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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畫畫RS
画画		a painting, picture, drawing, to draw
  • brush 聿 painting on a 一 flat 田 piece of paper → 畫/lowest part of → 画; brush being dipped into ink container 凵 before painting or drawing
額 絵
幣幣RS
币币		currency, coins, legal tender
  • needed to purchase new cloth 巾 when the old cloth is worn out 敝
  • ⓢ cloth 巾 on a hanger 一 ready to be sold for currency
頁頁RS
页页		page, sheet, leaf, rad. 181
  • man 儿 with a head 𦣻 can fill many pages with stories
  • ⓢ looks like a standing person 贝 with a head 一 and a neck
 乚 本
𦣻𦣻RShead 頁 寡 夏 憂
司司RSdirector, officer, take charge of, control, manage, a (government) department
  • person leaning to the left ㇕ in his chair giving one 一 order 口 after another
后
與與RS
与与		participate, and, with, give
  • RS. hands lifting 舁 a spoon with something in it 与
  • ⓢ hold a spoon 一 to feed one in the mouth 勺: give food
兴
一一RS弌one, a, an, alone
  • one thing 一; ancient form 弌
 壱 甲; 侖 俞 𠮛 令 弐 武 戸 至 百; pt.: heaven 天; earth, ground, place: 氐 亟 旦 𣄼 亘 上 土 士 丘 不 干 互 昼
武武RSmilitary, martial, warlike
丁丁RSmale adult, robust, vigorous, 4th heavenly stem, street, ward, town 亭 庁 灯 打 訂 頂 町 貯; 于
民民RSpeople, subjects, citizens
  • RS. vagina of a woman 女 from which all people come → 民
  • many 十 persons 尸
  • people marching 尺 in one 一 (the same) rhythm
  • RS. originally a needle stuck in the eye 目: blind
大大RS尢亣big, great, vast, large, high,
  • a man 人 spreading his arms 一 wide to take something big; al. 尢: 旡; → 亣
甚; 偉; 奪 奮;
開開RS
开开		open, initiate, begin, start
  • two hands 开 pushing open the gate 門
  • ⓢ looks like two hands 廾 opening the latch 一 of a gate
発; 挨 披 明
丂丂RSobstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters 巧 亏 于 考
天天RS夭一sky, heaven, god, celestial
  • which is above 一 even the biggest man 大
 宇 蚕; al. : top stroke of 天: 存 在 丙 雨 下 王 互 正; 夭: 橋 忝 矯 笑; : top stroke of 夭: heaven = good, superior: 禾 壬 㠯 宅 乏 系 釈 番 託 廷 延 風 ; 无: 旡
叢叢RS
丛丛		樷欉菆bush, shrub; thicket; collection
  • thick vegetation 丵 so thick you can grab it 取: bush or shrub
  • ⓢ trees 从 standing on the ground 一
縣縣RS
县县		county, district, subdivision
  • RS. hang 系 a man by the head 県: hang; authority of a district
  • ⓢ eye 目 of a hung 一 (cord) individual 厶
丙丙RSthird (class), 3rd heavenly stem
  • RS. originally smoke rising in 入 the hearth 冂 to the sky 一: a third way of cooking things (after eating it raw or cooked)
  • consists of three elements: one enters 入 the wide 冂 skies 一
俞; 三; 病 柄
二二RS冫two, twice 弐 乙; 仁 元 云; al. 冫: 次
元元RSbeginning, first, dollar, origin, head
  • thing 一 above the legs and body 兀: the head, the origin of all human endeavours; put a price on one's head
序 初 緒 創; 本 基; 完 頑 院 冠
兀兀RSstand upright, to cut off the feet, table
  • one 一 person standing 儿, man cut off 一 above the feet 儿, table top 一 with legs 儿
 元
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