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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舌舌RStongue, clapper of bell, rad. 135
  • tongue sticking out of the mouth → → 舌; lit. the tongue invades 干 the mouth 口
活 括 辞 乱 憩 話
和和RS咊咼啝惒盉私 訸鉌龢𤧗𥤉𧇮 harmony, peace, peaceful, calm
  • countryside: where one can eat 口 one's rice 禾 in peace and harmony
靖 康 寧 安 幽 泰 静 妥 穏 鎮 尉; 邦; 軟 柔
香香RS𥞌𩠼𩡄𩡠𪏰𪏽 fragrant, sweet smelling, incense
  • RS. nice food 禾 reduced to in the mouth 甘: 𥞌 → 香: fragrant
  • beehive 日 in a tree禾: honey is sweet smelling, fragrant, appetizing
稽稽RSexamine, investigate, delay, think, consider, bow to the ground
  • purposefully 旨 bow to the ground like the grain 禾 or like a dog 尤: examine what's on the ground and think about it
看看RS
X
watch, see 視 観 覧 見 眺
看看RSlook, see, examine, scrutinize 視 観 覧 見 眺
無無RS
无无
negative, no, not; lack, have no
  • RS. dancer holding both tails in his hands → 無 → 无: his tails or not touching the ground; fire 灬 under a bale of straw: nothing is left after it is burned
繁繁RScomplicated, complex, difficult, luxuriant, ovegrown
  • RS. hand 攵 separating the many hairs of a woman 每 like string 糸: complex
敏
卸卸RS
X
sell wholesale, wholesale trade
  • put down a big load of goods in a retail store; image: officials 卩 who stop working at noon and put down the big load of their job
売; 御
卸卸RSlay down, retire from office, wholesale
  • salesperson (using seals 卩) stops 止 his work at noon 午 to rest
  • man stops 止 and kneels 卩 to unload horse 午: wholesale trade cargo
売; 御
第第RSsequence, number, grade, degree
  • order of the mourned 弔 people carved 丿 on bamboo ⺮ scrolls
節節RS
节节
knot, node, joint, section, seasons, passage, paragraph, section, beats (music), rhythm, time
  • quick 即 beating with bamboo 竹 stick defining the rhythm at which a passage from a sutra should be read turning the tongues of the reciters in a knot
  • ⓢ shuttle 龴 going back and forth weaving cotton 艹 in a steady rhythm
筋筋RSmuscles, tendons
  • arms and flesh 肋 looking like bamboo 竹
毎毎RS
X
every, each
  • every person 𠂉 has a mother 毋; polygamous society: 嫡
各; 皆; 海 悔 梅 侮 敏
等等RSrank, grade, wait, equal, 'etc.'
  • tho bamboo 竹 scrolls in the temple 寺 order everything according to rank, grade
  • a bamboo ⺮ temple 寺 waits to equal a marble temple in rank
符符RStoken, sign, symbol, mark, tally, charm, match
  • given 付 small 寸 piece of bamboo 竹 with a person's 亻 name on it
  • CJKV. A bamboo 付 slip 寸 on which a contract is written and then broken in two so that the two matching halves can be held by the two parties involved.
簿簿RSregister, account book, notebook
  • big 溥 register made of bamboo strips 竹
筒筒RStube, pipe, cylinder, thick piece of bamboo
  • piece of bamboo 竹 round like all mouths 同 and having the same 同 diameter everywhere
矯矯RS
矫矫
correct, rectify, straighten out, brave
  • brave arrow 矢 shot from a high 喬/乔 position to rectify a military situation
篤篤RS
笃笃
deep, true, sincere, genuine, dangerous
  • sitting on a horse 馬 running through a bamboo bush 竹 can be dangerous and a truely deep experience
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