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.

獲獲R S 获获		obtain, get, receive, seize	dog 犭 and a bird 蒦 hunting: they seize or get game ⓢ dogs 犭犬　running on the grass 艹 during hunt trying to obtain, get or seize game
類類R S 类类	頪	sort, class, group, kind, category	different kinds of living things: plants 米, animals 犬 and men 頁 ⓢ different kinds of living things: men 大 and plants 米
戾戾R S 戻戻		perverse, reach, return	dog 犬 at the door 戶 coming back simpl. 戾 → 戻
獻獻R S 献献	𤣉	offer, present, show, display	special cauldrons with tiger design 鬳 on display guarded by dogs 犬 ten 十 tools 𢆉 under cover 冂 on display in a museum guarded by a dogs 犬
厭厭R S 厌厌		dislike, detest, reject, satiate	a (satisfied) dog 猒/犬 dislikes jumping off a cliff 厂
猒猒R S		to be satiated	RS. a dog 犬 with meat 月 in the mouth 曰: a satisfied dog
默默R S 黙黙		silent, quiet, still, dark	RS. black 黑/黒 dog 犬: silent
伏伏R S		crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal	RS. man 亻 acting like a dog 犬
犬犬R S	尤犭尣	dog, rad. 94	→ : → → 犭 or → 犬尤 man 大 saying a reasonable thing ` 尤: a hand 尢 with a wart 丶 on it. → 尤: warts are annoying to get on the body, especially on your hand	就稽; 戻戌; 獣状献伏然獄黙
吠吠R S	㕱㕹犻𠯈𠲎𤝜	bark, howl, cry	sound coming from the mouth 口 of a dog 犬
器器R S		receptacle, vessel, instrument	man 大 making many vessels 口口口口 (with his tools 丶); dog 犬 or hungry big man 大 barking noisily 㗊 because his food receptacle is empty; dog 犬 or hungry big man 大 wandering around empty vessels 口口口口	噐
哭哭R S		weep, cry, wail	RS. mouths 口口 crying like a dog 犬 looks like a person 大 with giant eyes 口口 crying out a tear 丶
狀狀R S 状状		form, appearance, shape, official, condition	dog 犬 seen from a different angle: 爿/丬: a different form, appearance but the dog remains in the same condition
臭臭R S		smell, stink, emit foul odour	RS. the stink 自 of a dog 犬 nose 自 of a dog 犬 emitting foul odour
突突R S		suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly, pierce, break through	RS. like a dog 犬 coming out of a cave 穴; a dog 犬 suddenly bites a hole 穴
獸獸R S 兽兽	獣	beast, animal, bestial	RS. an animal 嘼 such as a dog 犬 ⓢ a scary beast face with horns 丷, eyes 田, nose 一, and a mouth 口
然然R S		positive, yes, certainly, pledge, promise, sort of thing, so	RS. dog 犬 meat 月 cooked on a fire 灬: good food certainly giving a lot of positive energy
獄獄R S 狱狱		prison, jail, case, lawsuit	RS. the place where dogs 犭犬 yell 言 at each other: jail