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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筷筷RSchopsticks
  • heart beating quicker 快 when on takes one's bamboo 竹 chopsticks: one can finally eat
筒筒RStube, pipe, cylinder, thick piece of bamboo
  • piece of bamboo 竹 round like all mouths 同 and having the same 同 diameter everywhere
籍籍RSrecord, register, list, census, membership
  • plow 耤 tracks into bamboo 竹 to record someone's membership
筈筈RS銛arrow end
  • made from bamboo 竹 looking like a tongue 舌
簽簽RS
签签
sign, endorse, slip of paper
  • slips of bamboo 竹 given to all gathered 僉/佥 as a sign of endorsement for a candidate
笙笙RSsmall gourd-shaped musical instrument
  • lively 生 instrument made in bamboo 竹
籠籠RS
笼笼
篭籠𪚖cage, cage-like basket, bamboo food steamer
  • steaming dragon 龍/龙/竜 locked away in a bamboo 竹 cage
篇篇RSchapter, section, essay, article
  • bambook 竹 books 扁 contain chapters and sections
笥笥RS𥯱𦭡bamboo basket, bamboo chest, bamboo box
  • bamboo 竹 box or chest in the office of the director 司
簞簞RS
箪箪
small bamboo basket for holding
  • bamboo 竹 basket for one individual 單
笠笠RS笠bamboo hat, bamboo covering
  • standing person 立 having a bamboo 竹 hat on his head
籃籃RS
篮篮
basket
  • man supervising 監 his bamboo 竹 basket with bought wares
簡簡RS
简简
𥳑simple, terse, succinct, letter
  • gate 間 made of bamboo 竹: simple structure made in brief time; letter made of slips of bamboo 竹 with space 間 between
  • a simple bamboo 竹 gate 門/门 through which the sun 日 passes
筋筋RSmuscles, tendons
  • arms and flesh 肋 looking like bamboo 竹
簿簿RSregister, account book, notebook
  • big 溥 register made of bamboo strips 竹
箸箸RSchopsticks
  • person 者 using bamboo 竹 chopsticks to eat
策策RSscheme, plan, to whip, urge
  • thorny 朿 plan written on bamboo 竹 slats
笨笨RSfoolish, stupid, dull, awkward
  • RS. dumb like a stick of bamboo 竹 or like a book 本
篤篤RS
笃笃
deep, true, sincere, genuine, dangerous
  • sitting on a horse 馬 running through a bamboo bush 竹 can be dangerous and a truely deep experience
範範RS
范范
pattern, model, rule, law
  • tracks 𨊠 carved into bamboo 竹
  • pattern into which the water flows while spreading in a flood 氾 through the vegetation 艹
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