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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々々RSrepeats the previous character
平平RSflat, level, even, peaceful
  • peaceful work 干 sowing seeds 丶丶干 in level fields in the flat countryside; con.: countryside
  • two objects 丶丶 on the same even level of the shelf 干
 滑 均; 凡; 坪 評
器器RSreceptacle, vessel, instrument噐
義義RS
义义		right conduct, righteousness, generosity
  • person guarding 我 his sheep ⺷ and being generous to strangers roaming the land
  • ⓢ hand 乂 giving things 丶
哭哭RSweep, cry, wail
血血RSblood, rad. 143
  • lit. bowl 皿 of blood 丶 from the slaughtered animal offered to the gods
 脈; 衆
丸丸RSsmall round object, pellet, pill
  • nine 九 plus one 丶 makes the circle of the numbers round: 10 ends in 0 → round small object
 円; 球; 満; 穫; 船 城; 埶 熟 塾 執
旅旅RS𣥏trip, journey, travel, traveler
  • persons 亻𠤎𠂉 moving in a certain direction 方
  • person 亻 putting on clothes 𧘇 (he leaves certain things 丶 at home) preparing to go in a certain direction 方
⻌ 航 巡
㞢㞢RS之𠔇𡳿to arrive at, to go to
  • the time arrives when the shoots come out of the ground
  • RS. foot print pointing forward, cursive form of 止: 𡳿 → 㞢 → 𠔇 → 之
  • 之: looks like a person 丶 on the front of a ship on water: the ship has now arrived at shore and it has brought some crates
咅咅RSspit out
  • standing person 立 using his mouth 口 to disapprove of something
  • looks like a mouth 口 spitting out saliva 丶 from the tongue ㅍ
剖 部 培 倍 陪 賠
永永RS𣱵long, perpetual, eternal, forever
  • man 丶 crossing a large body of water 水: it seems like ages before he reaches the other side; water 水 with cover 亠: old aquifer with water that has been there forever 𣱵
悠 久 長; 泳 詠
吏吏RSgovernment official, magistrate史
坤坤RSdivination sign, land, earth
  • fortunetellers monkey around 申 with the dupable people who trust them with their land 土, they divine things from shells on a string 毌 thrown on the ground 土, from the shape they know everything that is above 丶 the fields 田 and below 丶 the fields 田
 卜
𠂤𠂤RSto store up, to pile up
  • irritable individual 㠯 storing things 丶
 𨸏
广广RSwide, extensive, broad, house on cliff, rad. 53
  • house 丶 on a cliff 厂: it has a wide view
  • RS. characteristic of a building (an open stall shop): wide and spacious
  • con. house
白白RS𦣺𤼽white, pure, unblemished, bright, rad. 106
  • modf. → 𦣺 or 𤼽 → 白: white rice grain 目 (white as the sun 日), part of a stem 丨
  • looks like a white paint bucket with a paint brush 丶 dipping into the bucket 日
 糧 飯; 禾 米; 楽 激 泊 泉 的 皇 迫 舶 皆 拍 伯 線 食 百 原 習
勺勺RSspoon, ladle, unit of volume
  • a spoon 丶 inside an open mouth 勹
  • con.: small amount, fishhook
 的 酌; 約 釣; 匁
主主RS龶master, chief owner, host, lord
  • oil lamp made of clay 土 which the leader holds: → 主
  • the flame 丶is the most important part of the lamp 王
 師 公 侯 君 殿; 要; 注 柱 往 住 駐; 龶: 素 青 毒 責 表 麦
必必RSsurely, most certainly, must
  • something 丶 crossing someone's mind 心: it certainly will happen sooner or later
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