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
evil, bad
  • person with a "subordinate" heart likened to a huge tree which is not yet shaped into nice timber
RSevil, wicked, bad, foul
  • heart below good things
RS
shame, humiliation, ashamed
  • RS. related to the heart and the ears burning (because people are talking about you): shame/ears being pulled to stop someone because of shameful action
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
RS
duty, profession, office, post
  • hearing the potter work from a distance: profession
  • ⓢ hear the mouth of the professional
RS
X
shape, (individual) form
  • 2 hands with a comb giving shape to hair
姿
RSform, shape, appearance
  • rays of the sun throwing a shadow behind a gate : ; two hands modelling hair
姿
RS
X
take
  • hand taking a pot by the "ear"
;
RStake, receive, obtain, select
  • hand taking someone/something by the ear
;
RStart, sour, acid, stiff, spoiled
  • jar containing a liquid that makes the spoiling process go slowly : acid
RScover, tip over, return, reply, defeat
  • bird returning to it's nest in the evening to find it turned over
RSnecessary, essential, necessity, important, demand
  • RS. hands around the head of a child () to be delivered from a woman : necessary to deliver a healthy child
  • an important western woman demands whatever she will
RS
sage, holy, sacred, till the ground
  • RS. the person who speaks into the ear : sage
  • ⓢ work with hands on the fields : sacred work for the sage
; ; ;
RSpattern, model, type, law, mold
  • two hands holding a knife modeling clay
RS
𤨐𤫆 imperial signet, royal signet
  • precious stone that is a sign of somebody else /
RS
X
sub-, rank next, Asia
  • bulging sides of huge trees are cut off to make beams and planks, that's the job of "subordinate" apprentices
; ;
西西RS
X
west
  • Spain) (where the sun goes under cover; in the evening people go home, under cover; birds are in their nests; modf. : wine bottle with tightly fitting cover; con.: evening, cover
; ; ; al. 覀:
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: ;
RSa wine vessel
  • wine bottle
modf. to 西; ;
RSelegant, graceful, refined
  • elegant like a bird or like the teeth of an elephant
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