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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粉粉RSpowder, face powder, plaster
  • rice 米 divided 分 into it's smallest part becomes powder
糕糕RScakes, pastry, steamed dumplings
  • cake made from rice 米 which is cooked like a lamb on fire 羔
匊匊RShandful
釆釆RS𠂟distinguish, sort, rad. 165
  • RS. distinguishing rocks from rice 米: → 釆
番
暴暴RS㬥曓暴violent, brutal, tyrannical
類類RS
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
迷迷RSbewitch, charm, infatuate
  • walking 辶 rice 米: it must be bewitched
婁婁RS
娄娄
constellation, wear, tether
  • string of beads 毋 for hanging in the middle 中 of a woman 女: tether
  • ⓢ little stones like rice 米 hanging on a string on a woman 女: tether
料料RSconsider, conjecture, materials, ingredients, fee, materials
  • consider the amount 斗 of rice 米 one eats so as not to run out
糧; 材; 賃
糧糧RS
粮粮
food, grain, provisions
  • a quantity 量 of grain 米
  • ⓢ good 良 grain 米 provides food
米米RShulled or husked uncooked rice
  • → 米: rice plant 木 stalk with many 丷 grains
白 穀; 奥; 1045-1077; 断 歯 粛 楼 菊 釈 番 隣; 糒: 備
氣氣RS
气气
steam, vapor, spirit, rad. 84
  • rising steam or mist → 气
  • steaming 气 freshly cooked rice 米
  • the spirit is floating over the water like steam
奧奧RS
奥奥
mysterious, obscure, profound, heart, interior
  • RS. sorting rice from rocks 釆/米 in (the interior of) the house 宀 with the hands 大
粧粧RStoilet, make-up, dress up, adorn
粘粘RSviscous, mucous, glutinous
  • rice 米 eaten after a divination ceremony 占: cooked in water and thus becomes sticky
數數RS
数数
number, several, count, fate
  • woman 女 taking 攵 an amount of rice 米 for the meal: she has to count so she doesn't use to much or else it will seal her family's fate
  • woman hanging 婁 a number of pearls around her neck. When she taps 攵 them they rattle.
糊糊RS䉿䊀煳餬𩰯𩱍 𪍒𪏹𪏻𪐉paste, stick on with paste
  • old body 胡 sticking things in a book with paste made from rice 米
屎屎RSexcrement, shit
  • the corpse (what is left) 尸 of rice 米 after eating
  • RS. person squatting 尸 and rice (indicating solid pieces) 米
粗粗RSrough, thick, course, rude
  • uncooked rice 米 on the table 且: rough and coarse
糖糖RSsugar, candy, sweets
  • (c)rude 唐 rice 米 becomes sugar
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