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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瓶瓶RSjug, pitcher, vase, jar, bottle
  • earthenware 瓦 vase that looks equal 并 from all sides
覚覚RS
X
remember, learn, awake, make awake
  • visual 見 education 龸 awakens the mind
学 修 習; 起
覚覚RSto wake up from sleep, conscious, memorize, learn, remember
  • waking from sleep one sees 見 things one has learned 龸 to recognize: you remember
慈慈RSkind, charitable, benevolent
  • heart 心 making clothing from plants 茲 for people: kind and benevolent
義義RS
义义
right conduct, righteousness, generosity
  • person guarding 我 his sheep ⺷ and being generous to strangers roaming the land
  • ⓢ hand 乂 giving things 丶
戦戦RSwar, fighting, battle
  • a single 単 individual carrying a spear 戈 going into battle
戰
屰屰RSreverse, disobedient逆 塑 遡
逆逆RSdisobey, rebel, traitor
  • disobedient 屰 going ⻌: rebel or traitor
送送RS
X
send
  • letter in an enveloppe = barrier 关, sent on the road ⻌
輸 遣
送送RS𨕼𨕩𨕪see off, send off, dispatch, give
  • send something to go ⻌ over the frontier 关
輸 遣
美美RSbeautiful, pretty, pleasing
  • big man 大 with a hair dress like the horns of a sheep ⺷
兼兼RSunite, combine, connect, and, equally, concurrently
  • RS. hand ⺕ grasping two sheaths of grain 禾禾: → 兼 at the same time (concurrently)
  • con. work on the fields
養養RS
养养
raise, rear, bring up, support
  • person 儿 raising sheep ⺷ to be a good 良 animal: raise/dog 尣 helping to raise sheep ⺷
差差RSto differ, different, wrong, nearly, almost, an officer
  • labourer 工 cutting up ⼃ an animal ⺷ in different edible parts
塑塑RSmodel in clay, sculpt, plastics
  • dead body 朔 modelled in clay 土
羞羞RSdisgrace, shame, ashamed, shy
  • RS. originally to present a sheep 羊 with the hand 丑
  • hand 丑 fondling a goat 羊: disgrace, one should be ashamed of such handlings
並並RS
X
be in a row, put side by side, and, ordinary, average 連 列; 及; 庸 凡; 普; al. 业: 菐 显 業 虚 繊; : 霊
並並RS
并并
业竝幷equal to, side by side, also, what is more, both
  • stand 立 side by side → 並 → 业, both men are equal
連 列; 及; 庸 凡; 普; al. 业: 菐 显 業 虚 繊; : 霊
益益RSprofit, benefit, advantage
  • RS. water 氺 (sideways) in a bowl 皿 → 益: used to everyone's advantage; looks like a house: having your own house is a huge benefit
酋酋RSchief of tribe, chieftain
  • wine bottle 酉 with escaping vapor 丷: the chief of the tribe can drink the most
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