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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𮫕rush in, burst in, charge in
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𨳇gate, door, entrance, opening
  • ; two doors make up one gate
  • ⓢ looks like the frame of a door and it's door closer , with the door itself missing
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open, initiate, begin, start
  • two hands pushing open the gate
  • ⓢ looks like two hands opening the latch of a gate
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door, family, household
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examine, review, inspection
  • RS. door (appearance) where people read /
  • door where one examines the wares to buy with cash /
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rush used in making mats; surname
  • grass populated by birds used in the home near the porch
RS𨶄𫔴name of bird, thread on ()
  • bird flying through the porch
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shut, close, obstruct, block up
  • RS. to close a door , is a remnant of to stop up : close
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clique, lineage, threshold
  • porch of the house of an important clique guarded by a man with axe , don't try to fringe his threshold
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𠳅ask (about), inquire after, question
  • guards asking inquisitive questions at your gate
  • distinguish the mouth
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chamber, pavilion, cabinet
  • each chamber has a door
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adjunct pronoun indicate plural
  • many men waiting at the gate
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𥳑simple, terse, succinct, letter
  • gate made of bamboo : simple structure made in brief time; letter made of slips of bamboo with space between
  • a simple bamboo gate / through which the sun passes
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frontier pass, close, relation
  • passing 𢇅 gate
  • gate closed with threads 𢇅
  • ⓢ place where the sky is divided between two countries
  • ⓢ looks like a gate (with it's doorknobs and two halves ) closed with threads
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door screen, railing fence, cut off, weakened
  • screen like a piece of letter paper blocking the door
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fence, barrier, defend, idle time
  • RS. a fence with a gate made of wood
  • wooden structure blocking the gate : family on idle time (vacation)
  • tree visible from the gate : you are on vacation (leisure)
RSfrontier pass, close, relation, connection, barrier
  • image of a person passing through a gate ; barrier closing off a gate ; barrier connecting both sides of a gate
RSstruggle, fight, compete, contend
  • throwing with beans to defend the entrance
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𨳢interval, space, place, between
  • when the sun is visible between the gate posts, there's an open space; also or 𨳢 (people walking through an open gate ))
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hear, smell, make known, news, reputation
  • listen intently with the ear while standing at the gate of their house: news gets spread easily
  • at dusk one has to use his ears much more than in broad daylight
  • ear against the door , listening through it, sniffing a scandal to destroy someone's reputation
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