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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獨獨RS
独独		alone, single, solitary, only
蟻蟻RS
蚁蚁		蛾螘蟣𡎕𧍽𧑢 𧔮𧕶𨣞ant
  • insect 虫 guarding his nest 義
  • insect 虫 whose righteousness 义 grants the colony survival
蛸蛸RS鮹鱆octopus
  • a small part of the body 肖 looks like a snake 虫
蛤蛤RS𧊧clam
  • snake like 虫 creature hidden under a roof 合
蜊蜊RS䖽䖿clam
  • snake like creature 虫 that can give gains 利 when fished for
蠣蠣RS
蛎蛎		䘈蠇𧖄oyster
  • ten thousand men in a cave 厲/厉 opening oysters in order to get the snake-like creature 虫 out
雖雖RS
虽虽		although, even if, reptile, lizard
  • mouth 口 eating insects 虫 like a bird 隹: reptile; even if you see it, it's already gone
  • ⓢ I don't eat 口 insects 虫, although they are edible
觸觸RS
触触		butt, ram, gore, touch
  • insect 蜀/虫 ramming it's horns 角 into something: feels like something touches you
蜂蜂RSbee, wasp, hornet
  • insects 虫 living in a lush forest 夆
蜜蜜RShoney, sweet, nectar
  • what the honey bees 虫 have made has been brought into the silence of the house 宓: honey
蛋蛋RSeggs, term of abuse
  • insect 虫 rolling up 疋 it's eggs
虹虹RS𧈬𧍺𧌫𧊋𧈫rainbow
  • RS. the ancient character is a bowed snake 虫 with two heads: → → 𧈬 → 𧈫 → 虹
蟲蟲RS
虫虫		insects, worms, rad. 142
  • snake → → 虫
  • cocooned 厶 insect creeping out of a hole 口
  • mosquito planting it's stinger 中 in your skin _,
蛇, 蛙, 濁 蛮 蚊 虹 繭 触 独 融 蚕 騒 強 風
蠶蠶RS
蚕蚕		silkworms
蠻蠻RS
蛮蛮		barbarians, barbarous, savage
  • chaotic 䜌 people acting like insects 虫
  • ⓢ wet people 亦 with insects 虫 all over them
蛉蛉RS𧕅dragonfly, libellulidae
  • when you see it a commanding 令 insect 虫
蜻蜻RS䗌𧓔dragonfly
  • magnificent blue, green or black 青 insect 虫
蝋蝋RS蠟𧒑wax, candle, waxy, glazed
  • wax made by bees 虫 used in candles when the mouse 鼡 is active (at night)
蝶蝶RSbutterfly
  • insects 虫 on the leaves of a tree 枼: butterfly
螺螺RS䗾蝸蠃螺𧷳𩮹 spiral shell, conch, spiral
  • snake like 虫 creature living in a shell that's accumulated 累 over time
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