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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RSlegal wife, child of legal wife
  • woman standing like stalks in the countryside
婿婿RSson-in-law, husband
  • woman inspecting the meat of her future son-in-law or husband
RSmilk, woman's breasts, grandma, nurse
RSinterfere with, impede, obstruct, disturb
  • woman interfering with a man carrying a load
RShate, detest, suspect, criticise
  • woman hating the work on the fields being criticised
RS
beauty, imperial concubine, princess
  • woman with a comb
  • ⓢ woman looking down on everyone
RSjealous, envious
  • woman jealous of somebody's door or stones (jewels)
  • that which causes women to throw stones or doors
RSmysterious, subtle, exquisite, wonderful
  • woman lifting a small part of her veil: mysterious, subtle and wonderful at the same time
姿姿RSfigure, form, shape, carriage, bearing
  • figure of a woman running around bearing things
RSshe, her
RSold woman, grandmother, wet nurse
  • woman with waves of tears or milk
RSlike, as, if, supposing, as if, as good as, equal to, to follow (advice), to listen to, to go to, to arrive at, should, ought to, on or in (time)
  • woman saying things like as if you should be supposed to listen to it
RS𡟦tender, slender, elegant, graceful, delicate
RS
number, several, count, fate
  • woman taking an amount of rice for the meal: she has to count so she doesn't use to much or else it will seal her family's fate
  • woman hanging a number of pearls around her neck. When she taps them they rattle.
RSfather's sister, husband's mother, aunt
RSgo-between, matchmaker, mediator, medium
  • only certain women serve as matchmaker
RSappoint, send, commission, committee, entrust to
  • RS. woman harvesting grain : she has been appointed and entrusted this work
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RSroots, vegetables, eat, bear, cook
  • part of the plant the woman cooks to put into the mouth to eat
RS
baby, infant, bother
  • woman with necklace of cowries : just married and ready to bear a baby
RSjealousy, be jealous of
  • illness possessed by certain women
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