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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阿阿R S		favor, today, assent, pander to, play up to, rely on, a riverbank, the corner or edge, a pillar, slender and beautiful, discharge, Africa	RS. ascent of a wall 阝 on horse 可: ascent good 可 wall 阝
薩薩R S 萨萨	蕯	a general name of Buddhist gods or immortals, Buddha	gives birth 產 like fresh grass 艹 on the hill 阝
陸陸R S 陆陆		land, continental, army, an accounting form of 六	land with trees 坴 surrounded by slopes 阝 defended by an army; right top looks like six 六 ⓢ land surrounded by slopes 阝 defended with a weapon 击
都都R S		metropolis, capital, all, the whole, elegant, refined	all the people 者 of the city 阝 elegantly dressed up	洛京; 市
阝阝R S		town, rad. 163/mound, dam, rad. 170	right side: 邑 → 阝 left side: 阜 → 阝 looks like a flag that separates the borders between the mound and the city
阜阜R S	𨸏阝峊𡶫	mound, abundant, ample, numerous, slope, rad. 170	many 十 mounds → 𨸏 al. 阝: left hand side character part
邑邑R S	阝𡇃𨙨	area, district, city, state, rad. 163	place 囗 with subservient people 巴 al. 阝: right hand side character part
防防R S		defend, prevent, embankment	using a slope 阝 to defend in one direction 方
隔隔R S		separate, partition, isolate, blocked, at a distance	separate place for the pot 鬲 on the fire near the wall 阝
郭郭R S		outer part (of a city), outer wall, fortification	RS. of the city 阝 where they have tall (高) buildings 享 (where children 子 are protected)
隠隠R S 隐隐	隱	conceal, hide, cover	hide something quickly 𢚩/急 in a mound 阝 hide the fruits of your work 㥯 in a mound 阝
幫幫R S 帮帮	幇	to help, assist, to defend, shoe upper	white clothes 帛 sent 封 to help keeping warm at night/clothes 巾 and abundant vegetation 丰 burnt for heating help keeping the people in the city 阝 warm ⓢ turban 巾 nation 邦 helping their own gang
院院R S		courtyard, yard, court, school, temple	place in a building 宀 where abundant 阝 people 元 may stay 完	寺; 廟堂楼館殿
郊郊R S		suburbs, waste land, open spaces	suburbs brought together 交 make up a city 阝
陵陵R S		hill, mound, mausoleum	mound 阝 where people are buried who dawdle 夌 there
隆隆R S		prosperous, plentiful, abundant, noble	mounds 阝 of harvest secured by the worship of God 㚅: prosperous grand and prosperous hill 阝 where one 一 goes 夂 to live 生
隅隅R S		corner, nook, remote place	place on the wall 阝 where the monkey 禺 can climb
耶耶R S		final interrogative particle, transliteration of the ya sound into Chinese, father, variant of 邪	what did father hear 耳 in the city 阝
降降R S		descend, fall, drop, lower, down	descending 夅 from a slope 阝: sometimes one falls or drops to the ground
際際R S 际际		border, boundary, juncture, dangerous, adventurous	slope 阝 of the altar 祭/示: border which nobody is to cross, if you do you risk punishment (dangerous behaviour)

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