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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奎奎RSstride of man, one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions (which ancient Chinese astrologers believed to control the literary trends of the world)
  • RS. big man 大 (god) of the tablets 圭 (literature)
奚奚RSwhere? what? how? why? servant
  • RS. a hand ⺤ holding a rope 幺 around the neck of a servant 大: what has he done wrong and why
奬奬RS
奖奖		奨encourage, exhort, praise, prize, reward
  • big 大 general 將/将 encouraging his troops and giving rewards after the battle
  • big 大 general celebrating on the half tree trunk 丬 at night 夕 after the battle
犬犬RS尤犭尣dog, rad. 94
  • → : → → 犭 or → 犬尤
  • man 大 saying a reasonable thing `
  • 尤: a hand 尢 with a wart 丶 on it. → 尤: warts are annoying to get on the body, especially on your hand
就 稽; 戻 戌; 獣 状 献 伏 然 獄 黙
奇奇RSstrange, unusual, uncanny, occult
  • so big 大 that everybody talks 可 about it
 超; 怪 妙; 寄 崎 騎
器器RSreceptacle, vessel, instrument噐
夸夸RSextravagant, luxurious, handsome, boast
  • big man 大 walking the streets 亏 boasting his wealth
爽爽RShappy, cheerful, refreshing, sweet
  • RS. originally the objects on each side were wells 井: → 爽: possibly the briskness of (a person 大) bathing in a well
套套RS㚐𡘂𡘷𨻝case, cover, wrapper, envelope, long, large, accumulate
  • long 镸 person 大
  • long 镸 and big 大: covers other things
赤赤RS烾灻𤆍red, communist, bare, sincere
  • big 大 fire 火: → 灻 → 赤
  • heat 火 makes a person 大 blush red
  • in great heat one pulls out one's clothes until one is bare naked
  • sincere person having a red face while explaining fervently
 朱 紅 丹; 郭; 恥; 赦 嚇
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
奪奪RS
夺夺		take by force, rob, snatch
哭哭RSweep, cry, wail
尖尖RS兓𡭞sharp, pointed, acute, keen
谿谿RSvalley
  • contains several houses 𠆢 of farming families 口 where large men 大 work continuously 幺 with their hands ⺤
 谷
央央RScenter, conclude, run out, beg
  • RS. man 大 carrying a big load 冂 on a pole 一 which he has to balance so he's in the middle; after he's finished he begs for water; con.: balance
器; 枢; 召; 中; 英 映
參參RS
参参		𠫰take part in, intervene, ginseng, going, coming, three
  • symbol for the three 三 centre stars 厶 in the belt of the Orion constellation 𠫰 → 參 (adds a man 人: the hunter)
  • ⓢ individual 厶 big 大 hunter of the three 彡 stars constellation
    ; ginseng grows slowly just like the constellation's coming and goings The three stars are part of the constellation; the constellation comes and goes in the night sky
決決RS
决决		decide, determine, judge
  • RS. spit (water) 氵 coming from a man's mouth who has decided 夬/fixed 冫 decision 夬
  • ⓢ big 大 decisive 夬 man decides to breach the ice 冫
治 法; 定
美美RSbeautiful, pretty, pleasing
  • big man 大 with a hair dress like the horns of a sheep ⺷
奮奮RS
奋奋		strive, exert effort, arouse, take wing, advance
  • RS. like a (big 大) bird spreading its wings 奞 over the field 田: rise in force and advance
  • ⓢ modf. 奮 → 奋
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