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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闖闖R S 闯闯	𮫕	rush in, burst in, charge in	horse 馬/马 rushing in through the door 門/门
門門R S 门门	𨳇	gate, door, entrance, opening	→ 門; two doors 戶 make up one gate ⓢ looks like the frame of a door 冂 and it's door closer 丶, with the door itself missing	砲鬥
開開R S 开开		open, initiate, begin, start	two hands 开 pushing open the gate 門 ⓢ looks like two hands 廾 opening the latch 一 of a gate	発; 挨披明
戶戶R S 户户		door, family, household	門 → → 戶	戸
閱閱R S 阅阅	閲	examine, review, inspection	RS. door 門 (appearance) where people read 兌/兑 door 門 where one examines the wares to buy with cash 兌/兑
藺藺R S 蔺蔺	藺	rush used in making mats; surname	grass 艹 populated by birds 閵 used in the home near the porch 門
閵閵R S	𨶄𫔴	name of bird, thread on (躪)	bird 隹 flying through the porch 門
閉閉R S 闭闭		shut, close, obstruct, block up	RS. to close a door 門, 才 is a remnant of to stop up 塞: close
閥閥R S 阀阀		clique, lineage, threshold	porch 門 of the house of an important clique guarded by a man with axe 伐, don't try to fringe his threshold
問問R S 问问	𠳅	ask (about), inquire after, question	guards asking 口 inquisitive questions at your gate 門 distinguish 釆 the mouth 口	伺請尋聞; 質; 偵
閣閣R S 阁阁		chamber, pavilion, cabinet	each 各 chamber has a door 門
們們R S 们们		adjunct pronoun indicate plural	many men 亻 waiting at the gate 門
簡簡R S 简简	𥳑	simple, terse, succinct, letter	gate 間 made of bamboo 竹: simple structure made in brief time; letter made of slips of bamboo 竹 with space 間 between a simple bamboo 竹 gate 門/门 through which the sun 日 passes
關關R S 关关		frontier pass, close, relation	passing 𢇅 gate 門 gate 門 closed with threads 𢇅 ⓢ place where the sky 天 is divided 丷 between two countries ⓢ looks like a gate (with it's doorknobs 丷 and two halves 人) closed with threads 二
闌闌R S 阑阑	䦨	door screen, railing fence, cut off, weakened	screen like a piece of letter paper 柬 blocking the door 門
閑閑R S 闲闲		fence, barrier, defend, idle time	RS. a fence with a gate 門 made of wood 木 wooden 木 structure blocking the gate 門: family on idle time (vacation) tree 木 visible from the gate 門: you are on vacation (leisure)
関関R S		frontier pass, close, relation, connection, barrier	image of a person 关 passing through a gate 門; barrier 关 closing off a gate 門; barrier 关 connecting both sides of a gate 門
闘闘R S	鬦鬪鬭	struggle, fight, compete, contend	throwing 寸 with beans 豆 to defend the entrance 門
間間R S 间间	閒𨳢	interval, space, place, between	when the sun 日 is visible between the gate 門 posts, there's an open space; also 閒 or 𨳢 (people 亻 walking through an open gate 門))	透; 室房
聞聞R S 闻闻	䎽	hear, smell, make known, news, reputation	listen intently with the ear 耳 while standing at the gate 門 of their house: news gets spread easily at dusk 昏 one has to use his ears 耳 much more than in broad daylight ear 耳 against the door 门, listening through it, sniffing a scandal to destroy someone's reputation	澄聴承; 伺請尋問

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