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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八八RS丷eight, all around, all sides
  • eight can be separated in two: two diverging branches → 八
  • con.: several, even, divide
辛; 㕣 罙 分 父 公 谷
卻卻RS
却却
still, but, decline, retreat
儍儍RS
傻傻
foolish, silly, an imbecile
㕣㕣RSriver
  • water spreading 八 from a source 口
沿 船 鉛
六六RSsix
  • → 六 : eight 八 without 2 入
  • 1 head + 1 torso + 2 arms outstretched sideways 亠 + 2 legs 八= six
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公公RSfair, equitable, public, duke
  • many 八 individuals 厶 working together, serving the public in a fair way; they have a park with pine trees 松
  • an honorable man with a mustache 八 and pipe 厶 looks like a duke or father-in-law
  • a bull has horns 八 and a snout 厶 (male animal)
  • 厶 (arm with cleaver in motion) divides 八 in two: fare and equitable in the public interest
  • individual 厶 looks like an arm with cleaver in motion that divides in 2 八 equal pieces : 公 this is fair , just and equitable which is in the public and common interest
衆 明; 主 君 殿; 松 翁 訟
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
説説RS
说说
說speak, say, talk, scold, explanation, rumor
  • money 兑 speaks 言 boldest; it is usually the explanation for many actions of the mouth 言
  • many 八 brothers 兄 defending their family verbally 言
  • ⓢ looks like a comedian talking into a stand microphone
埶埶RS𡎐𤞷art
穴穴RShole, cave, den, rad. 116
  • a place where the roof 宀 is separated 八; a cave is a hole in the mountain
洞 坑 孔 口; 窯 窃 窮 究 突 空 搾
兌兌RS兑cash, exchange
  • the oldest brother 兄 divides all cash evenly 八/丷amongst his brothers and sisters
  • con. big brother
al: 兑: 官 悦 税 鋭 説 閲 脱
尒尒RSyou, your 爾
交交RSmix, intersect, exchange, communicate, deliver
  • many 八 people mixing hands 乂 and heads 亠: they will communicate and exchange ideas and intersect them to deliver a compromise everybody can work to
混; 郊 効 較 校 絞
詹詹RStalk too much, verbose
  • several 八 mouths looking upward 厃 and talking 言 too much about something
谿谿RSvalley
  • contains several houses 𠆢 of farming families 口 where large men 大 work continuously 幺 with their hands ⺤
谷
父父RSfather, rad. 88
  • a father needs many 八 hands 又 to work for and feed his family
  • RS. hand 又 with axe 八
分分RSdivide, small unit of time etc.
  • something cut 刀 in equal 八 parts; an hour divided in equal parts
部; 剖 割 析 別; 彰 悟; 粉 貧 頒 盆 紛 雰
半半RShalf 削 伴 畔
曾曾RS曽already, sign of past
  • RS. something splits from 八 the fields 田 (which has been told 曰 to happen in the past) under the sun 日
  • when the sun 日 sinks below the field 田 of plants 丷, the day is already over and it is the sign of a past day
遂遂RS㒸succeed, accomplish, comply with, follow along, thereupon
  • succeed in moving 辶 many 八 pigs 豕: the animals have complied with the owners wish
  • if you chase eight 八 pigs 豕 you will succeed grabbing at least one
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