Chinese character/hanzi/kanji mnemonics

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

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.

莫莫R S	𦶛𦱤	do not, is not, can not, negative	RS. the sun 日 goes down in the grass 茻 (艹)- dusk and not visible: (𦶛) → → 莫 con.: dusk, darkness
塞塞R S	塞𡨄	stop up, block, seal, cork, pass, frontier, fortress	roof 宀 (and floor 土) being stopped up with straw 茻 → 𡨄 for isolation against the cold (寒)	寒
寒寒R S	𡫮𡫾	cold, wintry, chilly	RS. building 宀 using straw 茻 → 井 (𡨄) to protect a man from the ice ⺀	塞; 冷; 冬
茻茻R S	井𦬇	straw, a lot of vegetation	twice 艸茻 → 𦬇 → 井 (艹)	al. 井: 寒