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屢屢RS 屡屡 | 屢𡜸𧀓 | frequently, often, again and again | - see women with strings on her neck 婁/娄 through the door 尸 weaving: repetitive work
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褸褸RS 褛褛 | 縷 | lapel, collar, tattered, threadbare | - clothes 衤 looking like hanging stones 婁 around the collar: tattered
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樓樓RS 楼楼 | | tower, high building | - tall building made of wood 木 from which one can see one's ornated woman 婁/娄 from very far
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數數RS 数数 | | number, several, count, fate | - woman 女 taking 攵 an amount of rice 米 for the meal: she has to count so she doesn't use to much or else it will seal her family's fate
- woman hanging 婁 a number of pearls around her neck. When she taps 攵 them they rattle.
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髏髏RS 髅髅 | 䫫 | skull, skeleton | - bone 骨 used to hang 婁: skull
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