Chinese character/hanzi/kanji mnemonics

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

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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燃燃R S		burn, light fire, ignite	certainly 然 burns in the fire 火
爆爆R S		crackle, pop, burst, explode	violent 暴 fire 火
炙炙R S	䏑熫炙𤐬𤒗𦛧𦜡𦠁𬉹	roast, broil, toast, cauterize	meat 月 on the fire 火: roast
火火R S	灬⺌	fire, flame, burn, anger, rage	flames → 火 coals in a fireplace: 灬⺌ person 人 waving with his arms 丷 in the air: something is on fire!	薪; 龸滅; 秋災灰; 赤; 光当
煉煉R S 炼炼		smelt, refine, distill, condense	done with fire 火 from early in the morning 東: smelt or distill; dew condensed on plants in the morning 東
燒燒R S 烧烧	焼	burn, bake, heat, roast	emperor 堯/尧/尭 enjoying fire 火 fire 火 in a barbecue 堯/尧/尭
燥燥R S		dry, parched, arid, quick-tempered	dry wood chirps like birds 喿 when burning 火
叟叟R S	叟𠬲𡨎𡨝𡨨𡨼	old person	RS. one who needs to carry 又 a light 火 (→ 臼) in the house 冖 to see in the house: 𠬲 → 叟: old man
熏熏R S 𤋱𤋱	𡽽𡼡𡴦	smoke, fog, vapour, smoke, cure	smoke rising above a big fire 火: → 𡽽 → 熏
煙煙R S 烟烟		smoke, soot, opium, tobacco, cigarettes	fire 火 restrained 垔 to a pipe or cigarette/reason 因 a person lights a fire 火 or locked up 因 fire 火
爐爐R S 炉炉		hearth, furnace, kiln, reactor	kind of cottage 盧 with fire inside 火 ⓢ fire 火 behind a door 户
畑畑R S		dry (as opposed to rice) field, farm, garden	field 田 where fire 火 can burn (used as fertilizer)	土原野秋
靈靈R S 灵灵	霊霛	spirit, soul, spiritual world	something like raindrops 霝 under the influence of a wizard 巫 ⓢ something flimsy like fire 火 hands 彐 equally 並 flimsy as rain 雨
燿燿R S		shine, dazzle, brilliant, radiant	glorious 翟 light 火	曜
燎燎R S		burn, set afire, illuminate, signal lamp	get fire 火 into wet wood 尞 for illumination
滅滅R S 灭灭		extinguish, wipe out, exterminate	destroyed by fire, ax 烕 and water 氵 ⓢ thing 一 destroyed by fire 火
烕烕R S		destroy, exterminate, extinguish	RS. destruction by fire 火 and ax 戌
灰灰R S		ashes, dust, lime, mortar	RS. fire 火 that can be touched by hand 𠂇
煩煩R S 烦烦		bother, vex, trouble, troublesome	RS. fire 火 in the head 頁 fiery 火 pages 頁/页 published to bother an angry 火 big-head 頁/页
𤇾𤇾R S		brilliant	fiery 火火 cover 冖	龸

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