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

Referenced characters


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井井RS丼well, mine shaft, pit
  • orig. bowl with food: → → 丼; abbr. 井: source of food
 冓 寒 塞 耕 囲
魚魚RS
鱼鱼		𩵋fish, rad. 195
  • open mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail 灬: → 魚
  • ⓢ one sees only it's open mouth ⺈ and body 田 when it comes above the water 一
漁 鯨 鮮; al. 𩵋: 衡
攴攴RS攵rap, tap, knock, rad. 66
  • the fortuneteller 卜 knocks with his hand 又 at your door
  • 夂: hand 又 using a short branch 𠂉 to tap
共共RS龷together with, all, total, to share
  • RS. two hands 廾 holding a communal bowl 廿; many 廿 hands 廾 together
廾; 合; 両 双; 巽 洪 恭 巷 供 異 殿 暴; al. 龷
服服RS𦨈clothes, wear, dress, taking medicine
  • wrapped 𠬝 body ⺼ : sick person in need of medicine
 装; 冖 衣 袴 着 裁 糸 脱; 含
貴貴RS
贵贵		䝿expensive, costly, valuable
  • shells 貝臾 were a type of money in ancient times: 䝿 → 貴
塞塞RS塞𡨄stop up, block, seal, cork, pass, frontier, fortress
  • roof 宀 (and floor 土) being stopped up with straw 茻 → 𡨄 for isolation against the cold (寒)
寒
青青RS𤯞靑blue, green, black, young 若; 紺; 緑
辰辰RS𠨷𨑃𠩟𨑄early morning, 5th terrestrial branch, a time, fortune, luck, a heavenly body - the sun, the moon and stars, sign of the dragon
  • RS. man 厂 handling a hoe: → 辰: working early in the morning brings one fortune and luck
迭; 振 娠 農 震 辱 唇
始始RS𠃭乨兘𠙉begin, start, then, only then
  • every individual 厶 person 口 begins his life in his mother 女
胎; 初 発 明
問問RS
问问		𠳅ask (about), inquire after, question
  • guards asking 口 inquisitive questions at your gate 門
  • distinguish 釆 the mouth 口
伺 請 尋 聞; 質; 偵
厶厶RSムprivate, individual, secret, rad. 28
  • enclosed self → 厶: individual; invisible from outside: secret
 繭 絹 蚕; 尸 自 個 我 私 吾 己; (𠫓) 夋 (離) 広 (鬼) 払 去 雄 公 仏 私 弁 参 台 云 強; al. : 以
鞏鞏RS
巩巩		𢀜bind, firm, secure, strong
  • working 工 to bind a (leather 革) sail in the wind 凡(丮): strong men are needed
工工RS𢒄labor, work, worker, laborer
  • orig. carved pattern into something 𢒄 → 工: a sign that work has been done
  • looks like an I-beam that is used in construction work
 働; 計; 巩 江 空 差 式 左 虹 紅 功 巧 貢 項 攻 尋 肛; al. 匚: 巨 匠
成成RS𢦩completed, finished, fixed, fully grown
  • males (rotated) 丁 holding spears 戈: they have completed their path to adulthood
城 盛 誠; 戊; 就 為 遂 致; don't confuse with 或
警警RS䜘guard, watch, alert, alarm
  • respect 敬 the words 言 of the guard
驚
権権RS
权权		權power, right, authority
  • modf. 權 → 権; men sitting high 雚 on top of a tree 木: they have a commanding view and thus instate power and authority
  • ⓢ hand 又 ripping out a tree 木: power
羽羽RS𠃧𦏲飞feather, plume, wings, rad. 124
  • feathers: → → 羽
 毛; 翁 翻 扇 弱 翼 翌 習; al. 𦏲: 翟; 𠃧: 飛; al. 飞
吳吳RS
吴吴		呉one of warring states, give
  • RS. a man 大 with a jug 口 on his shoulder: probably the state of Wu, may have been originally noted for pottery; he gives something from his jug
延延RS𠂛delay, postpone, defer, prolong
  • RS. slashed 丿 leg that does not move 止 on the road 廴: incurring delays which prolong one's stay
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