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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蛇蛇RSsnake, serpent, hard drinker
  • snake 虫 sneaking into a house 它
蛍蛍RSglow-worm, luminous insect
  • insect 虫 with a little light 龸
蛙蛙RSfrog
  • eats insects 虫 and lives in the ground 土土
蜘蜘RS䵹鼅𧐉𫪦spider
  • insect 虫 that shoots things like an arrow from it's mouth 知
蛛蛛RS𦧙鼄spider
  • insect 虫 living in trees 朱 catching flies
蜉蜉RSmayfly, kind of large insect
蝣蝣RSmayfly
  • swimming 斿 insect 虫 that leaves the water to become a mayfly
蚤蚤RS
𧈡𧈡
flea, louse
  • RS. insects, snakes and small animals 虫, insect with claws 㕚: flea
蠍蠍RS
蝎蝎
𥗧𧒤𧓚𧕔𧔄scorpion
  • snake 虫 like creature usually at rest 歇
強強RS
强强
strong, powerful, energetic艮 雄 力 猛 剛; 濃
蚊蚊RSmosquito, gnat
  • insect 虫 feasting on cultured people 文
蟬蟬RS
蝉蝉
蟺cicada, continuous
蟹蟹RS䲒蠏𩼠crab, brachyura
  • knife separating the horn 解 from this snake 虫 like creature when eating it: crab
蝙蝙RSbat
  • when you open the door to read bamboo books 扁 this snake 虫 like creature flies out in winter
蝠蝠RS𪕲bat
  • snake 虫 like creature that is black like ink 畐
蜥蜥RS蜤𧈼蝷𧌥𧌨𧎀 𧎴lizard
  • snake 虫 like creature walking along splits in wood 析
蜴蜴RS易蝪𧊤lizard
  • snake 虫 like animal 勿 enjoying the heat of the sun 日
蜀蜀RSShu, an ancient kingdom in what is Szechwan today, an alternative name of Szechwan
  • RS. an insect with a head 罒 on top and a body 勹 insect 虫 is redundant - place name
  • usually simplified to 虫
禹禹RSYu, the legendary founder of the Hsia 夏 Dynasty 21st-16th century B.C.
  • insect 虫 with a wide bottom 冂 and head 一
風風RS
风风
𠙊𠙈凬飌檒wind, air, manners, atmosphere
  • RS. sail 凡 and insects 虫 fly in the wind
  • ⓢ a hand 乂 inside the hive 几 provokes a buzzing which sounds like the wind
流 式; 様
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