one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
亼亼RS | | to assemble, to gather together | - people 人 coming together in one 一 place; people entering 入 one 一 place
| 今 |
㫃㫃RS | | flags flying, long bands or ribbons attached to flags, streamers, to cease, to desist from | - person 人 (if kanji part written as 𠂉) moving a flag in both directions 方 on a pole: up means flying flags, down means a person has ceased to exist: half mast; old form of 偃
- looks like a person 方 holding up a flag 𠂉 waving it in the air
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方方RS | | a square, rectangle, a region, local, direction | - RS. man 人 carrying a load 亠: he must know exactly which direction he goes otherwise he won't reach his target
- man 人 under a roof 亠: a roof is square
- a square-shouldered, square-built powerfull man 人 carries a heavy weight 亠: he has as aspect not to be afraid to be upright and honest, he can stand his ground, that is a law of nature
- Looks like a person running in a certain direction
| 㫃 坊 妨 芳 傍 紡 房 訪 防 肪 |
㑒㑒RS | | all, together, unanimous | - people 人人 and their mouths 口口 gathered 亼 all together: 僉 → 㑒; con. arrowhead
| 審 査 糾 閲; 検 倹 剣 験 険 |
參參RS 参参 | 𠫰 | take part in, intervene, ginseng, going, coming, three | - symbol for the three 三 centre stars 厶 in the belt of the Orion constellation 𠫰 → 參 (adds a man 人: the hunter)
- ⓢ individual 厶 big 大 hunter of the three 彡 stars constellation
; ginseng grows slowly just like the constellation's coming and goings
The three stars are part of the constellation; the constellation comes and goes in the night sky
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㐱㐱RS | | bushy, black hair | - a man 人 with a beard 彡
- con RS. a wing 人 with feathers 彡
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内内RS | 內 | inside | - person 人 inside a house 冂
| 奥 中; 肉 納 丙
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坐坐RS | | sit, seat, ride, travel by | - persons 人人 sitting on the ground 土; if one person 人 wants to see the other 人 he needs to travel and eat a lot of dust 土
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畿畿RS | | imperial domain, area near capital | - how many 幾 fields 田 without men 人 are there in the imperial domain (usually located near the capital)
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食食RS 饣饣 | 飠𠊊𩚃㿝 | eat, meal, food, rad. 184 | - gathering of people 亼 feasting 皀 (not 艮!) on food 𠊊 → 食
- con.: rice
- bowl 白 of food on a tiny table 厶 being covered by a lid 人
- ⓢ looks like a mouth ⺈ eating a piece of noodle 𠄌
| 右; 召 喫; al. 飠: 2844-2877; : 廊; : 倉 ; 艮 良 皆 今 昆 |
飤飤RS | | feed, provisions | | |
弟弟RS | 𠂖 | young brother, junior, I, me | - young fellow running and playing around → 弟
- fellow 人 shooting arrows 丷 with his bow 弓
- a spear (丷丨丿) being wrapped around by a rope 弓: younger brother learns from his big brother how to tie a rope.
| 叔; 兄 |
値値RS 值值 | | price, cost, worth | - person 人 being straight 直/直 about the true cost of something
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奄奄RS | 𡘤𡘹 | cover, surround, suddenly, abruptly | - RS. man 人 covering his penis with both hands: → 𡘹 → 奄
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菐菐RS | | a thicket, luxuriant vegetation | - person 人 holding something standing 业 on his head through luxuriant vegetation 艸: → 菐
| 業 撲 僕 |
倉倉RS 仓仓 | 仺 | warehouse, storehouse, granary, berth, sea | - people 口 eating 食 from the foods stored at the warehouse
- ⓢ people 人⺋ packed together in a storehouse
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史史RS | | history, chronicle, annals | - RS. hand 𠂇 writing what is said 口; history passes through the mouth 口 of people 人
| 吏 |
卒卒RS | 卆 | soldier, servant, at last, finally | - many 十 men 人人 hiding under cover 亠: soldiers in a secret operation at last being discovered
- person drinking 90 九十 glasses of alcohol
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隊隊RS 队队 | | team, group, army unit | - mound 阝 where a team of miners is working looking like many pigs 㒸
- ⓢ slope 阝 defended by a team of people 人
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飲飲RS 饮饮 | | drink, swallow, kind of drink | - while eating 飠 a man 人 opens his mouth ⺈ to swallow or drink: he lacks 欠 fluid or food
| 召 喫 |