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
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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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乘乘RSride, ascend, avail oneself of, numerary adjunct for vehicles, power
  • a man 匕 climbing up the side 丬 a tree 禾: ascend; one needs a lot of power
卓卓RS𢂦龺profound, brilliant, lofty, eminent
  • man bowing 匕 profoundly and as the first 早 one before an eminent and brilliant person (卜): his knowledge reaches lofty heights
  • RS. a man 𠂉 above the rising sun 早: lofty
  • looks like a child 早 with a stick ⺊ on top : tall
 優; 几 机; 悼
艮艮RS𥃩northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good, straightforward, tough, rad. 138, seventh of the eight Trigrams symbolizing mountain
  • 𥃩 → 艮: the eye 目 is like a knife 匕: it stops to look good at things and analyses (like a dissection) what it sees; for most people this is straightforward, for others it is tough
  • looks like a person walking in a marching pose: a good person always stops marching at a tough river to cross
臤 雄 力 猛 頑 硬 強 剛; 恨 根 銀 限 退 眼; al. : 爵 郷 即 既
皀皀RSkernel, seed, enjoy, feast
  • seeds of rice 白 eaten with a spoon 匕 at a feast
 食
北北RSnorth, northern, northward
  • two men 匕匕 back to back: they have cold and stand close because the wind comes from the north
 背
屁屁RSbreak wind, fart, buttocks
  • gas that a person 尸 tries to release spoon 匕 by spoon 匕, it is being released between the buttocks ( → two spoons 匕匕 next to each other); it rises up 上 spoiling the ongoing conversation
死死RSdie, dead, death没 亡 逝; 故 仏; 柱 体; 殉; 葬
比比RSto compare, liken, comparison, than
  • two men 匕上 next to each other being compared
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