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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一一RS弌one, a, an, alone
  • one thing 一; ancient form 弌
 壱 甲; 侖 俞 𠮛 令 弐 武 戸 至 百; pt.: heaven 天; earth, ground, place: 氐 亟 旦 𣄼 亘 上 土 士 丘 不 干 互 昼
土土RS一soil, earth, items made of earth
  • person standing on the ground → 土 or tree growing in the soil → 土 groing in the soil
  • con. field, place where people live and work, clay, mud, dust
 粧 塩 垢; 壌; 圭 畑 原 野 田
天天RS夭一sky, heaven, god, celestial
  • which is above 一 even the biggest man 大
 宇 蚕; al. : top stroke of 天: 存 在 丙 雨 下 王 互 正; 夭: 橋 忝 矯 笑; : top stroke of 夭: heaven = good, superior: 禾 壬 㠯 宅 乏 系 釈 番 託 廷 延 風 ; 无: 旡
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