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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RS
a painting, picture, drawing, to draw
  • brush painting on a flat piece of paper /lowest part of ; brush being dipped into ink container before painting or drawing
RS
currency, coins, legal tender
  • needed to purchase new cloth when the old cloth is worn out
  • ⓢ cloth on a hanger ready to be sold for currency
RS
page, sheet, leaf, rad. 181
  • man with a head 𦣻 can fill many pages with stories
  • ⓢ looks like a standing person with a head and a neck
𦣻𦣻RShead
RSdirector, officer, take charge of, control, manage, a (government) department
  • person leaning to the left in his chair giving one order after another
RS
participate, and, with, give
  • RS. hands lifting a spoon with something in it
  • ⓢ hold a spoon to feed one in the mouth : give food
RSone, a, an, alone
  • one thing ; ancient form
; 𠮛 ; pt.: heaven ; earth, ground, place: 𣄼
RSmilitary, martial, warlike
RSmale adult, robust, vigorous, 4th heavenly stem, street, ward, town ;
RSpeople, subjects, citizens
  • RS. vagina of a woman from which all people come
  • many persons
  • people marching in one (the same) rhythm
  • RS. originally a needle stuck in the eye : blind
RSbig, great, vast, large, high,
  • a man spreading his arms wide to take something big; al. 尢: ;
; ; ;
RS
open, initiate, begin, start
  • two hands pushing open the gate
  • ⓢ looks like two hands opening the latch of a gate
;
RSobstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters
RSsky, heaven, god, celestial
  • which is above even the biggest man
; al. : top stroke of : ; : ; : top stroke of : heaven = good, superior: ; :
RS
bush, shrub; thicket; collection
  • thick vegetation so thick you can grab it : bush or shrub
  • ⓢ trees standing on the ground
RS
county, district, subdivision
  • RS. hang a man by the head : hang; authority of a district
  • ⓢ eye of a hung (cord) individual
RSthird (class), 3rd heavenly stem
  • RS. originally smoke rising in the hearth to the sky : a third way of cooking things (after eating it raw or cooked)
  • consists of three elements: one enters the wide skies
; ;
RStwo, twice ; ; al. 冫:
RSbeginning, first, dollar, origin, head
  • thing above the legs and body : the head, the origin of all human endeavours; put a price on one's head
; ;
RSstand upright, to cut off the feet, table
  • one person standing , man cut off above the feet , table top with legs
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