one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
樂樂RS 乐乐 | 楽 | happy, glad, enjoyable, music | - instrument with a white 白 center on a stand made of wood 木 and hung on strings 幺幺 → 樂 → 楽 → 乐 ; everybody is happy when they hear music
- drum on a stand 木
- ⓢ looks like a very happy person with a giant mouth singing music
| 快 慰; 拍 奏 譜 弾; 享 遊 康 愉 売 娯; 歓; 薬 |
玄玄RS | | deep, profound, abstruse, black, dark, rad. 95 | - RS. a piece of yarn 幺 being dyed black black (suspended from a cover 亠 in a pot)
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幽幽RS | | quiet, secluded, tranquil, dark | - RS. plants (possibly) 幺幺 hidden in the mountains 山: hidden, quiet
- lines 幺幺 of mist hanging in the mountains 山: quiet and secluded place
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奚奚RS | | where? what? how? why? servant | - RS. a hand ⺤ holding a rope 幺 around the neck of a servant 大: what has he done wrong and why
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麼麼RS 么么 | | interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny | - if you ask a question, the answers hangs 幺 in the air by a thread 麻
- tiny things can be hung by threads 幺麻
- modf. 幺 → 么: one 一 tiny individual 厶 thing
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谿谿RS | | valley | - contains several houses 𠆢 of farming families 口 where large men 大 work continuously 幺 with their hands ⺤
| 谷
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後後RS 后后 | | behind, rear, after, descendants | - if one walks 夂 with small 幺 steps with the left foot 彳 one lags behind all others and forms the rear of the party
- ⓢ eating one 一 mouthful 口 after work at the factory 厂
| 滞 后 陰; 遅 |
幼幼RS | | infant, young child, immature | - RS. young girls hands 力 are best to do the spinning 幺
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胤胤RS | | heir, successor, progeny, posterity | - RS. bodies 月, a string 幺 of children 儿
- a string 幺 of bodies 月 from between the legs 儿 of a man
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幾幾RS 几几 | | how many? how much? a few, some | - confronting garrisons 戍 weaving amongst themselves 幺幺 across the landscape in a battle, how many fall in battle? how many survive?
- ⓢ how many bees are there in the hive 几?
- ⓢ how many things can fit on such a small table 几?
| 機 磯 織 |
㡭㡭RS | | thread cutting knive | - RS. thread 幺幺幺幺 cutting knive 刀: → 㡭
- common simplification 㡭 →
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