Chinese character/hanzi/kanji mnemonics

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

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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進進R S 进进		advance, make progress, enter	go ⻌ as fast as a bird 隹/go ⻌ as fast as one falls down a mine shaft 井
観観R S	觀	see, observe, view, appearance, outlook, look	modf. 觀 → 観; men 𠂉𠂉 seeing 見 from above like a flying bird 隹 (雚)
椎椎R S		hammer, mallet, beat, vertebra, species of tree	shrub like tree 木 where birds 隹 like to sit: chinquapin, material in which a good hammer is made
集集R S		assemble, collect together	RS. birds 隹 gather in trees 木	并兼採; 狩; 座; 催会; 雑
推推R S		push, expel, deduce, infer	bird 隹 waiving it's 'hands' 扌 to push it forward hand 扌 deducing the sex of a bird 隹
飌飌R S		wind	birds 隹 and bees in a hive 風 sound like the wind from which the fortune tellers 占 try to divine the future
稚稚R S		young, immature, childhood	young like grain 禾 and little birds 隹
奪奪R S 夺夺		take by force, rob, snatch	RS. the man 大 who steals 寸 a bird 隹: rob
寉寉R S	隺	a bird flying high, crane	a bird 隹 nesting on the roof 宀 of a house or a tree
雚雚R S		heron, small cup	bird 隹 which makes it's nest in vegetation 艹 and makes a lot of noise 吅 when noisy 吅 robbers 萑 take your money, there's not much left con. if modf. : men 𠂉𠂉 like a flying bird 隹
萑萑R S		grass used for making mats, Huanpu, place famous for robbers	it's a difficult life 隹 weaving grass 艹 to mats place where robbers rob your money as easily as birds 隹 pick grass 艹
誰誰R S 谁谁		who? whom? whose? anyone?	who's words 言 have we heard, but has fled 隹 so we don't see him anymore?
雈雈R S		kind of owl	bird 隹 with hair standing up 卝
唯唯R S		only, merely, yes	mouth 口 of a bird 隹 can only produce one typical kind of sound
奞奞R S		bird spreading wings	RS. a bird 隹 spreading its wings 大: → 奞
難難R S 难难		difficult, arduous, hard, unable	it's difficult for birds to get at clay 𦰩 (inspired by RS.)/it's difficult to get a bird 隹 in hand 又
焦焦R S		burned, scorched, anxious, vexed	RS. roast 灬 a bird 隹
雁雁R S	贋鳫鴈𩿫𪁡	wild goose	person 亻 and a bird 隹 sheltering under a cliff 厂
瞿瞿R S		shocked, scared, look around	RS. eyes 目目 of a bird 隹: scared
離離R S 离离		leave, depart, go away, separate	birds 隹 and rare beasts 离 flee when they see people ⓢ rare beasts 离 flee when they see people	放; 割隔別

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