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
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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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良良RSgood, virtuous, respectable
跟跟RSheel, follow, accompany, with
  • part of the foot 足 that shouldn't be cut with a knife 艮
  • accompanying the foot 足 of a mountain 艮, one goes at someone's heel, one follows someone
懇懇RS
恳恳		sincere, earnest, cordial, social
  • sincerity has it's roots 貇 in the heart 心
  • ⓢ having a good 艮 heart 心
眼眼RSeye, eyelet, hole, opening
  • good 艮 eye 目; twice eye 艮目; hole remaining after the eye 目 has been removed with a knife 艮
根根RSroot, base(d on), foundation
  • good 艮 and strong 艮 part of a tree 木 on which it is founded
  • part of the tree 木 that can't be seen 艮
粘
限限RSboundary, limit, line
很很RSvery, quite, much
  • one covers quite a distance when walking 彳 good 艮
痕痕RSscar, mark, trace
  • remnant of a sickness 疒 becoming good 艮: scar
艮艮RS𥃩northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good, straightforward, tough, rad. 138, seventh of the eight Trigrams symbolizing mountain
  • 𥃩 → 艮: the eye 目 is like a knife 匕: it stops to look good at things and analyses (like a dissection) what it sees; for most people this is straightforward, for others it is tough
  • looks like a person walking in a marching pose: a good person always stops marching at a tough river to cross
臤 雄 力 猛 頑 硬 強 剛; 恨 根 銀 限 退 眼; al. : 爵 郷 即 既
食食RS
饣饣		飠𠊊𩚃㿝eat, meal, food, rad. 184
  • gathering of people 亼 feasting 皀 (not 艮!) on food 𠊊 → 食
  • con.: rice
  • bowl 白 of food on a tiny table 厶 being covered by a lid 人
  • ⓢ looks like a mouth ⺈ eating a piece of noodle 𠄌
 右; 召 喫; al. 飠: 2844-2877; : 廊; : 倉 ; 艮 良 皆 今 昆
退退RSstep back, retreat, withdraw
  • RS. on the road ⻌ walk away 夊 from the sun 日
  • in the face of defeat it's good 艮 to walk ⻌ away
  • warrior was seriously hit during battle, his eye broken (目-> 艮) he runs ⻌ away in agony from battlefield, retreating
恨恨RShatred, dislike, resent, hate
墾墾RS
垦垦		cultivate, reclaim, farm land
  • putting roots 貇 into the ground 土: cultivate
  • ⓢ which is considered good 艮 for the land 土
貇貇RSroot, gnaw
  • gnawing roots is good 艮 for an animal 豸
銀銀RS
银银		silver, cash, money, wealth
  • shine of metal 金 cutting in the eye 艮
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