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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後後RS
后后		behind, rear, after, descendants
  • if one walks 夂 with small 幺 steps with the left foot 彳 one lags behind all others and forms the rear of the party
  • ⓢ eating one 一 mouthful 口 after work at the factory 厂
滞 后 陰; 遅
𣄼𣄼RSevening, past
  • when the sun 日 is below the horizon 一
夜 宵 夕 西 晩; 歴 昨; 昔
氐氐RSancient barbarian tribe in the west, low
  • sun 日 low at the horizon 一 shining through haze: → 氐
  • also the direction where this tribe was located: clan 氏 near the horizon 一
 底 抵 低 邸
聿聿RS𦘒⺻肀writing brush, pencil; thereupon, rad. 129 津 律 筆 建 書
士士RS𡈼scholar, gentleman, soldier, samurai
  • modf. 大 big man standing on the ground 一 → 士: samurai with hands spread, barring the way
  • con. professional
  • good 一 professional man 士: 𡈼
侍; 壴 壮 仕; 1442-1477; 妊 任 廷; 壬
未未RSnot yet, 8th terrestrial branch
  • RS. buds 一 on a tree 木: not yet full grown
羊; 魅 妹 味; 末; 夫
獸獸RS
兽兽		獣beast, animal, bestial
  • RS. an animal 嘼 such as a dog 犬
  • ⓢ a scary beast face with horns 丷, eyes 田, nose 一, and a mouth 口
喂喂RSinterjection to call attention
  • the mouth 口 of one 一 scarecrow has to call out loud when guarding the fields 田
西西RS卥卤襾覀west, western, westward, occident, rad. 146
  • lit.: bird (animal 一 with high legs 儿) sitting on top of a nest 口: → 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
 洋 泰; 夕; 冖; al. 覀: 煙 価 票 覇 遷 覆 要; 襾
歹歹RS歺bad, vicious, depraved, wicked, death, decay, rad. 78
昜昜RS
𠃓𠃓		open out, expand, bright, glorious
  • animals 勿 running out in the wide open sunny 日 sky 一
Do not confuse with 易. 癶 去; 湯 揚 場 傷 陽 腸
至至RS𦤳reach, arrive, extremely, very, climax
  • arrow stuck in the ground: → 至: it has reached it's climax
  • one 一 individual 厶 reached his destination 土
払 去 台 広 参; 着 達 及 届; 室 窒 到 致 屋
炗炗RSlight黃
師師RS
师师		teacher, master, military specialist
  • irritable individual storing 𠂤 his one 一 flag 巾 carrying his family's emblem very carefully
  • ⓢ master swordsman carrying his one 一 sword 刂 and his flag 巾
 教; 主; 帥 軍 尉
示示RS𥘅礻show, manifest, demonstrate, altar, cult, sign
  • something 一 shown on an altar 𥘅: → 示 or 礻(do not confuse with 衤)
  • con. altar, worship
  • 礻: a spirit showing itself
現; 祖 壇 且; 宗 奈 禁 祭 禱 票 尉
室室RSroom, home, house, chamber
  • where one can arrive 至 and stay in the house 宀
  • place 土 where one 一 individual 厶 can stay in the house 宀
 广 𠆢 斎 房 間; 倉
廿廿RStwenty 革 度 炗
十十RSten, tenth, complete, perfect
  • direction east west 一 and direction north south 丨 refers to everything which is under the four wind directions; perfect in all directions; con.: many, high intensity
 汁 協 博 針 計 什; 拾; 旬; 多; 早 辛
辛辛RSbitter, toilsome, laborious, spicy, 8th heavenly stem, rad. 160
  • if you eat something spicy you stand 立 up many 十 times faster than normally
  • lit. something having a 一 fault 䇂
  • RS. 1. an upside down person - (laying not standing, dead not alive, woman not man, going not comming, slave not free, bad person not good person) 2. sometimes possibly a crowbar like instrument: → 辛
  • looks like a face 立 with a tongue 十 sticking out of it: the taste of something is bitter
 苦; 塩; 辟 宰 辞
禹禹RSYu, the legendary founder of the Hsia 夏 Dynasty 21st-16th century B.C.
  • insect 虫 with a wide bottom 冂 and head 一
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