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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RSfear, fearful, apprehensive
RS
love, be fond of, like
  • make one's heart wide open and transfer it with hands and feet
  • ⓢ a friend with wide open hands
  • love is a force (the claw ) keeping friends in the same house
  • two big hands protecting two small hands from rain and falling rocks ... that must be love.
RSthought, idea, opinion, think; ;
RSsuddenly, abruptly, neglect
  • heart scared by a suddenly appearing animal
RSsuffer, worry about, disease
RSconfuse, mislead, baffle, doubt
  • enclosure of the heart guarded by a weapon: confuses, misleads and baffles everyone wanting to conquer it
RS
constitution, statute, law
  • RS. to use your heart and eyes to keep records in a building
  • ⓢ defended by weapons and in the courthouse
RS
be concerned, worry about, prudent, consider
  • state of mind when seeing a tiger (on the fields )
RSlong for, desire, admire
  • heart longing for something lost in the darkness of time
RSanxiety, worry about, depressing
  • when autumn comes the heart turns to depression and anxiety
RS
should, ought to, need, respond to, answer
  • mind ready to respond like a falcon
  • ⓢ mind wide 广 open with a attention: ready to respond
RSkindness, mercy, charity
  • merciful heart for the prisoner
RS
desire, want, wish, ambition, petition, request
  • the beginning of all desires lies in the head of a man /in his mind
RS
hear, listen, understand, obey
  • ethical 𢛳 king listening to and understanding his subjects who obey him
  • ⓢ orders should be listened to, understood and be "protected" : be obeyed
  • listening with ten eyes and your heart
  • listen to and obey the one who speaks with an ax
RSbreath, rest, put stop to, end, cease
  • breath is between the heart and the nose ; while resting one takes a breath
RS𢛳ethics, morality, virtue
  • when heart, mind and feelings are honest one comes to virtue
RSwick, marrow, core, juncus effusus
  • something at the centre made from plant material
RSidle, remiss, negligent, neglect, laziness
  • mind under a podium : idle and lazy
RSloyalty, devotion, fidelity
  • put one's heart in the middle for someone: loyalty
RSindulge oneself, unrestrained, selfish, arbitrary
  • heart or mind following it's own order
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