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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暫暫R S 暂暂		temporary, for a short time, suddenly, abruptly	cut 斬 short the time of the sun 日: temporary or sudden
朝朝R S		dynasty, morning	in the morning the sun 日 overpowers the moon 月 many times 十十 in strength; the shining light of a dynasty overpowers everybody like the sun in the morning	旦東旭暁; 府; 潮廟; 幹韓乾
昜昜R S 𠃓𠃓		open out, expand, bright, glorious	animals 勿 running out in the wide open sunny 日 sky 一	Do not confuse with 易. 癶去; 湯揚場傷陽腸
曖曖R S 暧暧		obscure, dim, ambiguous, vague	sun 日 embraced in love 愛/爱: it's light becomes dim and obscure
蜴蜴R S	易蝪𧊤	lizard	snake 虫 like animal 勿 enjoying the heat of the sun 日
曜曜R S	𣇪𤒂	weekday, glorious, as sun, daylight, sunlight, one of the seven planets of pre-modern astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn)	glorious 翟 day or sunlight 日	週
春春R S	萅𦸬旾𣈤	spring, lust, wanton	season where the sun 日 makes plants sprout 丰 with roots like legs 儿: → 春; also the season when lust springs back into life sprouts 屮艹 under the sun 日	秋冬夏椿
晦晦R S	䀲	dark, unclear, obscure	every 每 day 日 it gets dark
白白R S	𦣺𤼽	white, pure, unblemished, bright, rad. 106	modf. → 𦣺 or 𤼽 → 白: white rice grain 目 (white as the sun 日), part of a stem 丨 looks like a white paint bucket with a paint brush 丶 dipping into the bucket 日	糧飯; 禾米; 楽激泊泉的皇迫舶皆拍伯線食百原習
旭旭R S		rising sun, brilliance, radiant	brightness of nine 九 rising suns 日
是是R S		indeed, yes, right, to be, demonstrative pronoun, this, that	a just person 𤴓 doing things in broad daylight 日	提堤題; 显; 観; 端宜
旦旦R S		dawn, morning, day	when the sun 日 is low at the horizon 一
普普R S		universal, general, widespread, Prussia	RS. the sun 日 being everywhere equal 並 (behind a cloud): universal

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