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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吝吝RS㖁恡悋吝𠫤𠯌 𠯛𠲲𠳺𠳈𠳻𠴽 𢙵𧶆stingy, miserly, parsimonious
  • cultured 文 mouth 口 can be stingy
文文RSliterature, culture, writing, sentence
  • crossing pattern on earthenware → 文: a sign of culture; hallmarks of culture are writing and literature
 書; 字 状; 対 斉 蚊 紋
這這RS
这这		this, these, crawl, trail
  • when travelling ⻌ (crawling along the trail) one sees something (culture 文) along the way and talks 言 about it
斑斑RSspeckles, spots, mottle
  • jade 玨 with patterns 文 on it's surface: speckles or spots mottling it's beautiful surface
墳墳RS
坟坟		grave, mound, big, the banks of a river
  • decorated 賁 ground 土: grave, usually big
  • ⓢ pottery 文 as decoration on ground 土: grave, usually big
  • under the ground 土 with a lot 十十十 of money 貝
紋紋RS
纹纹		line, streak, stripe, wrinkle, family crest
  • strings 糸 interweaved like sentences 文
斐斐RSgraceful, elegant, beautiful
  • cultured 文 view on birds 非: graceful, elegant and beautiful animals
彥彥RS
彦彦		产elegant, handsome, learned, a man of ability
  • a man who can write 文 with fine 彡 detail and great productivity 厂
 人; 顔; abbr. 产: 産
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
齋齋RS
斋斋		斎pious, respectful, chaste, pure, abstain from meat, fast, purify oneself
濟濟RS
济济		済help, aid, relieve, ferry, cross, finish
  • water 氵 next to a field 齊: → 濟/済/济: helping with the work on the field is finished, time to cross the water
  • ⓢ a person 文 crosses the water 氵 with the help of stilts 丿丨
齊齊RS
齐齐		斉even, uniform, of equal length, rad. 210
  • uniform field of grain → → 齊 → 斉 → 齐
  • ⓢ culture 文 makes people 儿 uniform. Language 文 brings people 儿 together
蚊蚊RSmosquito, gnat
  • insect 虫 feasting on cultured people 文
虔虔RS䖍𠧘𠧺𠧾𠭍𡨊 𢇘𩂎act with reverence, reverent
  • the learned man 文 acts with reverence when meeting a tiger 虍
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