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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幣幣RS
币币		currency, coins, legal tender
  • needed to purchase new cloth 巾 when the old cloth is worn out 敝
  • ⓢ cloth 巾 on a hanger 一 ready to be sold for currency
布布RScotton cloth, textiles, linen, distribute, announce
  • clothes 巾 workable by hand 𠂇 distributed to the poor and needy after a public announcement
帚帚RSbroom, broomstick
  • hand ⺕ holding a cover 冖 with cloth 巾: broom
  • con.: housewife
妻; 帰 掃 婦
常常RScommon, normal, frequent, regular, long
  • RS. common activity: making clothes 巾 in a decorated house/factory 尚, lasts a long time
希希RSrare, precious, hope, expect, strive for, beg
  • RS. crossing of strands 爻 in fabric of a coat 巾: rare and precious material; begar with torn 爻 clothes 巾: he's hoping for a better life while begging
幫幫RS
帮帮		幇to help, assist, to defend, shoe upper
  • white clothes 帛 sent 封 to help keeping warm at night/clothes 巾 and abundant vegetation 丰 burnt for heating help keeping the people in the city 阝 warm
  • ⓢ turban 巾 nation 邦 helping their own gang
帛帛RSsilks, fabrics, wealth, property
  • white 白 fabric 巾: expensive silk: a sign of wealth
㡀㡀RSragged clothing, ragged; old and worn out
  • RS. broken cloth 巾 off originally from a loom
帆帆RSsail, boat
  • sail 凡 made of cloth 巾 for a boat
幌幌RScurtain, cloth screen, canopy
  • bright 晃 coloured cloth 巾: curtain
市市RSmarket, fair, city, town, trade
  • covered place 亠 for trading clothes 巾: the market is the centre of the town
 姉 柿 肺, 染 率 玄; 京 都
帶帶RS
带带		belt, girdle, band, strap, zone
  • RS. top is belt synched at the waste, middle separator 冖, bottom cloth 巾: → 帶 → 带
帳帳RS
帐帐		tent, screen, mosquito net, a scroll, notebook
  • long 長 cloth 巾; also a long scroll → notebook
𡰯𡰯RSKangxi dictionary: ancient form of 豕
  • person 尸 holding a towel hanging on a stick 巾
  • con. person holding a brush
巿巿RSgrow, sacrificial clothing
  • RS. an apron (巾)
  • RS. plant with long tentacles
  • looks like a head 亠 and clothes 巾
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箒箒RS帚菷𦲅broom
  • bamboo 竹 stick held by hand 彐 with a hanging 冖 cloth 巾 at the end
飾飾RS
饰饰		decorate, ornament, adorn, to deceive
  • cloth 巾 used to decorate a feeding 飤 place (restaurant)
幕幕RScurtain, screen, tent
席席RSseat, mat, take seat, banquet
  • cloth 巾 and picture of mat → →席; broad 广frame with cloth 巾 covered in leather 廿
帯帯RSsash, belt, obi, zone, region
  • leather 廿廿 implement worn over a tunic 冖 with a stick 巾 to fix the length; bottom looks like the fixing part of a belt
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