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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矮矮RSshort, dwarf, low
  • RS. like a woman in the field 委: short, arrows 矢 are short as well
  • a woman 女 as short as a rice plant 禾 or an arrow 矢. Actually 委 a dwarf
矢矢RSarrow, dart, vow, swear
  • arrowhead → 矢; a vow enters the heart like an arrow
 𠤕 族 疾 挨 俟 短 知 失 医
矯矯RS
矫矫		correct, rectify, straighten out, brave
  • brave arrow 矢 shot from a high 喬/乔 position to rectify a military situation
疑疑RS㽈儗拟觺𠤗𠤘 𡷪𥎲𦬦𩉏𭼃𭼅 doubt, question, suspect
  • RS. left side hand 匕 and cane 矢 right side old man 疋 with mouth 龴 asking direction → 疑: he's in doubt
  • going back and forth 龴 trying to sell (bowing 匕 to customers, being threatened by arrows 矢) a roll of cloth 疋: doubt begins to bite: will I ever sell this roll?
  • a man 𠤕 doubts the knife 匕 and takes the arrow 矢
醫 醫 RS
医医		cure, heal, doctor, medical
  • person storing needles 矢 in a box 匚 ready for use and alcohol 酉 for treating wounds from weapons 殳
 治 療 癒; 薬 診
候候RSwait, expect, visit, greet, period, time, season
  • person 亻 fingering ユ an arrow 矢 waiting to put it on his bow 丨; the time this takes: period
 侯; 引; 拶 挨; 兆; 季 節
䠶䠶RSshoot, eject, issue forth, emit
  • shoot an arrow 矢 at a body 身
 射
短短RSshort, brief, deficient, lacking
  • time needed for an arrow 矢 to cross the distance of one bean 豆: short
侯侯RS矦marquis, lord, daimyo, target in archery
  • RS. a person , is a separator with an arrow indicating authority: → 侯 : official
  • person 亻 fingering ユ an arrow 矢: lord enjoying a hunt
疾疾RSillness, disease, sickness, hate, quick
  • RS. bed for the sick 疒 like an arrow 矢: illness
  • illness 疒 comes quick like an arrow 矢
矣矣RSparticle of completed action, an auxiliary denoting determination, both particles or auxiliaries indicating exclamations or questions
  • RS. the sound 厶 of an arrow 矢
  • individual 厶 with an arrow 矢: he's determined
族族RSa family clan, ethnic group, tribe
  • RS. flag 㫃 and arrow 矢 distinguishing a tribe
咅 氐 𠮛 家 藩 氏 閥
雉雉RS兕垁埃搱鴙鴩 𥏷𨾤𪅊𪁰𪁩𨿘 鶨pheasant, unit of volume measure in ancient China
  • bird 隹 shot by an arrow 矢: pheasant
知知RSknow, perceive, comprehend
  • knowledge shoots like an arrow 矢 out of the mouth 口
 存 識; 諭; 哲; 教 告; 痴
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