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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矮矮RSshort, dwarf, low
  • RS. like a woman in the field 委: short, arrows 矢 are short as well
  • a woman 女 as short as a rice plant 禾 or an arrow 矢. Actually 委 a dwarf
和和RS咊咼啝惒盉私 訸鉌龢𤧗𥤉𧇮 harmony, peace, peaceful, calm
  • countryside: where one can eat 口 one's rice 禾 in peace and harmony
靖 康 寧 安 幽 泰 静 妥 穏 鎮 尉; 邦; 軟 柔
利利RSgains, advantage, profit, merit
科科RSsection, department, science
  • scientists measuring 斗 grain 禾 yields
田; 学; 部 節 課 区
穫穫RSharvest, cut grain
  • measure 蒦 the harvested grain 禾
稻稻RS
稲稲		rice plant, rice paddy
穩穩RS
穏穏		稳𮂹calm, quiet, peace, moderation
  • work with one's hands 㥯/𢚩 to harvest the grain 禾: calm and peaceful work
  • worried 急 to sow the grains 禾 to grant steady crops
黍黍RS𥞫𥞆glutinous millet, rad. 202
  • RS. the grain 禾 that grows by the water 氺 (stored under the roof 𠆢): millet
香香RS𥞌𩠼𩡄𩡠𪏰𪏽 fragrant, sweet smelling, incense
  • RS. nice food 禾 reduced to in the mouth 甘: 𥞌 → 香: fragrant
  • beehive 日 in a tree禾: honey is sweet smelling, fragrant, appetizing
稼稼RSsow grain, sheaves of grain, earnings
  • household 家 sowing grain 禾 in order to harvest it
年年RS秊year, new-years, person's age
  • a tree 禾/生 may live a thousand 千 years: 秊 → 年
  • person with a hat 午 carrying stalks of grain: the year end harvest
畜 甚 牧; 齢 歳 才; 暮
禾禾RS⽲grain still on stalk, rice plant, tree with 2 branches rad. 115
  • rice stalk → 禾; tree 木 with a second branch 一
 白 米; 菌; 2241-2278
租租RSrent, lease, rental, tax
  • rice 禾 brought to the table 且 of the tax bureau
 貢 賦; 税
稍稍RSlittle, slightly, rather
  • little part of the body 肖 of grain 禾
穗穗RS
穂穂		ear of grain, tassel, fruits or grains in a cluster grown at the tip of a stem or stalk
稜稜RS
棱棱		corner, edge, angle, square block
  • grain 禾 and plants 木 grow slowly 夌 around corners and edges at angles with the ground
穀穀RScorn, grain, cereal, lucky
移移RSchange place, shift, move about
  • when you are drunk 多 plants 禾 seem to change place all the time
稔稔RSripe grain, harvest, know, be familiar with
  • think 念 about and know when is the time to harvest the ripe grain 禾; one has to be familiar with farming
乘乘RSride, ascend, avail oneself of, numerary adjunct for vehicles, power
  • a man 匕 climbing up the side 丬 a tree 禾: ascend; one needs a lot of power
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