one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
畫畫RS 画画 | | a painting, picture, drawing, to draw | - brush 聿 painting on a 一 flat 田 piece of paper → 畫/lowest part of → 画; brush being dipped into ink container 凵 before painting or drawing
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幣幣RS 币币 | | currency, coins, legal tender | - needed to purchase new cloth 巾 when the old cloth is worn out 敝
- ⓢ cloth 巾 on a hanger 一 ready to be sold for currency
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頁頁RS 页页 | | page, sheet, leaf, rad. 181 | - man 儿 with a head 𦣻 can fill many pages with stories
- ⓢ looks like a standing person 贝 with a head 一 and a neck
| 乚 本
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𦣻𦣻RS | | head | - vertebrae 目 with a neck 丨 and a head 一
| 頁 寡 夏 憂 |
司司RS | | director, officer, take charge of, control, manage, a (government) department | - person leaning to the left ㇕ in his chair giving one 一 order 口 after another
| 后 |
與與RS 与与 | | participate, and, with, give | - RS. hands lifting 舁 a spoon with something in it 与
- ⓢ hold a spoon 一 to feed one in the mouth 勺: give food
| 兴 |
一一RS | 弌 | one, a, an, alone | - one thing 一; ancient form 弌
| 壱 甲; 侖 俞 𠮛 令 弐 武 戸 至 百; pt.: heaven 天; earth, ground, place: 氐 亟 旦 𣄼 亘 上 土 士 丘 不 干 互 昼 |
武武RS | | military, martial, warlike | - to stop 止 with a 一 weapon 弋: military
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丁丁RS | | male adult, robust, vigorous, 4th heavenly stem, street, ward, town | - robust and vigorous male figure → 丁; he guards the streets (intersection of two streets 一⼅ → 丁) of the town
- 4th heavenly stem
| 亭 庁 灯 打 訂 頂 町 貯; 于
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民民RS | | people, subjects, citizens | - RS. vagina of a woman 女 from which all people come → 民
- many 十 persons 尸
- people marching 尺 in one 一 (the same) rhythm
- RS. originally a needle stuck in the eye 目: blind
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大大RS | 尢亣 | big, great, vast, large, high, | - a man 人 spreading his arms 一 wide to take something big; al. 尢: 旡; → 亣
| 甚; 偉; 奪 奮; |
開開RS 开开 | | open, initiate, begin, start | - two hands 开 pushing open the gate 門
- ⓢ looks like two hands 廾 opening the latch 一 of a gate
| 発; 挨 披 明
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丂丂RS | | obstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release, variant of other characters | | 巧 亏 于 考 |
天天RS | 夭一 | sky, heaven, god, celestial | - which is above 一 even the biggest man 大
| 宇 蚕; al. : top stroke of 天: 存 在 丙 雨 下 王 互 正; 夭: 橋 忝 矯 笑; : top stroke of 夭: heaven = good, superior: 禾 壬 㠯 宅 乏 系 釈 番 託 廷 延 風 ; 无: 旡 |
叢叢RS 丛丛 | 樷欉菆 | bush, shrub; thicket; collection | - thick vegetation 丵 so thick you can grab it 取: bush or shrub
- ⓢ trees 从 standing on the ground 一
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縣縣RS 县县 | | county, district, subdivision | - RS. hang 系 a man by the head 県: hang; authority of a district
- ⓢ eye 目 of a hung 一 (cord) individual 厶
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丙丙RS | | third (class), 3rd heavenly stem | - RS. originally smoke rising in 入 the hearth 冂 to the sky 一: a third way of cooking things (after eating it raw or cooked)
- consists of three elements: one enters 入 the wide 冂 skies 一
| 俞; 三; 病 柄
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二二RS | 冫 | two, twice | | 弐 乙; 仁 元 云; al. 冫: 次 |
元元RS | | beginning, first, dollar, origin, head | - thing 一 above the legs and body 兀: the head, the origin of all human endeavours; put a price on one's head
| 序 初 緒 創; 本 基; 完 頑 院 冠 |
兀兀RS | | stand upright, to cut off the feet, table | - one 一 person standing 儿, man cut off 一 above the feet 儿, table top 一 with legs 儿
| 元 |