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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力力RSpower, capability, influence
  • image of a man 人 flexing his muscles: → 力
 艮 雄 猛 強 剛; 精 勢; 尽
卻卻RS
却却		still, but, decline, retreat
女女RSwoman, girl, feminine, rad. 38
  • person 人 holding a baby: → 女
  • looks like a woman sitting down with legs crossed
 汝 姿 婆 妄 安 宴 数 接 威 妻; 1744-1778; 桜 楼 妥 委 要 嬰
火火RS灬⺌fire, flame, burn, anger, rage
  • flames → 火
  • coals in a fireplace: 灬 ⺌
  • person 人 waving with his arms 丷 in the air: something is on fire!
薪; 龸 滅; 秋 災 灰; 赤; 光 当
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;
企企RSstand on tiptoe, hope, long, expect, plan
  • RS. a man 人 standing on tiptoe 止: he's hoping to get moving soon and execute his plan
人人RS亻𠂉𠂊man, people, mankind, someone else, rad. 9
  • person standing wide legged → 人
 儿 耂 尸 方 者 ⺼ 手 名 口 夸 漢 彦 郎 夫 男; 兵 黄 只
侖侖RS
仑仑		think, self-examination, to make
  • people brought together 亼 to think about books 冊
  • ⓢ two persons 人匕 thinking of each other
俞
囚囚RSprisoner, convict, confine
只只RSonly, just, simply
  • mouth 口 of a person 人 = words are just words, words are only words, words are simply words
 唯
認認RS
认认		recognize, know, understand
  • words 言 of understanding touch the heart deeply 忍
  • ⓢ person 人 recognising something speaks 讠 about it
 許 可
巫巫RSwizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman
  • he who makes people 人人 hang in a 工 without touching them
禽禽RS擒𠎘𢄕𤢌birds, capture
  • RS. Primitive pictograph -> 禽: a net (bottom) over a mouth (top)
  • rare beast 离 captured by man 人
亡亡RSdeath, destroyed, lose, perish
  • → 亡: person 人 hidden behind a line 丨: buried and lost
  • person hidden under a lid 亠
 歹 死; 忘 妄 望 盲 忙 荒 網
俳俳RSactor, vaudeville show, insincere
介介RSlie between, sea shell, wear armour, forerunner, herald, harbinger
  • that which separates 八 men 人
  • seashell → 介: armour for the animal inside
媒 仲; 貝; 界
監監RS
监监		supervise, control, direct
臥臥RS
卧卧		lie down, crouch, bow
以以RSby means of, thereby, therefore, consider as, in order to
  • by means of an individual 厶 person 人 much can be achieved
該; 似
巠巠RS
𢀖𢀖		𡿱坙streams running underground, flowing water脛
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