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.
両両RS
X | | both, old Japanese coin, unit for wagons (輛) | - scale
![]() with both sides in balance
| 共 双; 衝 斤; 満
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丙丙RS
X | | 3rd in a series | - con.: influential citizen: he wears robes 内 and belongs to a family with many ancestors in heaven 一; since he is a positive, YANG element in society, this k. was chosen for the odd numeral 3
| 俞; 三; 病 柄
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| 丁丁RS | | male adult, robust, vigorous, 4th heavenly stem, street, ward, town | - robust and vigorous male figure
![]() → 丁; he guards the streets (intersection of two streets 一⼅ → 丁) of the town
- 4th heavenly stem
| 亭 庁 灯 打 訂 頂 町 貯; 于
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| 雨雨RS | 𠕲𠕒𠕘𩁼㲾 | rain, rainy, rad. 173 | - water ⺀⺀ falling in the countryside 冂 straight 丨 from the sky 一
| 傘; 虹; 漏; 3144-3179
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| 両両RS | 两兩 | two, both, pair, couple, a tael, ounce | - scale or yolk for oxen:
![]() → 両 or 兩 or 两
| 共 双; 衝 斤; 満 |
| 丙丙RS | | third (class), 3rd heavenly stem | - RS. originally smoke rising in 入 the hearth 冂 to the sky 一: a third way of cooking things (after eating it raw or cooked)
- consists of three elements: one enters 入 the wide 冂 skies 一
| 俞; 三; 病 柄
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| 需需RS | | need, require, must, hesitate, consider | - RS. hesitate and consider whether it will rain 雨 while stroking the beard 而; need comes afterward because one has waited for too long
- all falling: the rain 雨, the beard 而 and 而 the need 需
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下下RS
X | | under, base, lower, hang down, fall, go down, give, put down, get down | - a fortuneteller 卜 knows everything under the heavens 一
| 戴; 本 塁; 低; 劣; 懸 垂; 落; 降; 与 授; 峠
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不不RS
X | | not, negative | - stillborn baby 小 → buried under the ground 一; negative feelings in the family; 小 modf. to differentiate it from 示
| 非 無; 杯 否
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| 下下RS | 丅𠄟 | under, underneath, below, down, inferior, bring down | - something below the ground 一: 𠄟 → 丅 → 下
| 戴; 本 塁; 低; 劣; 懸 垂; 落; 降; 与 授; 峠
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| 不不RS | | no, not; un-; negative prefix | - person spreading arms in objection
![]() → 不
- lit. bird flying under the sky 一 and not coming down
![]() → 不
- newborn bird flapping its wings, it will not fly to the sky 一, the result is negative for flying
- the roots of a plant
![]() → 不: the roots can not be pulled out
| 非 無; 杯 否 |
干干RS
X | | dry, get dry | - many 十 seeds for sowing in the soil 一; con.: seeds, symbol of dryness; 種
| 燥 乾 枯; 汗 岸 幸 南 軒 幹 刊 平 肝
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平平RS
X | | flat, level, even, peaceful | - dry 干 seeds 丶丶 sown in flat topsoil; not stored in bags
| 滑 均; 凡; 坪 評
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| 干干RS | | oppose, offend, invade, dried, seeds, work | - offensive weapon:
![]() → 干; also working tool for picking up dried (ripe) cereals from the fields: they yield seeds after hard work
- looks like a clothesline pole to dry clean clothes
| 燥 乾 枯; 汗 岸 幸 南 軒 幹 刊 平 肝
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| 平平RS | | flat, level, even, peaceful | - peaceful work 干 sowing seeds 丶丶干 in level fields in the flat countryside; con.: countryside
- two objects 丶丶 on the same even level of the shelf 干
| 滑 均; 凡; 坪 評
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電電RS
X
电电 | | | - electricity (lightning: dragon's tail 甩 during a rainstorm 雨) 雷
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電電RS
电电 | | electricity, electric, lightning | - what the rain cloud 雨 throws 甩 away in excess electricity; RS. flash of lighting from the rain cloud 雨 until the ground 田
- ⓢ looks like a bolt of lighting 乚 striking through a cloud 日
| 雷 |
現現RS
X | | actual, appear, show, express | - the king 王 is seen 見 during an audience in the intercalary month of the moon calendar; 潤
| 表 示
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現現RS
现现 | | appear, manifest, become visible | - the king 王 is seen 見 by everyone in public: a manifest appearance
| 表 示
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| 恐恐RS | | fear, fearful, apprehensive | | |