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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鴉鴉RS
鸦鸦
雅鵶𩿎𩿗𪀨𪀹 crow, raven
  • bird 鳥 that can bite like it has teeth 牙
雅雅RSelegant, graceful, refined
  • elegant like a bird 隹 or like the teeth of an elephant 牙
呀呀RSopen one's mouth, bare one's teeth, a particle used after a phrase for emphasis, expressing surprise, etc., to gape, a creaking sound
  • mouth 口 falling open in surprise at the sight of huge elephant tusks 牙; sound of teeth 牙 grinding over each other in the mouth 口
穿穿RSpenetrate, pierce, drill, wear
  • making a hole 穴 with a tooth 牙-like object
牙牙RStooth, molars, teeth, serrated, rad. 92
  • tusk of an elephant → 牙
芽芽RSbud, sprout, shoot
  • grass 艹 small like a tooth 牙
冴冴RSfreezing, stopped up, closed off, clear, serene
  • ice 冫 forming teeth 牙: a freezing and serene winter landscape in a closed off corner of the country
邪邪RSwrong, evil, depraved, vicious, perverse, heterodox
  • an elephant 牙 in the city 阝: wrong idea leading to much evil
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