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
対対RScorrect, right, facing, opposed, opposite, even, pair
  • 3 cm 寸 of literature 文 might containing wildly opposing views or be entirely self correct
奪奪RS
夺夺		take by force, rob, snatch
闘闘RS鬦鬪鬭struggle, fight, compete, contend
  • throwing 寸 with beans 豆 to defend the entrance 門
寺寺RScourt, office, temple, monastery
  • place under the tree 土 where people hold small things 寸 in honour
  • place 土 where you bring an offer 寸
詣; 院; 痔 持 待 侍 等 特 詩 時
時時RS
时时		旹time, season, era, age, period, hour
  • time 日 it takes the temple 寺 to do something
  • ⓢ small 寸 part of the day 日
  • al. 旹: time of the day 日 one arrives 㞢
 度 初 期 昔 悠 久 歴 過 回 暇
尊尊RSrespect, revere, venerate; honor
  • thing in hand 寸 offered to the leader 酋
討討RS
讨讨		quell, suppress, demand, research
  • done by speaking 言 and by hand 寸
耐耐RSendure, bear, resist, patient
  • RS. stroke 寸 the beard 而 and endure a problem
辱辱RShumiliate, insult, abuse, disgrace
  • RS. be forced to work 辰 with the hands 寸: disgrace or humiliation
尋尋RS
寻寻		seek, search, look for, ancient
  • RS. to work 工 and talk 口 hand 又 to hand 寸: search
  • ⓢ a snout 彐 searches for food in a small 寸 burrow
尉尉RSofficer, military rank
  • RS. benevolence (尸+二), fire ⺌ and 寸 hand: iron out
  • corpses 二尸 fire ⺌ and striving hands 寸: things an officer has to deal with
  • corpse 尸 laid 寸 on the altar 示: dead officer
過過RS
过过		pass, pass through, go across, error
  • go ⻌ through a deformed opening 咼: pass through/go ⻌ through a small 寸 opening: pass through; it doesn't leave room for error
尃尃RSto state to, to announce
団団RSsphere, ball, circle, mass, lump, group团團
㝵㝵RSto get, to acquire, to obtain
  • go and get something to eat by hand 寸 at daybreak 旦
符符RStoken, sign, symbol, mark, tally, charm, match
  • given 付 small 寸 piece of bamboo 竹 with a person's 亻 name on it
  • CJKV. A bamboo 付 slip 寸 on which a contract is written and then broken in two so that the two matching halves can be held by the two parties involved.
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