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

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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𠆢𠆢R S	人	roof, house		个
直直R S	𣖇㮚直𥄂	straight, erect, vertical	one can do something secretly in a corner 𠃊 but when ten 十 eyes 目 are watching, one has to be straight and honest	接; 繕; 正; 復納; 植値殖置
王王R S	𠙻	king, ruler, royal, surname	orig. person 大 stretching from earth 一 till heaven 一 a king is symbolized by his crown or person sitting on his throne → 𠙻 → 王	潤主望皇徴全金狂; 3142-3172; 呈
㇗㇗R S	𠃊乚	corner, hidden, mysterious, secret, to conceal, small, minute	something hidden in a corner ㇗ or 乚 con. man kneeling	隅隈亡県断直継
皮皮R S	𥬖𠰎	skin, hide, fur, feather, outer, rad. 107	RS. hand 又 with a rock 丨 stripping the skin (protection) 厂 from an animal	叚; 膚肌; 革; 波疲被披彼破
擴擴R S 扩扩	拡	expand, enlarge, stretch	hand 扌 making something broader 廣/广/広
專專R S 专专	叀専𤰔	monopolize, take sole possession, concentrate, focus, special	one 一 small 寸 individual 厶 taking all food from the field 田 hand 寸 working concentrated with a spindle → 叀 → 𤰔 ⓢ hand 扌 working focused with a spindle to transfer all thread to the loom 龴 one small 寸 owner owning many 十 fields 田 in the region: he's monopolised agriculture in the region	尃
為為R S 为为	爲𢏽	do, handle, govern, act, be	RS. and lit. hand ⺤ feeding an elephant 為: → 爲 → 為 → 为	象
上上R S	丄𠄞	above, up, top, superior, highest, go up, send up	something above the ground 一: 𠄞 → stake 丨 standing above the ground 丄 → 上	高挙揚起登昇騰; 峠叔
下下R S	丅𠄟	under, underneath, below, down, inferior, bring down	something below the ground 一: 𠄟 → 丅 → 下	戴; 本塁; 低; 劣; 懸垂; 落; 降; 与授; 峠
巻巻R S	卷	scroll, curl, make a comeback	threads 己 of a scroll 龹; RS. a man 㔾 sorting 釆 with the hands 廾 (𠔉) - bamboo book slips: chapters → 卷 → 巻
簡簡R S 简简	𥳑	simple, terse, succinct, letter	gate 間 made of bamboo 竹: simple structure made in brief time; letter made of slips of bamboo 竹 with space 間 between a simple bamboo 竹 gate 門/门 through which the sun 日 passes
豆豆R S	𣅣𣅋𤽋荳	beans, peas, bean-shaped	steamer with a lid → 豆: used for cooking beans	壴痘豊短頭登
年年R S	秊	year, new-years, person's age	a tree 禾/生 may live a thousand 千 years: 秊 → 年 person with a hat 午 carrying stalks of grain: the year end harvest	畜甚牧; 齢歳才; 暮
旨旨R S	𣅌	purpose, aim, excellent, tasty, delicious	a man's 匕 mouth 曰 can tell what the purpose is and has excellent taste as well	理; 命; 指鮨詣脂; 稽
鄕鄕R S 乡乡	鄉郷鄊	country, rural, village	area 阝 with a line 乡 of seeds 皀: country side village 鄕 → 郷
説説R S 说说	說	speak, say, talk, scold, explanation, rumor	money 兑 speaks 言 boldest; it is usually the explanation for many actions of the mouth 言 many 八 brothers 兄 defending their family verbally 言 ⓢ looks like a comedian talking into a stand microphone
詩詩R S 诗诗	訨	poetry, poem, verse, ode	spoken words 言 at the temple 寺: most religious texts are written in verses spoken words 言 which stop 止 now and then: verses	歌; 詠吟
艸艸R S	屮𡳾艹䒑	grass, plants, rad. 140	shooting grass con.: vegetables
巠巠R S 𢀖𢀖	𡿱坙	streams running underground, flowing water	water 川 streaming under the ground 一 usually crafted 工: 巠 → 𢀖工 replaced by 𡈼; corrupted form 坙: 工 replaced by 土 a stream of flowing water 巛/人 flowing from a pipe 工 underneath the ground 一	脛

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