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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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.
悪悪RS
X | | evil, bad | - person with a "subordinate" 亜 heart 心 likened to a huge tree which is not yet shaped into nice timber 亜
| 弊 凶 邪
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| 悪悪RS | | evil, wicked, bad, foul | - heart 心 below 亜 good things
| 弊 凶 邪 |
恥恥RS
耻耻 | | shame, humiliation, ashamed | - RS. related to the heart 心 and the ears 耳 burning (because people are talking about you): shame/ears 耳 being pulled to stop 止 someone because of shameful action
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聽聽RS
听听 | 聴 | hear, listen, understand, obey | - ethical 𢛳 king 王 listening 耳 to and understanding his subjects who obey him
- ⓢ orders 口 should be listened to, understood and be "protected" 斤: be obeyed
- listening 耳 with ten 十 eyes 目 and your heart 心
- ⓢ listen to and obey the one who speaks 口 with an ax 斤
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職職RS
职职 | | duty, profession, office, post | - hearing 耳 the potter 戠 work from a distance: profession
- ⓢ hear 耳 the mouth 只 of the professional
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形形RS
X | | shape, (individual) form | - 2 hands with a comb 开 giving shape to hair 彡
| 姿 容 型
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| 形形RS | | form, shape, appearance | - rays 彡 of the sun throwing a shadow behind a gate 开:
![]() → 形; two hands 开 modelling hair 彡
| 姿 容 型
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取取RS
X | | take | - hand 又 taking a pot by the "ear" 耳
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| 采 携 把 採 撮 握 執; 趣 最
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| 取取RS | | take, receive, obtain, select | - hand 又 taking someone/something by the ear 耳
| 采 携 把 採 撮 握 執; 趣 最 |
| 酸酸RS | | tart, sour, acid, stiff, spoiled | - jar 酉 containing a liquid that makes the spoiling process go slowly 夋: acid
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| 覆覆RS | | cover, tip over, return, reply, defeat | - bird 覀 returning 復 to it's nest in the evening 覀 to find it turned over
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| 要要RS | | necessary, essential, necessity, important, demand | - RS. hands 廾 around the head 口 of a child (覀) to be delivered from a woman 女: necessary to deliver a healthy child
- an important western 覀 woman 女 demands whatever she will
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聖聖RS
圣圣 | | sage, holy, sacred, till the ground | - RS. the person who speaks 呈 into the ear 耳: sage
- ⓢ work with hands 又 on the fields 土: sacred work for the sage
| 畝; 東; 線; 怪 軽 茎 径 経
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| 型型RS | | pattern, model, type, law, mold | - two hands holding a knife 刑 modeling clay 土
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璽璽RS
玺玺 | 壐鈢鉨鉩𤨐𤫆 | imperial signet, royal signet | - precious stone 玉 that is a sign of somebody else 爾/尔
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亜亜RS
X | | sub-, rank next, Asia | - bulging sides
![]() of huge 巨 trees are cut off to make beams and planks, that's the job of "subordinate" apprentices
| 副; 次; 悪 |
西西RS
X | | west | - Spain) (where the sun goes under cover; in the evening people go home, under cover; birds 酉 are in their nests; modf. 酉: wine bottle with tightly fitting cover; con.: evening, cover
| 洋 泰; 夕; 冖; al. 覀: 煙 価 票 覇 遷 覆 要
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| 西西RS | 卥卤襾覀 | west, western, westward, occident, rad. 146 | - lit.: bird (animal 一 with high legs 儿) sitting on top of a nest 口:
![]() → 西: it is evening, the sun sets in the west
- head of a child
- a bat has 2 large ears, hangs upside down from the ceiling and flies away when the sun sets in the west
| 洋 泰; 夕; 冖; al. 覀: 煙 価 票 覇 遷 覆 要; 襾
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| 酉酉RS | | a wine vessel | - wine bottle
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| modf. to 西; 酋 酒; 瓶
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| 雅雅RS | | elegant, graceful, refined | - elegant like a bird 隹 or like the teeth of an elephant 牙
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