Chinese character/hanzi/kanji mnemonics

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

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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關關R S 关关		frontier pass, close, relation	passing 𢇅 gate 門 gate 門 closed with threads 𢇅 ⓢ place where the sky 天 is divided 丷 between two countries ⓢ looks like a gate (with it's doorknobs 丷 and two halves 人) closed with threads 二
漢漢R S 汉汉		the Chinese people, Chinese language, Han Chinese	people 人 renowned for making pottery and ceramics in clay 堇 with water 氵 people living near the Han-river 氵 with skilful hands 又	唐中華
桼桼R S	𣑰	varnish tree, lacquer, varnish, paint	RS. kind of tree 木 that gives varnish 氺 (to a man 人): → 桼
夬夬R S		decide, determine, archery glove	man 人 holding an arrow on his bowstring with 2 fingers ユ: he knows when to take decisive action	奐侯頭; 村決快
兂兂R S		hairpin, clasp, wear in hair	RS. man 夫 blowing to the right; lit. man 人 with a spoon 匕 in his hair
匃匃R S		beggar, beg, give	person 人 with hungry mouth 勹 sitting in a corner ㇗ forgotten by everyone	曷
幹幹R S		trunk of tree or of human body	farmer 人 holding his tool 干 watching the sun 日 rise 倝 behind a tree trunk 十 (tree 木 without branches)
倝倝R S		sunrise, dawn	person 人 watching the great power of the sun 龺
衆衆R S 众众	乑眾㐺宗𠍸𠱧𡿻𥅫	multitude, crowd, masses, public	RS. many people (人) 众 under the sun 日: 眾 → 衆
從從R S 从从	従	from, by, accompany, undertake, manage, attend to	RS. the one that follows 从 (by foot 彳) on the road 龰 ⓢ person 人 following another person 人
久久R S		long time (ago), time passage, grow late	person 人 having his head hanging 厂 against the bar: it has grown late in the evening, it's been a long time since he said something reasonable RS. one form of foot, to detain someone from walking: long time 久 a person has long hair and a headache and gets a haircut and a head massage that lasts a long time , it will take a long time/i> before his hair grows back again
兒兒R S 儿儿		son, child, oneself, final part, rad. 10	from 人: → → 儿: legs a child is small like a seed being grinded into smaller pieces in a mortar 臼 and walks on legs 儿 if one sees his child, one sees a part of oneself con.: man
寒寒R S	𡫮𡫾	cold, wintry, chilly	RS. building 宀 using straw 茻 → 井 (𡨄) to protect a man from the ice ⺀	塞; 冷; 冬
真真R S	眞	real, actual, true, genuine	see if a man 人 is straight 𥄂 pry open many 十 shells 具 to find out the truth RS. something straight 直 put on a table 兀 to look at	実; 誠; 慎鎮
聳聳R S 耸耸		urge on, rise up, stir, excite, to raise up, lofty	many people 人人 stop 龰 sitting still and listening 耳 to stand up and applaud before going out 彳 and telling everybody who wants to hear 耳 how good the performance was
傘傘R S 伞伞		umbrella, parasol, parachute	many 十 people 人人人人 shielding under an umbrella 𠆢 ⓢ many 十 people 人 (split in two and upside down) shielding under an umbrella 𠆢
亟亟R S		urgently, immediately, extremely, fast, quick, sudden	RS. a hand 又 and voice 口 urging a man 人 to do 2 二 things (top and bottom) at once: urgent and quick
來來R S		come, coming, return, returning	people 人人 hanging in a tree 木: after a while they come crashing down and return to the ground	al. 来
来来R S	來	come, coming, return, returning	modf. 來 → 来 looks like a grain of wheat with it's roots 人, ground 一, stem and spike丨, and leaves 一丷: Farmers keep coming back to the fields to plant grain	夹; 参; 因致醸
今今R S		now, today, modern era	I'm standing on my right foot 亍 holding a person 人 in my arms → 今: I'm not going to do this for much longer lit. people gathering 亼 and extending the arm 乁 to each other: soon they will part again	念含琴陰吟

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