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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RSpray for happiness or blessings, celebrate, congratulate
  • brother going to the altar to pray for happiness for one of his siblings: cause for celebration and congratulations if it comes true
RSbare, nude, undress, strip
  • a stripper reaps the fruit of letting one's clothes fall off
RSrepeat, double, overlap
  • repeated clothes : overlap
RSbedding, cover, spread, reach, put on, wear, suffer, passive indicator (by)
  • clothes used like a skin : cover for a bed or wearing it in case one suffers
  • leather clothes worn by a masochist (passive indicator who likes to suffer the action)
RS
reverse side, lining, last half of a baseball inning
  • the inside of clothes resembles the patched clothes of the people in a village
RS
X
association, company, Shinto shrine, Shinto shrine
  • the place where people live and work around the ancestral altar
; ; ;
RSgod of the soil and altars to him, group of families, company, society, shrine
  • families/companies/societies are all organized around places with special significance
  • place with an altar
; ; ;
RSancestor, forefather, grandfather
  • venerated at the table of the altar
RShappiness, blessings, good luck
  • stop and stand in front of the altar to pray for happiness and good luck
RShappiness, good fortune, blessing
  • offering a full jar on the altar for luck and happiness
RSabundant, rich, plentiful
  • the rich have river flows of clothes
RS
X
cold, wintry, chilly
  • when the house well has a thick layer of ice
; ;
RS𡫮𡫾cold, wintry, chilly; ;
RS
kiln, oven, furnace, coal mine pit
  • hole in which one can cook a lamb
  • ⓢ hole which can be closed like a jar : oven
RSexamine, investigate, notice, guess
  • priests examining the donations to be enshrined at the temple altar, guessing it's worth
RSlineage, religion, believe
RScolleague, hut, shack
  • house made of wet wood : hut
RScut, divide, partition, cede, break
  • knife injuring by cutting
RSwidowed, alone, friendless
  • RS. one who lives in a house whose head is dead (cut by knife ): widow
RSnight, evening, dark
  • small body at home : night has fallen and it is dark
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