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.
1紐紐RS 纽纽 | 靵紐𧘥 | knot, button, handle, knob, tie | - clown 丑 tying a rope 糸 into a knot
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羞羞RS | | disgrace, shame, ashamed, shy | - RS. originally to present a sheep 羊 with the hand 丑
- hand 丑 fondling a goat 羊: disgrace, one should be ashamed of such handlings
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丑丑RS | | the second of the twelve "Terrestrial Branches", clown, cow | - RS. the hand and fingers that twist (spin) the thread: → 丑
- con. hand
- Turned on it's side it looks like a cow
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