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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壽壽RS
寿寿		夀𠭵𠷎𤕋𦓂𦓆 𧈙old age, long life, lifespan
  • RS. an old man kneeling and praying for long life mouth and hand: → 夀 → 壽 → 寿 (leaves only hands 龵寸: hands together for longevity)
  • not too much 丰 nor too little 寸, that's the key to longevity according to mouths 口 with old age
呂呂RS
吕吕		a musical note, spine, backbone
  • to mouths 口 singing connected (related) notes 丨
  • two vertebrae 口 connected 丨 in the spine
宮 営
啚啚RS鄙𠴿𠷰low, mean, cheap, small heap of grains
  • RS. Primitive pictograph → 啚: a heap of wheat sheaves 㐭 and an enclosure 口: thrifty, cheap
  • people in the city 阝 with a small heap of grain 啚: lowly and cheap people
叩叩RS口扣敂𧥣𨙫knock, ask, kowtow, bow
  • person knocks the door to ask 口 something kneeling 卩 in reverence
啄啄RSpeck, (Cant.) slander
  • shackled animal 豖 using it's mouth 口 to get food: peck
亟亟RSurgently, 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
喿喿RSchirping of birds
哭哭RSweep, cry, wail
國國RS
国国		nation, country, nation-state
  • people wielding spears 戈 with big mouths 口 protecting their one 一 king and borderline 囗
  • ⓢ a country holds it's precious 玉 treasures within it's borders 囗
 国
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
呈呈RSsubmit, show, appear, petition
  • speak 口 to the ruler 王: submitting one's plan
吐吐RSvomit, spew out, cough up
  • coming from the mouth 口 and landing on the ground 土
吉吉RSlucky, propitious, good
茹茹RS䋈roots, vegetables, eat, bear, cook
  • part of the plant 艹 the woman 女 cooks to put into the mouth 口 to eat
谿谿RSvalley
  • contains several houses 𠆢 of farming families 口 where large men 大 work continuously 幺 with their hands ⺤
 谷
吅吅RSlively, noisy, clamor, talk loudly
  • two mouths 口口 talking loudly
龠龠RScircular "Pan" flute
  • a mouth blowing 亼 a flute with holes 口
叱叱RSscold, shout at, bawl out
  • seven 七 mouths 口 together scolding and shouting at each other
吃吃RSeat, drink, suffer, endure, bear
  • person 𠂉 putting fished 乙 animals in his mouth 口; the animal has suffered a lot
嘆嘆RS
叹叹		歎sigh, lament, moan, grieve, admire
  • man digging out clay 𦰩 (with his hands 又) sighing through his mouth 口/欠; he's admiring the centuries of work by nature to accumulate the clay 𦰩
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