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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千千RSthousand; many, numerous, very
  • one person 亻 can do hundred things, ten 十 can do a thousand things
萬 万; 舌
升升RSarise, go up, hoist, advance, measuring box
  • ten 十 people 亻 rising or advancing together; container 廾 with a lid 一: 升
科科RSsection, department, science
  • scientists measuring 斗 grain 禾 yields
田; 学; 部 節 課 区
毛毛RS
X
hair, fur, feather, down
  • nicest animal hair: horsetail → 毛
彡 髪; 羽; 耗 尾
毛毛RShair, fur, feathers, coarse
  • feather or tail of an animal → 毛
彡 髪; 羽; 耗 尾
乇乇RSdepend on, entrust with, sprout
  • seeds entrusted to the ground by the farmer sprout: → → 乇: his life depends on this relation with the ground
宅
税税RStaxes
  • grain 禾 taken by big brother 兑: taxes
憩憩RSrest, take rest
  • heart 心 tongue 舌 and nose 自 all rest at the same time
愁愁RSanxiety, worry about, depressing
  • when autumn 秋 comes the heart 心 turns to depression and anxiety
我我RS
X
self, I, my, our
  • person who can defend himself: hand 手 holding a spear 戈
厶 自 僕 個 私 吾 己; 弊; 義 餓
我我RSour, us, i, me, my, we
  • hand 手 holding a spear 戈 (and a hanging banner 𠄒): he can defend his own people
厶 自 僕 個 私 吾 己; 弊; 義 餓
秒秒RS
X
second (of time)
  • smallest rice field with only a few 少 plants 禾 is image for the smallest unit of time
厘
秒秒RSbeard of grain or corn, a second
  • small 少 hairs on wheat 禾: ; smallest time division
厘
移移RSchange place, shift, move about
  • when you are drunk 多 plants 禾 seem to change place all the time
積積RS
积积
accumulate, store up, amass, long (time), old, deep-rooted, longstanding, product (mathematics)
  • responsible 責 management of the rice 禾 harvest: long time storage of multiple harvests
  • ⓢ stuffing rice 禾 in a person's mouth 只 until it's full
秋秋RS
X
autumn
  • water of rice fields is left to evaporate in late summer; in fall fire 火 is made where the plants 禾 grew; 黒; that's when the bush clover 萩 is in bloom
夏 冬 夏; 愁
秋秋RS𥤛autumn, fall, year夏 冬 夏; 愁
釈釈RSinterpret, elucidate, release
  • make one logical step 尺 after another like walking 釆
釋
秩秩RSorder, orderly, salary, decade
  • salary in grain 禾 earned and lost 失 (in a cafe) afterwards: certain order followed each month
禾禾RS⽲grain still on stalk, rice plant, tree with 2 branches rad. 115
  • rice stalk → 禾; tree 木 with a second branch 一
白 米; 菌; 2241-2278
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