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.
    
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| 江江RS |  | large river, yangtze, creek, inlet, bay | body of water 氵 where large works 工 can be done (at the shipyard)
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