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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RS𡎱𡓵to restrain, to dam a stream and change its direction, a mound
  • clay pottery made in the west 西/: used to restrain liquids
RS
dry in sun, expose to sun
  • dried in the beautiful and magnificent sun
  • when the sun has reached the West 西 your stuff has been exposed and dried in the sun
RS𣳳𣶓𣹍 sprinkle, scatter, pour, to wipe away, to shiver
  • done in the evening 西 with water to wash oneself
西西RSwest, western, westward, occident, rad. 146
  • lit.: bird (animal with high legs ) sitting on top of a nest : 西: it is evening, the sun sets in the west
  • head of a child
  • a bat has 2 large ears, hangs upside down from the ceiling and flies away when the sun sets in the west
; ; ; al. 覀: ;
RSperch, roost, stay
  • bird sitting on it's nest 西 in the tree
RSmadder, rubia cordifolia, reeds, red dye, Turkey red
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