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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RSfloat, drift, tossed about
  • after voting in the evening the ballot box is put on the altar but some slips get in the water
  • person takes 2 showers with a bar of soap on his bath mitten : the person is polished, bleached and will look elegant
RS
a mark, symbol, label, sign, standard
  • mark a ballot before it goes in the wooden box while counting the votes/wooden object on the altar : a symbol of religion
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