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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覺覺RS
觉觉
to wake up from sleep; conscious, nap
  • learning 𦥯/龸makes one fall asleep, visual 見/见 stimulation makes one wake up
  • ⓢ the open eye 见 with eyelid 冖 and upward eyelashes 𭕄 of one who woke up from sleep and now is conscious
𤽏𤽏RS
𠊊𠊊RS
聳聳RS
耸耸
urge on, rise up, stir, excite, to raise up, lofty
  • many people 人人 stop 龰 sitting still and listening 耳 to stand up and applaud before going out 彳 and telling everybody who wants to hear 耳 how good the performance was
ユユRSfingers
舁舁RSlift, raise, carry
  • carry on one's shoulder (two hands 廾 holding an object 𦥑 carried on the shoulder)
𡿺𡿺RSbrain
  • to make good ideas flow 巛 one should cover and improve 亠 bad 凶 ideas
㐫㐫RScruel, unfortunate, sad
  • a murderer hides his cruel crime 㐅 by putting everything away in a box 凵 and covering it 亠
凶
吅吅RSlively, noisy, clamor, talk loudly
  • two mouths 口口 talking loudly
雚雚RSheron, small cup
  • bird 隹 which makes it's nest in vegetation 艹 and makes a lot of noise 吅
  • when noisy 吅 robbers 萑 take your money, there's not much left
  • con. if modf. : men 𠂉𠂉 like a flying bird 隹
怎怎RSwhat? why? how?
  • when the mind 心 comes across something for the first time 乍, it wonders what it is
吃吃RSeat, drink, suffer, endure, bear
  • person 𠂉 putting fished 乙 animals in his mouth 口; the animal has suffered a lot
呢呢RSinterrogative or emphatic final, (Cant.) this, wool, woollen cloth
  • old nun 尼 with an inquisitive mouth 口; she can't do anything but knit woolen things
誰誰RS
谁谁
who? whom? whose? anyone?
  • who's words 言 have we heard, but has fled 隹 so we don't see him anymore?
嗎嗎RS
吗吗
final interrogative particle
  • who looks into the mouth 口 of the horse 馬 shouldn't expect any answers
亮亮RSbright, brilliant, radiant, light
  • a brilliant man 儿 stands high above everybody else
  • man with his arms outstretched sideways 亠 standing on a pedestal 几 with cover cloth 冖: you can hear him loud and clear from his mouth 口, you see him bright, radiant and shine and he reveals to be the highlight, he is epic
媽媽RS
妈妈
mother, mama
  • a woman 女 who acts very fast 馬 when her child is in danger
坐坐RSsit, seat, ride, travel by
  • persons 人人 sitting on the ground 土; if one person 人 wants to see the other 人 he needs to travel and eat a lot of dust 土
离离RSrare beast, strange, elegant
  • RS. animal with head at top and butt and tail at bottom: → 离
  • it is unfortunate 㐫 that rare beasts are almost never seen because of their typical 厶 camouflage 冂
離
屁屁RSbreak wind, fart, buttocks
  • gas that a person 尸 tries to release spoon 匕 by spoon 匕, it is being released between the buttocks ( → two spoons 匕匕 next to each other); it rises up 上 spoiling the ongoing conversation
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