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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能能RSto be able, can, permitted to, ability, Noh
  • many individual 厶 people 匕匕⺼ together are able to do great things; one needs many abilities to perform on stage
  • RS. A bear with four feet and meat in its mouth: → → → 能
 俳; 技 才 腕; 謡; 劇; 熊 態 罷
廣廣RS
广广		広broad, wide, extensive
  • yellow 黃 cliff side 广: broad place natural feature
  • secret 厶 house on the hill 广 with a broad 广 view
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
縣縣RS
县县		county, district, subdivision
  • RS. hang 系 a man by the head 県: hang; authority of a district
  • ⓢ eye 目 of a hung 一 (cord) individual 厶
去去RSgo away, leave, depart
  • a man 土 leaving secretly 厶
 癶 昜; 莫 旡; 経; 法 却
窓窓RS
窗窗		window
  • like the opening 穴 in an individuals 厶 heart 心
  • ⓢ opening 穴 like a chimney 囱
拂拂RS
払払		shake off, brush away, dust, pay
  • hand 扌 not 弗 accepting something
  • ⓢ individual person's 厶 hand 扌 shaking off dust (paying is like shaking off debt)
牟牟RS侔眸𠫚𠰅𢃷make, seek, get, barley, low, bellow
始始RS𠃭乨兘𠙉begin, start, then, only then
  • every individual 厶 person 口 begins his life in his mother 女
胎; 初 発 明
台台RSplatform, pedestal, unit, term of address,
  • individual 厶 speaking 口 a polite address on a platform
坴 積 重; 治 始 怠 胎
厶厶RSムprivate, individual, secret, rad. 28
  • enclosed self → 厶: individual; invisible from outside: secret
 繭 絹 蚕; 尸 自 個 我 私 吾 己; (𠫓) 夋 (離) 広 (鬼) 払 去 雄 公 仏 私 弁 参 台 云 強; al. : 以
專專RS
专专		叀専𤰔monopolize, take sole possession, concentrate, focus, special
  • one 一 small 寸 individual 厶 taking all food from the field 田
  • hand 寸 working concentrated with a spindle → 叀 → 𤰔
  • ⓢ hand 扌 working focused with a spindle to transfer all thread to the loom 龴
  • one small 寸 owner owning many 十 fields 田 in the region: he's monopolised agriculture in the region
尃
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
丟丟RS
丢丢		discard, reject, lose
  • soldier 𡈼 discarding his individual 厶 will to fight for the nation
  • to make something 丿 go away 去
禸禸RSrump (hind part of the body), track, rad. 114
  • the individual 厶 walks along a track through the wide 冂 countryside 冂; he sees only the hind part of the one in front of him
厷厷RSarm
麼麼RS
么么		interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
  • if you ask a question, the answers hangs 幺 in the air by a thread 麻
  • tiny things can be hung by threads 幺麻
  • modf. 幺 → 么: one 一 tiny individual 厶 thing
蟲蟲RS
虫虫		insects, worms, rad. 142
  • snake → → 虫
  • cocooned 厶 insect creeping out of a hole 口
  • mosquito planting it's stinger 中 in your skin _,
蛇, 蛙, 濁 蛮 蚊 虹 繭 触 独 融 蚕 騒 強 風
厽厽RSindividuals
勾勾RShook, join, connect, entice
  • hook 厶 inside the mouth 勹 of a fish
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