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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時時R S 时时	旹	time, season, era, age, period, hour	time 日 it takes the temple 寺 to do something ⓢ small 寸 part of the day 日 al. 旹: time of the day 日 one arrives 㞢	度初期昔悠久歴過回暇
間間R S 间间	閒𨳢	interval, space, place, between	when the sun 日 is visible between the gate 門 posts, there's an open space; also 閒 or 𨳢 (people 亻 walking through an open gate 門))	透; 室房
曙曙R S		bright, light of rising sun, dawn	official 署 working for the bright light of the sun 日 of the emperor from early dawn
𡭴𡭴R S			small 小 small 小 space where the sun can shine through 日
舊舊R S 旧旧		old, ancient, former, past	wise person like an owl 雈 in old age using his mortar 臼 preparing ancient recipes for medecine ⓢ modf. 臼 → 旧 if you see the sun 日 to the right and the ground 丨 to the left you've been lying dead since ancient times
曾曾R S	曽	already, sign of past	RS. something splits from 八 the fields 田 (which has been told 曰 to happen in the past) under the sun 日 when the sun 日 sinks below the field 田 of plants 丷, the day is already over and it is the sign of a past day
電電R S 电电		electricity, electric, lightning	what the rain cloud 雨 throws 甩 away in excess electricity; RS. flash of lighting from the rain cloud 雨 until the ground 田 ⓢ looks like a bolt of lighting 乚 striking through a cloud 日	雷
溫溫R S 温温		warm, lukewarm	give a prisoner 𥁕 warm soup 氵/sun 日 heating liquid 氵 on a plate 皿	暖; 懇篤厚睦
昔昔R S	𦝙	formerly, ancient, in beginning	something 龷 left to hang drying in the sun 日𦝙: adds meat 肉	𣄼故歴昨; 惜措借籍錯
𣄼𣄼R S		evening, past	when the sun 日 is below the horizon 一	夜宵夕西晩; 歴昨; 昔
昂昂R S		rise, raise, proud, bold, upright, lofty	rise boldly like the sun 日 to lofty 卬 heights
氐氐R S		ancient barbarian tribe in the west, low	sun 日 low at the horizon 一 shining through haze: → 氐 also the direction where this tribe was located: clan 氏 near the horizon 一	底抵低邸
晶晶R S		crystal, clear, bright, radiant	bright like three suns 日日日
書書R S 书书		write, book, letter, document, writings	writing with a brush with sufficient light 日/hand 彐 holding a brush 丨: → 书	文著録叙記誌署; 巻本
退退R S		step back, retreat, withdraw	RS. on the road ⻌ walk away 夊 from the sun 日 in the face of defeat it's good 艮 to walk ⻌ away warrior was seriously hit during battle, his eye broken (目-> 艮) he runs ⻌ away in agony from battlefield, retreating
盟盟R S		alliance, oath, swear	RS. oath sworn over a ceremonial receptacle 皿 in broad light 明 for the moon 月 and sun 日 god
曩曩R S		in ancient times, of old, former, past	the sun 日 helps 襄 us since ancient times
旬旬R S		ten-day period, period of time	RS. a period 勹 of ten days 日
旺旺R S		prosper, prosperous, increase, brilliant, bright	the sun 日 shines favourably and bright on prosperous kings 王
東東R S 东东		east, eastern, eastward	lit.: sun 日 shining through the trees 木 in the morning: the sun rises in the east con. early in the morning ⓢ the car's axle broke (車 → 车), and we headed back east 东	朝; 圣; 凍棟欄練錬陳

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