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.
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RS𥬖𠰎skin, hide, fur, feather, outer, rad. 107
  • RS. hand with a rock stripping the skin (protection) from an animal
; ; ;
RS
correct, right, facing, opposed
  • the law spoken by the king stands above all else, big and small
  • ⓢ two hands correcting something
  • correct again therefore deserve a thump up
RSunit of length equal 3.3 meters, gentleman, man, husband, old man
RSdisperse, pay, support, branch, rad. 65
  • RS. hand holding a branch : used to disperse the crowds of birds eating the food from the fields thus allowing to earn one's money, pay taxes and support one's family
RS
the Chinese people, Chinese language, Han Chinese
  • people renowned for making pottery and ceramics in clay with water
  • people living near the Han-river with skilful hands
RSreverse, opposite, contrary, anti
  • hand using a cliff to defend against an opposite army, reversing their attack
; ;
RSreceive, accept, get, bear, stand
  • two hands meeting across a wide distance, one receiving something from the other
RS𤰞卑humble, low, inferior, despise
  • RS. a hand that drinks from a turtle shell : : low level or inferior action
RS
male phoenix, symbol of joy
  • bird sailing in the wind ; one has the same feeling when one is joyous
  • ⓢ bird sailing in the wind with his hands
RS
issue, dispatch, send out, emit
  • RS. the action of on a bow to make the arrow go forward : shoot
  • ⓢ hand holding a crossbow ready to shoot:
  • two hands issuing or sending out a message carried by legs
RS
see, observe, view, appearance, outlook, look
  • see from above like a flying bird
  • ⓢ hand shading the eye that sees
RS𩛳eat, dine, meal, food
RSlight, easy, simple, gentle
  • it's easy to plow with the aid of a tractor instead of doing it only by hand ; moving by cart instead of by hand is lighter
RS
sage, holy, sacred, till the ground
  • RS. the person who speaks into the ear : sage
  • ⓢ work with hands on the fields : sacred work for the sage
; ; ;
RSsacrifice to, worship ; ; ;
RSto measure, to calculate
  • hand holding an owl calculating the right time to release it
RSdegree, system, manner, to consider
  • hand feeling the temperature of a pot with lid in house 广
  • hand checking things extensively 广 twenty 廿 times: systematically
; ;
RSurgently, immediately, extremely, fast, quick, sudden
  • RS. a hand and voice urging a man to do 2 things (top and bottom) at once: urgent and quick
RS
select, choose, pick out
RSlead on to, therefore, then
  • RS. a hand on the top and a hand on the bottom : leading someone
  • hand of a friend leading someone
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