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垔垔RS | 𡎱𡓵 | to restrain, to dam a stream and change its direction, a mound | - clay 土 pottery made in the west 西/覀: used to restrain liquids
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曬曬RS 晒晒 | 䵘㬠 | dry in sun, expose to sun | - dried in the beautiful and magnificent 麗 sun 日
- when the sun 日 has reached the West 西 your stuff has been exposed and dried in the sun
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洒洒RS | 汛洗灑𣳳𣶓𣹍 | sprinkle, scatter, pour, to wipe away, to shiver | - done in the evening 西 with water 氵 to wash oneself
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西西RS | 卥卤襾覀 | west, western, westward, occident, rad. 146 | - lit.: bird (animal 一 with high legs 儿) sitting on top of a nest 口: → 西: it is evening, the sun sets in the west
- head of a child
- a bat has 2 large ears, hangs upside down from the ceiling and flies away when the sun sets in the west
| 洋 泰; 夕; 冖; al. 覀: 煙 価 票 覇 遷 覆 要; 襾
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栖栖RS | 拪捿棲 | perch, roost, stay | - bird sitting on it's nest 西 in the tree 木
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茜茜RS | | madder, rubia cordifolia, reeds, red dye, Turkey red | - plant 艹 used in the west 西 to dye: madder or rubia
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