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
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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.
| 口口RS | | mouth, open end, entrance, gate, rad. 30 | - smiling mouth
![]() → ![]() → 口; the mouth is where food and words enter and get out
- con.: speak, box, pot, person, order
| 穴 古 舌 言 否 召; 勹 束
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| 囗囗RS | | enclosure, erect, proud, upright, bald, rad. 31 | - somebody having a big house with enclosure is proud and stands upright; by this time in his life he usually is bald
- con.: city (enclosed place where people live)
| 郭 境; 図 圏 囚 団 因 園 固 困 囲 菌 国 回 |
區區RS
区区 | | area, district, region, ward, surname | - city block taken up by a large factory: there are boxes 匚 and boxes 口 and boxes 口 and boxes 口 to store manufactured goods 品 in the storage house 匚/see 区
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| 品品RS | | article, product, commodity, refinement | - articles and products are stored in many boxes 口 on top of each other 口口; these products are more refined than what they were made from
| 事 件 物; 白; 練 |
| 回回RS | | return, turn around, a time | - enclosure 囗 turning around something else 口
| 次 度 遍 周; 転; 旋 巡; 壇
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呂呂RS
吕吕 | | a musical note, spine, backbone | - to mouths 口 singing connected (related) notes 丨
- two vertebrae 口 connected 丨 in the spine
| 宮 営 |
| 路路RS | | road, path, street, journey | - place where everyone 各 may walk 𧾷
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| 器器RS | | receptacle, vessel, instrument | - man 大 making many vessels 口口口口 (with his tools 丶); dog 犬 or hungry big man 大 barking noisily 㗊 because his food receptacle is empty; dog 犬 or hungry big man 大 wandering around empty vessels 口口口口
| 噐 |
| 居居RS | | live, dwell, reside, sit | - old 古 body 尸 sits where it is and doesn't move
- RS. baby 古 falling from a mother 尸: original dwelling place
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| 唱唱RS | | sing, chant, call, ditty, song | - mouth 口 with a clear 昌 voice
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層層RS
层层 | | storey, layer, floor, stratum | - corpses 尸 of the past 曾 (still being talked 云 about): geological layers in the ground from millions of years back
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| 踏踏RS | | step on, trample, tread on, walk | - walk with feet 𧾷 on things you don't notice because you babble 沓
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| 泊泊RS | | anchor vessel, overnight, tranquil, lake, body of water | - done when the water 氵 is white (tranquil) 白 because of the moonlight
- white 白 night near the waterside 氵
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| 照照RS | | shine, illumine, reflect, compare | - bright 昭 fire 灬 used to shine onto something in order to compare it to other things
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景景RS
X | | | - scenery, view (the capital's 京 majestic palaces glittering in the sun 日) 眺; 影
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| 景景RS | | scenery, view, conditions, shadow | - the sun 日 shining over the capital 京 provides for a majestic view; it's light creates many shadows on the street
| 眺; 影 |
| 暴暴RS | 㬥曓暴 | violent, brutal, tyrannical | - RS. the savage attack (two hands 廾 going out 出) of a buck 米 in clear daylight 日: 㬥 → 暴
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晴晴RS
X | | fine weather, clear away | - a day 日 with a blue 青 sky makes you feel young 青
| 払
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明明RS
X | | bright | - 昭), clear, light (光), dawn (暁), begin (始), end (終), become light, in the light, public (公), be open (開), next (翌), pass (the night), disclose (a secret) (漏) (both YANG and YIN sources of light, beginning with the sun 日, ending with the moon 月
| 盟
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| 明明RS | | bright, light, brilliant, clear | - the sun 日 and the moon 月 are the brightest objects in the sky
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