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.
| 鞠鞠RS | | bow, bend, rear, raise, nourish, ball | - leather 革 ball (handful 匊 of air): one has to bow to pick it up and is used in rearing children nourishing their thirst for physical exercise
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誼誼RS
谊谊 | | friendship, appropriate, suitable | - someone to talk to 言 at the table in the house 宜
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| 稀稀RS | | rare, unusual, scarce, sparse, thin | - rice 禾 gruel with a sparse 希 amount of rice: thin and unusual
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| 毅毅RS | | resolute, decisive, firm, persist | - RS. actions of 殳 a pig 豙: endurance and decisive
- actions of 殳 a heroic man 豙: endurance and decisive
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巖巖RS
巌巌 | | cliff, precipice, cave, grotto, boulder | - strict and rigorous 嚴/厳 part of a mountain 山
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| 莞莞RS | | smiling, a kind of aquatic herb, clubrush, Scirpus lacustris | - man happily living (smiling) in his house 完 selling herbs 艹 from the environs
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| 侃侃RS | | upright and strong, amiable | - RS. honest 㐰 like clear water 川
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| 茅茅RS | | reeds, rushes, grass, miscanthus reed | - grass or plant 艹 cut by a lance 矛
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樺樺RS
桦桦 | | birch, dark red | - tree 木 with hanging flowers 華/华; the wood is dark red
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| 馨馨RS | | fragrant, aromatic, favourable | - smell 香 so fragrant it hits you like the sound of a stone chime 殸
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凱凱RS
凯凯 | | triumphant, triumph, victory, joy, peace | - RS. a kneeling man 几 playing a drum 豈/岂: joy
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豈豈RS
岂岂 | | happy, delighted, jubilant, harmonious, how, what | - RS. similar to 壴 but with hand 山 (⺕) on top: drum on happy and jubilant occasions; what is the party for? wonders a passerby
- ⓢ modf. 豈 → 豈 (豆 → 己)
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| 魁魁RS | | chief, leader, best, monstrous | - monstrous 鬼 leader carrying a grain container 斗
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| 茄茄RS | | eggplant | - plant 艹 increasing your strength 加 when putting it in the mouth 口
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| 嘉嘉RS | | excellent, joyful; auspicious, praise | - drum 壴 used to increase 加 the joy or praise
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| 伽伽RS | | nursing, attending, entertainer | - increasing strength 加 of people 亻: nursing or entertaining
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| 冰冰RS | 仒 | ice, ice-cold | - icy 冫 water 水
- twice ice 冫仌: 仒
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| 瑛瑛RS | | luster of gem, crystal | - flowery 英 precious stone 王
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| 叡叡RS | | astute, profound, shrewd, intelligence | - RS. shrewd 睿 with the hands 又
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| 睿睿RS | | shrewd, astute, clever, keen | - RS. modification of 䜭 replacing the mouth 口 with 目, to dig into with the eye: shrewd and clever
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