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

Characters


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姓姓RSone's family name, surname, clan
  • RS. the woman 女 we were born 生 from gives us our name
妊妊RSconceive, be pregnant
  • woman 女 carrying a load 壬 in her stomach
姐姐RSelder sister, young lady
  • the sister 女 with most privileges at the table 且
始始RS
X
begin, begin something
  • start of new life when a woman 女 is "piled up" 台
胎; 初 発 明
始始RS𠃭乨兘𠙉begin, start, then, only then
  • every individual 厶 person 口 begins his life in his mother 女
胎; 初 発 明
如如RSlike, as, if, supposing, as if, as good as, equal to, to follow (advice), to listen to, to go to, to arrive at, should, ought to, on or in (time)
  • woman 女 saying 口 things like as if you should be supposed to listen to it
嬉嬉RSenjoy, play, amuse oneself
  • women 女 enjoying themselves while singing 喜
婚婚RSget married, marriage, wedding
  • for getting marriage you need a party at night 昏 and a woman 女
標標RS
标标
a mark, symbol, label, sign, standard
  • mark a ballot 票 before it goes in the wooden 木 box while counting the votes/wooden 木 object on the altar 示: a symbol of religion
禁禁RSrestrict, prohibit, forbid
  • don't plant trees 林 on the altar 示!
  • not all trees 林 can be used for making religious objects put on the altar 示: restricted use
樣樣RS
样样
shape, form, pattern, style
  • a sheeps ⺷/羊 hide left to dry on a wooden 木 structure for a long time 永 has a distinct shape or form
様様RSshape, form, pattern, style, polite suffix
  • modf. 樣 → 様; the venerated old ruler has been there for a long time: he has dried up like a sheeps hide 樣 (sheep 羊 where all the water 水 has gone from)
样
柿柿RS柹枾persimmon
  • tree 木 with fruits sold on the market 市
柳柳RSwillow tree, pleasure
  • tree 木 especially beautiful in the moon 卯
棚棚RStent, awning, booth, shed, shelf
  • made in wood 木 to not sleep under the moon 月 or to have a horizontal acquaintance 朋 with something
梅梅RS
X
plum, plum tree
  • the first blossoming tree 木, symbol of New Year and spring, eagerly awaited by everyone 毎
梅梅RSplums, prunes, surname
  • in spring almost every 毎 tree 木 seems to be a plum tree with blossoms
材材RSmaterial, stuff, timber, lumber, log, talent
  • tree 木 pierced through several times 才 falling apart in usable material: timber, logs
構構RS
构构
frame, building, structure
  • interweaved 冓 pieces of wood 木: frame or building structure/pieces of wood 木 hooked 勾 together forming a frame or building structure
村村RS
X
village
  • while traveling in a wooded area one sees trees 木 chopped off short 寸, one knows that there must be a village nearby
甫 郷 里; 夬 字
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