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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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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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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