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
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opposite meaning or situation
when used as a character part
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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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絜絜RSa marking line, ascertain, assess, measure, regulate
級級RS
级级		level, rank, class, grade
  • persons extending hands 及 to others in the same line 糸: people from the same hierarchical rank, class, level
 格 位 段; 第 等
繁繁RScomplicated, complex, difficult, luxuriant, ovegrown
  • RS. hand 攵 separating the many hairs of a woman 每 like string 糸: complex
敏
絹絹RS
绢绢		kind of thick stiff silk, a handkerchief
  • worm 肙 producing a thread 糸
紬紬RSkind of thin silk
  • silk 糸 frail like young plants on the field 由
糸糸RS
纟纟		糹幺乡𢆶thread, silk, rad. 120
  • threads twisted together → 糸; weaved threads produce silk
  • con. link, bind
 潔; 続 練 継 累; 紫 素 索 繭 系 繁; 2740-2778; 緊; al. 幺: 茲 率 玄 後 幼 幻 幾; 乡: 郷; al. 𢆶
幺幺RSone, tiny, small
  • a tiny piece of a thread 糸
繋繋RS繫attach, connect, unite, fasten
  • thread 糸 used to attach the pole of a wagon 軗 to the resting place
綜綜RS
综综		arrange, gather up, sum up, inquire into, weave together
  • religion 宗 is arranged and woven between people like threads 糸; it sums up many cultures and gathers up a lot of feelings
結結RS
结结		knot, tie, join, connect
  • speech of a sage 吉 like threads 糸: ties seemingly unrelated events together
細細RS
细细		fine, tiny, slender, thin, precise, detailed
  • RS. thread 糸 from the head 田: hair is thin
  • thread 糸 seen relative to the size of a field 田: thin and tiny
陳; 狭; 溥 薄 繊; 𢦑 小; 詳
紳紳RS
绅绅		girdle, tie, bind, gentry
  • lines 糸 of devotional people 申 paying tribute to the gentry, they have their belongings tied to a girdle
累累RSaccumulate, pile up, repeat
  • strings 糸 of people accumulating produces from the fields 田 piling up in heaps
繕繕RS
缮缮		repair, mend, rewrite, copy, transcribe
  • thread 糸 used for making things good 善 again: repair
納納RS
纳纳		admit, take, receive, accept, patch old clothes, offer as tribute, dedicate
  • housewife inside the house 内 receiving threads 糸 to make clothes or to patch them then dedicating them to her husband
紗紗RS
纱纱		gauze, thin silk, yarn, thread
纏纏RS
缠缠		wrap, wind around, tie, bind
  • bind produce in the shop 廛 with a cord 糸 to sell them
線線RS
线线		thread, line, wire, clue
  • fine line 糸 of water coming from the source 泉
  • ⓢ fine 戋 line
 列; 圣 系 筋
紘紘RS
纮纮		string, vast, expansive, variant of 綋, strap of a crown or cap, fastened under the chin
  • string 糸 held or fastened by a bent arm 厷
絃絃RSstring on musical instrument
  • strings 糸 seemingly suspended over a pot 玄
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