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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畫畫RS
画画		a painting, picture, drawing, to draw
  • brush 聿 painting on a 一 flat 田 piece of paper → 畫/lowest part of → 画; brush being dipped into ink container 凵 before painting or drawing
額 絵
黒黒RS黑black, dark, evil
  • village 里 fields 田土 being burned 灬 in autumn 秋
  • man 里 being burnt to black ashes from walking into fire 灬
墨
勇勇RSbrave, courageous, fierce, high spirits
  • man 男 going back and forth 龴 fighting (using force 力) in the fields 田
留留RS
畄畄		畱留stop, halt, stay, detain, keep
  • stop the work on the fields 田 to look at two moons 卯/丣 or at something small ⺌
𣪠𣪠RSto attack
  • weapon 击 with body 田 and another weapon 殳 used in attack
毄
卯卯RS丣the fourth of the earthly branches, mortise
  • RS. (1) the seal characcter 卯 is supposed to be an open door (2) 卯(留-田)丣 all derive from the same oracle character possibly two opposing moons representing some time of year indicator
留
番番RSto take turns, a turn, a time, to repeat
  • repeatedly sorting rice 釆 harvested from the fields 田
留; 蒦 守 鎮; 数; 号; 審 藩 翻; 釈
備備RS
备备		prepare, ready, perfect
  • person 亻 prepared for harvesting the crop for the food factory 𤰇: the crop is ready to be harvested
  • ⓢ go 夂 on the fields 田: makes sense only when you are prepared and the crops are ready to harvest
畜畜RSlivestock, domestic fowl and animals, raise
  • RS. a bag of feed 田 (distorted) tied by a string 玄 in a field: feed, raise livestock
里里RSunit of distance, village, lane
  • place 土 with/between nearby rice fields 田
 甫 村 郷; 裏 童 埋 理 厘 黒 黙 野 量
略略RSapproximately, roughly, outline, invade
  • RS. to walk and talk 各 around the field 田: survey boundaries approximately in order to be ready to invade
疊疊RS
叠叠		疂疉畳repeat, duplicate, repetitious, tatami
  • work on the fields 畾/田 to provide food on the table 冝 is repetitious
  • a table with cover 冝 standing on the tatami mat 畾/田
  • ⓢ united 叒 work to provide food on the table 冝 is repetitious
畾畾RSfields divided by dikes
果果RSfruit, result
  • growing on the trees 木 or on the fields 田, the result of hard labor
 効; 実; 遂 達 貫; 終; 裸 巣 菓 課
畑畑RSdry (as opposed to rice) field, farm, garden
  • field 田 where fire 火 can burn (used as fertilizer)
土 原 野 秋
盧盧RS
卢卢		cottage, hut, surname, black
  • place in the fields 田 where the tiger 虍 can't enter where people can eat from bowls 皿 inside
  • ⓢ place where the fortuneteller 占 lives which has a door 戸
魚魚RS
鱼鱼		𩵋fish, rad. 195
  • open mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail 灬: → 魚
  • ⓢ one sees only it's open mouth ⺈ and body 田 when it comes above the water 一
漁 鯨 鮮; al. 𩵋: 衡
重重RSheavy, weighty, double
  • man 𡈼 holding a 一 heavy bag full of dirt from the fields 田
  • a man 亻 on the ground 一 carrying a heavy bag of dirt 亘
軽; 坴 積 台; 塔; 薫 衝 動 種
異異RS
异异		different, unusual, strange
  • RS. A man holding 共/廾 a mask over his face 田/己 - different from his real face: → 異
專專RS
专专		叀専𤰔monopolize, take sole possession, concentrate, focus, special
  • one 一 small 寸 individual 厶 taking all food from the field 田
  • hand 寸 working concentrated with a spindle → 叀 → 𤰔
  • ⓢ hand 扌 working focused with a spindle to transfer all thread to the loom 龴
  • one small 寸 owner owning many 十 fields 田 in the region: he's monopolised agriculture in the region
尃
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