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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校校RSschool, correction, exam, military field officer
  • in the wooden 木 school building pupils come together 交 to study; the teacher corrects their exams
枢; 字; 龸 塾; 訂 正
陳陳RS
陈陈
exhibit, display, plead
  • RS. slope 阝 with hands 申 holding a tree 木
  • people exhibiting tai chi on a slope 阝 in the morning 東
村村RSvillage, town, hamlet, uncouth, vulgar
  • small 寸 town usually surrounded by trees 木; the inhabitants are sometimes uncouth or vulgar
甫 郷 里; 夬 字
梁梁RSbridge, beam, rafters, surname
  • double edged sword 刅 that cuts wood 木 like water 氵 for beams or bridges
森森RSforest, luxuriant vegetation
  • place with even more trees 木 than a grove 林
亲
杜杜RSstop, prevent, restrict, surname, woods, grove
  • things a place 土 with trees 木 can do: stop or prevent an attack, restrict access or simply a wood
集集RSassemble, collect together并 兼 採; 狩; 座; 催 会; 雑
檢檢RS
检检
検check, examine
  • people gathered 僉 to check on the health of a tree 木; 檢 → 検; drive an arrow 僉 into a tree 木 to check it's health
櫛櫛RS
栉栉
扻楖櫛comb out, weed out, eliminate
  • wooden 木 implement to remove knots 節
槻槻RS𡦑zelkova tree, variant of 欟, 欅
  • person inspecting 規 the quality of a tree 木 to be used for furniture: zelkova
染染RS𣑱𩃵dye, be contagious, infect
  • RS. dye from a tree 木 a hook 九 into the water 氵: infections spread like dye in a cloth
檀檀RSsandalwood, hardwood, cedar
  • tree 木 sincerely 亶 good for making sandals or furniture (hardwood) or other purposes like cedar
極極RS
极极
settlement, conclusion, extreme, utmost, furthest, final, poles
  • urgency 亟 near a tree 木: rescue of someone hanging at the final branch of the tree
  • ⓢ hand reaching out to a person 及 pulling him up the final branch of the tree 木
構構RS
构构
frame, building, structure
  • interweaved 冓 pieces of wood 木: frame or building structure/pieces of wood 木 hooked 勾 together forming a frame or building structure
椒椒RS
茮茮
𣐹𣒏𣓙pepper, mountain ash
  • hand taking pea like 叔 pepper from the pepper plant 木
喿喿RSchirping of birds
來來RScome, coming, return, returning
  • people 人人 hanging in a tree 木: after a while they come crashing down and return to the ground
al. 来
桃桃RSpeach, marriage
  • tree 木 making beautiful signs (blossoms) 兆 in spring
槍槍RS
枪枪
spear, lance, gun
  • originally made in wood 木 to protect the warehouse 倉/仓 from thieves
柱柱RSpillar, post, support, lean on
  • wooden 木 post which supports the leader 主 during his quest
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