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
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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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最最RSmost, extremely, exceedingly
  • take 取 someone's hat 冃: extreme behaviour most people won't tolerate
  • the hand 又 pricks up the ear 耳 when someone speaks 曰: that's the most important
輯輯RS
辑辑		集𨌖𨍐𨍣𨍾𨎵 gather up, collect, edit, compile
  • listen 耳 to what people say 口, gather up the best slanders 咠, and use a machine 車/车 to edit it
咠咠RS𠶻𦙃to whisper, to blame, to slander
  • mouth 口 whispers into the ear 耳 slandering good people
恥恥RS
耻耻		shame, humiliation, ashamed
  • RS. related to the heart 心 and the ears 耳 burning (because people are talking about you): shame/ears 耳 being pulled to stop 止 someone because of shameful action
聯聯RS
联联		connect, join, associate, ally
  • ear 耳 hears the loom weaving threads 𢇇: associates this with weaving
  • ⓢ ear 耳 connecting seperate 关 incidents through association
聘聘RSengage, employ, betroth
  • engage a specialist 甹 whom you will listen to 耳
耶耶RSfinal interrogative particle, transliteration of the ya sound into Chinese, father, variant of 邪
  • what did father hear 耳 in the city 阝
聊聊RSsomewhat, slightly, at least
  • whispering somewhat in the ear 耳 while watching the moons 卯
絨絨RS
绒绒		毧狨羢茸silk, cotton, or woolen fabric
  • fabric made from thread 糸 for the standard of the warrior 戎
  • plant 艹 in the form of an ear 耳
敢敢RS𠭖𢼿𢽤𢽿𣆸𣪏 𪠬dare, venture, bold, brave
耳耳RSear, merely, only, handle
  • → → 耳; the handles of a pot resemble an ear
 取; al. : 摂 恥 聴 聡 職 聖 聞
聖聖RS
圣圣		sage, holy, sacred, till the ground
  • RS. the person who speaks 呈 into the ear 耳: sage
  • ⓢ work with hands 又 on the fields 土: sacred work for the sage
 畝; 東; 線; 怪 軽 茎 径 経
聽聽RS
听听		聴hear, listen, understand, obey
  • ethical 𢛳 king 王 listening 耳 to and understanding his subjects who obey him
  • ⓢ orders 口 should be listened to, understood and be "protected" 斤: be obeyed
  • listening 耳 with ten 十 eyes 目 and your heart 心
  • ⓢ listen to and obey the one who speaks 口 with an ax 斤
聳聳RS
耸耸		urge on, rise up, stir, excite, to raise up, lofty
  • many people 人人 stop 龰 sitting still and listening 耳 to stand up and applaud before going out 彳 and telling everybody who wants to hear 耳 how good the performance was
聦聦RS
聡聡		聰聪intelligent, clever, bright
餌餌RS
饵饵		bait, entice, dumplings
  • whispering something into the ear 耳 to bait someone to eat 飠
聶聶RS
聂聂		whisper
  • you need three ears 耳耳耳 to hear it: a whisper
  • ⓢ two hands 又又 helping the ear 耳 hearing something: a whisper
取取RStake, receive, obtain, select
  • hand 又 taking someone/something by the ear 耳
 采 携 把 採 撮 握 執; 趣 最
職職RS
职职		duty, profession, office, post
  • hearing 耳 the potter 戠 work from a distance: profession
  • ⓢ hear 耳 the mouth 只 of the professional
聞聞RS
闻闻		䎽hear, smell, make known, news, reputation
  • listen intently with the ear 耳 while standing at the gate 門 of their house: news gets spread easily
  • at dusk 昏 one has to use his ears 耳 much more than in broad daylight
  • ear 耳 against the door 门, listening through it, sniffing a scandal to destroy someone's reputation
澄 聴 承; 伺 請 尋 問
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