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.

Characters

Referenced characters


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展展RS㞡㠭open, unfold, stretch, extend
㞢㞢RS之𠔇𡳿to arrive at, to go to
  • the time arrives when the shoots come out of the ground
  • RS. foot print pointing forward, cursive form of 止: 𡳿 → 㞢 → 𠔇 → 之
  • 之: looks like a person 丶 on the front of a ship on water: the ship has now arrived at shore and it has brought some crates
搖搖RS
摇摇		揺wag, swing, wave, shake, scull
  • two hands 扌 holding a jar 䍃 and shaking it begging for money; person standing on his head holding with two hands a jar 扌䍃
牛牛RS⺧㐄𠂒牜cow, ox, bull, rad. 93
  • animal with horns → 牛; con. horns
 ; 件; 2443-2472; 鮮; al. 𠂒: 先 告; 㐄: 韋 舛 年 降 丑
唐唐RS唐abrupt, rude, boast, Tang dynasty, Chinese
  • RS. to talk 口 like two hands ⺕ with a pestle 丨 → 唐 rude or boast; Chinese were proud of the Tang dynasty so they boast about it
參參RS
参参		𠫰take part in, intervene, ginseng, going, coming, three
  • symbol for the three 三 centre stars 厶 in the belt of the Orion constellation 𠫰 → 參 (adds a man 人: the hunter)
  • ⓢ individual 厶 big 大 hunter of the three 彡 stars constellation
    ; ginseng grows slowly just like the constellation's coming and goings The three stars are part of the constellation; the constellation comes and goes in the night sky
舍舍RS舎house, dwelling, dwell, reside
  • where tongues 舌 chatter together 亼 under the roof 𠆢; place 土 with roof 𠆢 and talking mouths 口
多多RS𡖇much, many, more than, over
  • if one sees the moon twice 夕夕 you have drunk too much; old variant: 𡖇
 十 諸; 移
散散RS㪔㪚𢻦𢿷scatter, disperse, break up昔
毋毋RS母⺟do not, not, rad. 80
  • sign blocking the road: don't pass: → 毋
  • RS. woman with bound breasts: she's untouchable
毎
建建RSbuild, establish, erect, found
  • architect goes 廴 writing 聿 the plans before anything can be build
  • the archaeologist finds something and goes 廴 writing 聿 it down
 律; 尋; 架 構 築 造; 堂; 健
卝卝RS丱hair style, ore, horn-shaped locks of hair, young, tender
  • RS. shuttle passing through the woof, same as 丱; RS. Bolt on a door - A bar going through holds
派派RS派𣲖沠school of thought, faction, sect, branch
  • where ideas flow and branch 𠂢 like water 氵
增增RS増increase
  • things growing 曾 on the ground 土 of the field 田 increase all the time
拜拜RS
拝拝		𢫶𢮠𢰛𢱭𢳎𢴽 𢷎𢹄𣬊𣬓𨀪𨀲 worship, adore, bow
  • RS. call on while bringing a branch in the hand (like an olive branch) → 拜 → 拝
曾曾RS曽already, sign of past
  • RS. something splits from 八 the fields 田 (which has been told 曰 to happen in the past) under the sun 日
  • when the sun 日 sinks below the field 田 of plants 丷, the day is already over and it is the sign of a past day
秋秋RS𥤛autumn, fall, year夏 冬 夏; 愁
祕祕RS
秘秘		閟secret, mysterious
御御RS馭drive, ride, chariot, manage, honorific
  • go 彳 with the chariot doing sales 卸; old 馭: hand 又 whipping horses 馬
翁; 制
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
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