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.

Characters

Characters


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RS
X
both, old Japanese coin, unit for wagons ()
  • scale with both sides in balance
; ;
RS
X
3rd in a series
  • con.: influential citizen: he wears robes and belongs to a family with many ancestors in heaven ; since he is a positive, YANG element in society, this k. was chosen for the odd numeral 3
; ;
RSmale adult, robust, vigorous, 4th heavenly stem, street, ward, town ;
RS𠕲𠕒𠕘𩁼rain, rainy, rad. 173 ; ; ; 3144-3179
RStwo, both, pair, couple, a tael, ounce
  • scale or yolk for oxen: or or
; ;
RSthird (class), 3rd heavenly stem
  • RS. originally smoke rising in the hearth to the sky : a third way of cooking things (after eating it raw or cooked)
  • consists of three elements: one enters the wide skies
; ;
RSneed, require, must, hesitate, consider
  • RS. hesitate and consider whether it will rain while stroking the beard ; need comes afterward because one has waited for too long
  • all falling: the rain , the beard and the need
RS
X
under, base, lower, hang down, fall, go down, give, put down, get down
  • a fortuneteller knows everything under the heavens
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
RS
X
not, negative
  • stillborn baby buried under the ground ; negative feelings in the family; modf. to differentiate it from
;
RS𠄟under, underneath, below, down, inferior, bring down ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
RSno, not; un-; negative prefix
  • person spreading arms in objection
  • lit. bird flying under the sky and not coming down
  • newborn bird flapping its wings, it will not fly to the sky , the result is negative for flying
  • the roots of a plant : the roots can not be pulled out
;
RS
X
dry, get dry
  • many seeds for sowing in the soil ; con.: seeds, symbol of dryness;
;
RS
X
flat, level, even, peaceful
  • dry seeds sown in flat topsoil; not stored in bags
; ;
RSoppose, offend, invade, dried, seeds, work
  • offensive weapon: ; also working tool for picking up dried (ripe) cereals from the fields: they yield seeds after hard work
  • looks like a clothesline pole to dry clean clothes
;
RSflat, level, even, peaceful
  • peaceful work sowing seeds in level fields in the flat countryside; con.: countryside
  • two objects on the same even level of the shelf
; ;
RS
X
  • electricity (lightning: dragon's tail during a rainstorm )
RS
electricity, electric, lightning
  • what the rain cloud throws away in excess electricity; RS. flash of lighting from the rain cloud until the ground
  • ⓢ looks like a bolt of lighting striking through a cloud
RS
X
actual, appear, show, express
  • the king is seen during an audience in the intercalary month of the moon calendar;
RS
appear, manifest, become visible
  • the king is seen by everyone in public: a manifest appearance
RSfear, fearful, apprehensive
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