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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臼臼RS旧mortar
舀舀RSdip, ladle, ladle
  • RS. use the hand 爫 to get water out of a bowl 臼: ladle
叟叟RS叟𠬲𡨎𡨝𡨨𡨼 old person
  • RS. one who needs to carry 又 a light 火 (→ 臼) in the house 冖 to see in the house: 𠬲 → 叟: old man
毀毀RS
毁毁		destroy, ruin, injure, slander
  • clay 土 mortar 臼 used as a weapon 殳 in attack to destroy: → 毀 → 毁
兒兒RS
儿儿		son, child, oneself, final part, rad. 10
  • from 人: → → 儿: legs
  • a child is small like a seed being grinded into smaller pieces in a mortar 臼 and walks on legs 儿
  • if one sees his child, one sees a part of oneself
  • con.: man
舊舊RS
旧旧		old, ancient, former, past
  • wise person like an owl 雈 in old age using his mortar 臼 preparing ancient recipes for medecine
  • ⓢ modf. 臼 → 旧
  • if you see the sun 日 to the right and the ground 丨 to the left you've been lying dead since ancient times
陷陷RS
陥陥		submerge, sink, plunge, trap, collapse
臽臽RS𦥢𥦶pit, hole
臿臿RS𢆍𦥛𦥫𦦱𠚏pound in a mortar, separate the grain from the husk
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