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
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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陰陰RS
阴阴		negative (as opposite to positive, as electricity), feminine, female, cloudy, dark, shady, secret, the back side
  • slope 阝 in the shadow 侌
  • ⓢ slope 阝 in the dark of night 月
opp. 陽
郎郎RS郒郞𨝥gentleman, young man, master, husband
  • master with his attributes: → 郎
  • a good 良 subservient person 阝
鄕鄕RS
乡乡		鄉郷鄊country, rural, village
邦邦RSnation, country, state
  • RS. city 阝 and the cultivated land 丰 under its control: country
鄰鄰RS
邻邻		隣隣厸neighbour, neighbouring, adjacent
  • flickering lights 粦 of neighbours in the city or on the hill 阝
險險RS
险险		険narrow pass, strategic point, adventure
  • place surrounded by slopes 阝 defended with arrows 僉/佥/㑒
限限RSboundary, limit, line
阪阪RShillside (farmland), slope
  • mound 阝 which can be used to reverse 反 an attack but in peace time serves for farming
哪哪RShow, which
  • how can a tender 冄 mouth 口 defeat a fortified city 阝? this 那 is not obvious
那那RS𨙻that, those, then (in that case)
  • how can a tender 冄 one defeat a fortified city 阝? that is not obvious; see 哪
陪陪RSaccompany, be with, keep company
  • person with mouth 咅 accompanying (protecting) a slope 阝
陶陶RSpottery, ceramics
  • ceramic pot in a kiln 匋 made in a mound 阝
陳陳RS
陈陈		exhibit, display, plead
  • RS. slope 阝 with hands 申 holding a tree 木
  • people exhibiting tai chi on a slope 阝 in the morning 東
障障RSseparate, shield, barricade, hinder
  • many sounds 章 coming from slopes 阝: soldiers on the barricade
惰惰RSindolent, careless, lazy, idle
  • heart 忄 not working 隋 on the wall 阝: lazy
隋隋RS陏Sui dynasty, melon, wrap
  • RS. dynasty surrounding by a wall 阝 those who worked 左 on the wall with tampers 工 and muscles 月
陽陽RS
阳阳		'male' principle, light, sun日
啚啚RS鄙𠴿𠷰low, mean, cheap, small heap of grains
  • RS. Primitive pictograph → 啚: a heap of wheat sheaves 㐭 and an enclosure 口: thrifty, cheap
  • people in the city 阝 with a small heap of grain 啚: lowly and cheap people
陀陀RS陁steep (bank), rough terrain
  • house 它 on a mound 阝 (where savage people 㐌 live)
郡郡RSadministrative division, county, district
  • sovereign 君 part of a city 阝
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