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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早早RSearly, soon, morning, fast
  • the sun's 日 rays starts to heat everything 十 in the morning: → 早; if you want to do something fast you have to get up early in the morning
速 逸 迅; 焦; 章 卓 草
獻獻RS
献献		𤣉offer, present, show, display
  • special cauldrons with tiger design 鬳 on display guarded by dogs 犬
  • ten 十 tools 𢆉 under cover 冂 on display in a museum guarded by a dogs 犬
針針RS
针针		needle, pin, tack, acupuncture
墳墳RS
坟坟		grave, mound, big, the banks of a river
  • decorated 賁 ground 土: grave, usually big
  • ⓢ pottery 文 as decoration on ground 土: grave, usually big
  • under the ground 土 with a lot 十十十 of money 貝
𢦏𢦏RS𢦒𢦔to cut, wound, hurt
  • cross 十 made with a lance 戈
章章RScomposition, chapter, section, badge
幹幹RStrunk 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)
龺龺RSpower of the sun
  • power of the sun 日 is many times 十十 stronger than everything else
𠦝
什什RSfile of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous
  • ten 十 people 亻, their belongings get mixed up during the military campaign
真真RS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
聽聽RS
听听		聴hear, listen, understand, obey
  • ethical 𢛳 king 王 listening 耳 to and understanding his subjects who obey him
  • ⓢ orders 口 should be listened to, understood and be "protected" 斤: be obeyed
  • listening 耳 with ten 十 eyes 目 and your heart 心
  • ⓢ listen to and obey the one who speaks 口 with an ax 斤
協協RS
协协		be united, cooperate, cooperation
  • thirty arms 十劦 working together/manage 办 something with ten 十 people working together
世世RS卅generation, world, era, lifetime 界; 代; 葉
夲夲RS𠦂𠦍夵advance quickly, to go back and forth, origin, source
  • RS. to prosper rapidly as the man 大 who has past his 十 tenth year
質質RS
质质		matter, material, substance, quality
  • at the entrance of the city one's materials are axed 斤斤 to control for quality and one has to pay taxes 貝/贝
  • ⓢ a factory 厂 spends a lot 十 of money 贝 to make substance of quality
問
傘傘RS
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
古古RSold, classic, ancient
  • RS. story having passed through ten 十 mouths 口
  • old people have many 十 a story to tell 口
 opp.: 靖 請 諾; 旧 老 陳; 湖 克 故 固 枯 苦 居
賊賊RS
贼贼		thief, traitor, rebel, harm, kill
  • person using a weapon 戈 to steal 10 十 times more money 貝
計計RS
计计		plan, plot, strategem, scheme, measure
  • something containing many many 十 words 言; measuring is of the utmost importance in planning
  • ⓢ calculate ten 十 times the imaginary unit 讠 (i in mathematics)
 測 衡 量; 工; 図 謀; 総 延; 調
午午RSnoon, 7th terrestrial branch, horse
  • when many 十 people 𠂉 gather to eat
  • horsehead → 午
  • looks like a pestle 十 with it's rounded end 𠂉: At noon, I use the pestle to make myself some food for lunch
昼; 馬; 缶 許
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