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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RSchopsticks
  • heart beating quicker when on takes one's bamboo chopsticks: one can finally eat
RStube, pipe, cylinder, thick piece of bamboo
  • piece of bamboo round like all mouths and having the same diameter everywhere
RSrecord, register, list, census, membership
  • plow tracks into bamboo to record someone's membership
RSarrow end
  • made from bamboo looking like a tongue
RS
sign, endorse, slip of paper
  • slips of bamboo given to all gathered / as a sign of endorsement for a candidate
RSsmall gourd-shaped musical instrument
  • lively instrument made in bamboo
RS
𪚖cage, cage-like basket, bamboo food steamer
  • steaming dragon // locked away in a bamboo cage
RSchapter, section, essay, article
  • bambook books contain chapters and sections
RS𥯱𦭡bamboo basket, bamboo chest, bamboo box
  • bamboo box or chest in the office of the director
RS
small bamboo basket for holding
  • bamboo basket for one individual
RSbamboo hat, bamboo covering
  • standing person having a bamboo hat on his head
RS
basket
  • man supervising his bamboo basket with bought wares
RS
𥳑simple, terse, succinct, letter
  • gate made of bamboo : simple structure made in brief time; letter made of slips of bamboo with space between
  • a simple bamboo gate / through which the sun passes
RSmuscles, tendons
  • arms and flesh looking like bamboo
簿簿RSregister, account book, notebook
  • big register made of bamboo strips
RSchopsticks
  • person using bamboo chopsticks to eat
RSscheme, plan, to whip, urge
  • thorny plan written on bamboo slats
RSfoolish, stupid, dull, awkward
  • RS. dumb like a stick of bamboo or like a book
RS
deep, true, sincere, genuine, dangerous
  • sitting on a horse running through a bamboo bush can be dangerous and a truely deep experience
RS
pattern, model, rule, law
  • tracks 𨊠 carved into bamboo
  • pattern into which the water flows while spreading in a flood through the vegetation
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