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.

Characters

Primitives

Primitives are character components which can be used to decompose a character and fabricate a story around it to remember it. Most of the time components where joined because of their pronunciation to certain signific parts. This means that originally a character had a signific part, giving meaning to it, and a phonetic part, giving a phonetic clue to the character. In case we use the original meaning we always put the marker RS. in front which means that the meaning comes from the excellent site from Richard Sears about Chinese Etymology. More information can be found here.

Knowing these primitives well will aid in remembering them. Primitives are always colored light green on this site.

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甫甫R S		begin, man, father, great	RS. a plant 屮 growing in a field 田: → 甫: the work of man
兵兵R S		soldier, troops, army, warfare	person 儿 wearing a helmet 丘　 → 兵
坴坴R S		a clod of earth, land	RS. tree on top of earth 土: → 坴 mushroom 圥 on top of earth 土
丮丮R S	𠃨𢩦𩰊	catch	kneeling man working with his hands → 丮
乎乎R S		interrogative or exclamatory final particle	person holding head and crying out in surprise →乎
禺禺R S		district, mountain in Zhejiang, long-tailed monkey	monkey: → 禺
缶缶R S		earthen crock or jar, rad. 121	a jar with a lid → 缶
龹龹R S	𠔉	scroll, roll, to sort	scroll held by two hands → 龹 → 𠔉
齊齊R S 齐齐	斉	even, uniform, of equal length, rad. 210	uniform field of grain → → 齊 → 斉 → 齐 ⓢ culture 文 makes people 儿 uniform. Language 文 brings people 儿 together
虍虍R S	虎	tiger, rad. 141	head of a tiger → → 虍 (with legs 儿)
余余R S		I, my, me, surplus, remainder	person wearing a hat holding something under his arms → → 余: he tries to carry the remainder of a battle away
充充R S		fill, be full, supply, unite	RS. Upside down baby 𠫓 with legs → 充: mature → filled with experience
朱朱R S		cinnabar, vermilion	color of inside of tree 木 marked by dot → 朱
孰孰R S	𠅩𩪿	who? which? what? which one?	RS. a person on the right cooking something in an oven on the left → 孰: what is he cooking?	享丮
屯屯R S		village, hamlet, camp, station, stockpile	RS. sprout → 屯; typical thing for a village
善善R S	譱𠲘𠵊𦎍𦏟𦏯𧨅𧮟善善	good, virtuous, charitable, kind	two people having a good conversation under a tree → 譱 → → 善
甘甘R S		sweet, tasty, enjoy, rad. 99	RS. something sweet in the mouth 口: → → 甘
尞尞R S		wet wood, disaster	RS. wet wood not good for a fire ⺌火 (smoke comes from all sides): → 尞: disaster person 大 enjoying (hands in the air) water from the source 泉: onsen in a hostel
瓦瓦R S		tile, earthenware pottery, girl	RS. a curved interlocking roof tile: → 瓦
叟叟R S	叟𠬲𡨎𡨝𡨨𡨼	old person	RS. one who needs to carry 又 a light 火 (→ 臼) in the house 冖 to see in the house: 𠬲 → 叟: old man

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