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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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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幸幸RS㚔luck(ily), favor, fortunately, happiness, blessing, fortune
  • person standing 立 in the fields 土 using his pitchfork 𢆉 to gather the harvest: he's a happy man with good fortune
  • 大 murder above 屰 dead man: 㚔 murderer
  • from bitter 辛 to happiness: only one 一 step
祥 福 吉; 慶 祉 嬉; 執 報; 尺
魚魚RS
鱼鱼		𩵋fish, rad. 195
  • open mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail 灬: → 魚
  • ⓢ one sees only it's open mouth ⺈ and body 田 when it comes above the water 一
漁 鯨 鮮; al. 𩵋: 衡
且且RSmoreover, also, about to, will soon, and
  • table 几 standing on the floor 一 having two cross beams 二: people are about to sit at it and eat also
  • con.: table
  • in discussions at the table: moreover other arguments are also put on the table
 尚 又 及; 祖 宜 粗 査 租 組 狙 阻 畳 助
隆隆RSprosperous, plentiful, abundant, noble
  • mounds 阝 of harvest secured by the worship of God 㚅: prosperous
  • grand and prosperous hill 阝 where one 一 goes 夂 to live 生
㚅㚅RSworship of God, praise, many, much
  • one 一 goes 夂 in nature and praises God for all living 生 things
三三RSthree
  • three times one 一
 参 丙
重重RSheavy, weighty, double
  • man 𡈼 holding a 一 heavy bag full of dirt from the fields 田
  • a man 亻 on the ground 一 carrying a heavy bag of dirt 亘
軽; 坴 積 台; 塔; 薫 衝 動 種
滅滅RS
灭灭		extinguish, wipe out, exterminate
  • destroyed by fire, ax 烕 and water 氵
  • ⓢ thing 一 destroyed by fire 火
升升RSarise, go up, hoist, advance, measuring box
  • ten 十 people 亻 rising or advancing together; container 廾 with a lid 一: 升
或或RScertain, some, perhaps, probably, maybe, or
  • enclosure 囗 guarded by a 一 weapon 戈: it is certain nothing will get out, or perhaps?
Don't confuse with 成
王王RS𠙻king, ruler, royal, surname
  • orig. person 大 stretching from earth 一 till heaven 一
  • a king is symbolized by his crown or person sitting on his throne → 𠙻 → 王
潤 主 望 皇 徴 全 金 狂; 3142-3172; 呈
百百RSone hundred, numerous, many
  • one 一 handful of rice 白 consists of hundred grains
 宿
專專RS
专专		叀専𤰔monopolize, take sole possession, concentrate, focus, special
  • one 一 small 寸 individual 厶 taking all food from the field 田
  • hand 寸 working concentrated with a spindle → 叀 → 𤰔
  • ⓢ hand 扌 working focused with a spindle to transfer all thread to the loom 龴
  • one small 寸 owner owning many 十 fields 田 in the region: he's monopolised agriculture in the region
尃
上上RS丄𠄞above, up, top, superior, highest, go up, send up
  • something above the ground 一: 𠄞 → stake 丨 standing above the ground 丄 → 上
 高 挙 揚 起 登 昇 騰; 峠 叔
下下RS丅𠄟under, underneath, below, down, inferior, bring down 戴; 本 塁; 低; 劣; 懸 垂; 落; 降; 与 授; 峠
禾禾RS⽲grain still on stalk, rice plant, tree with 2 branches rad. 115
  • rice stalk → 禾; tree 木 with a second branch 一
 白 米; 菌; 2241-2278
乏乏RS𠂜𣥄deficient, lack, exhausted, tired, useless, weak
  • RS. a left foot 止 (reversed) with a limit 一: 𠂜 → → 乏: deficient and weak
巠巠RS
𢀖𢀖		𡿱坙streams running underground, flowing water脛
堇堇RS𦰩yellow loam, clay, season, few 漢
麼麼RS
么么		interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
  • if you ask a question, the answers hangs 幺 in the air by a thread 麻
  • tiny things can be hung by threads 幺麻
  • modf. 幺 → 么: one 一 tiny individual 厶 thing
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