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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朽朽RSdecayed, rotten, rot, decay
  • wood 木 without breath (dead) 丂 is left to rot
考考RS攷examine, test, investigate, consider, think over
  • experienced person 老 holding his breath 丂 while examining something: he's thinking something
憶 慮 存 想 稽 念 思; 説; 拷
可可RSgood, approval, may, can, -able, possibly
  • → 可: it is good not to talk 口 too much 丂; approval is given by nodding one's head, not by talking; what can possibly go wrong when everything is good?
宜 良 善; 許 認; 河 奇 何 歌
甹甹RS
  • obstruction of breath 丂 when learning the cause 由 of something; con.: specialist
号号RSmark, sign, symbol, number, howl
  • mouth 口 stops breathing 丂 in amazement at the sign in the sky
  • the breathing stops 丂, bluish-gray color circles the mouth 口: signs of death, the nurse writes down the name, date and number of the health plan, while the family howls
番; 名
巧巧RSskillful, ingenious, clever
  • breath being cut off 丂 by amazement of the skillfulness of a work 工
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