunk of tree or of human body
  • farmer 人 holding his tool 干 watching the sun 日 rise 倝 behind a tree trunk 十 (tree 木 without branches)
旾旾RSspring, youth
  • the time of the year when the sun 日 makes the vegetation break through the ground 一
春
衆衆RS
众众
乑眾㐺宗𠍸𠱧 𡿻𥅫multitude, crowd, masses, public
龺龺RSpower of the sun
  • power of the sun 日 is many times 十十 stronger than everything else
𠦝
映映RSproject, reflect light
  • the center 央 of the sun 日 projects light; a mirror balances 央 light 日: reflection
曉曉RS
晓晓
暁dawn, daybreak, clear, explicit
軌軌RS
轨轨
𨊠軓track, rut, path
  • place with bumping 九 cars 車
  • place where cars 車 sail 凡 by
  • kneeling person 㔾 for cars 車 passing by at the track: race car fan
  • a rack railway track 車 (| a sleeper, 二 the rails) with the rack (日)'s teeth nine 九 cm apart
昷昷RS温溫𣌬𥁕feed a prisoner
  • daily 日 dish 皿 for the prisoner
陽陽RS
阳阳
'male' principle, light, sun日
暗暗RSdark, obscure, in secret, covert
  • time of the day 日 when one can identify oneself only by sounds 音
濃 玄 暮
暒暒RSclear skies, nice weather
  • seeing a clear sky with the sun 日 makes you feel young 生
晴
智智RSwisdom, knowledge, intelligence
  • knowledge 知 as clear as daylight 日
㫗㫗RS𣆪𡦩thick, deep friendship, to treat kindly, generous
  • kid 子 holding a thick package 日 on it's head: a present for his best friend
趕趕RS
赶赶
𢆝pursue, follow, expel, drive away
  • if you want to catch up/overtake your enemy, you need to move fast (rush) 走 with your weapon 干 under the light of day 日
晴晴RSclear weather, fine weather
  • sun 日 shining under a blue 青 sky
払
晝晝RS
昼昼
daytime, daylight
  • when writing with a brush in a sunlit place near the window 書 casts a shadow on a sheet of paper 一
  • ⓢ when the sun 日 casts a small 尺 shadow on the ground 一
曬曬RS
晒晒
䵘㬠dry in sun, expose to sun
  • dried in the beautiful and magnificent 麗 sun 日
  • when the sun 日 has reached the West 西 your stuff has been exposed and dried in the sun
昆昆RSelder brother, descendants, multitude, insect
  • RS. two men walking 比 in the sun 日 together: one of them is the elder brother: talk about a multitude of insects
暖暖RSwarm, genial
  • the sun 日 leads 爰 us to warmth
晉晉RS
晋晋
㬜advance, increase, promote
  • RS. arrows 至 on top advancing and sun (possily) 日 on the bottom: 㬜 → 晉 → 晋: advance
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