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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RSfather, rad. 88
  • a father needs many hands to work for and feed his family
  • RS. hand with axe
RS
happy, pleased, glad, joy, to enjoy
  • man with open mouth like a noisy bird : he's happy and enjoying himself
  • modf.
  • ⓢ hand which lacks nothing
RSfriend, companion, fraternity
  • friends joining their hands 𠂇
; ;
RS
sigh, lament, moan, grieve, admire
  • man digging out clay 𦰩 (with his hands ) sighing through his mouth /; he's admiring the centuries of work by nature to accumulate the clay 𦰩
RS
whisper
  • you need three ears to hear it: a whisper
  • ⓢ two hands helping the ear hearing something: a whisper
RStake, receive, obtain, select
  • hand taking someone/something by the ear
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RSpolish, bright, radiant, smiling, beautiful
  • separating bad rice from good rice with the hand and cleaning it: polish into bright coloured and beautiful produce which makes everyone smile
RS
seek, search, look for, ancient
  • RS. to work and talk hand to hand : search
  • ⓢ a snout searches for food in a small burrow
RSdrive, ride, chariot, manage, honorific
  • go with the chariot doing sales ; old : hand whipping horses
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RS
difficult, arduous, hard, unable
  • it's difficult for birds to get at clay 𦰩 (inspired by RS.)/it's difficult to get a bird in hand
RSgather together, collect, harvest, income
  • connect hands /: people gathering together; hand / holding a receptacle to collect the income
RS
only, merely, solely, just
  • person only working with clay
  • just the hand of a man
RS
sound, voice, noise, tone, music
  • sound made by hand hitting a bell reaching the ear
  • ⓢ professional person singing with his mouth
  • ⓢ looks like a stone chime being hung by a string on a wooden frame , a stone chime is an instrument that can make a sound/noise
RSyounger brothers of one's father, paternal uncles, younger brothers of one's husband, a general designation for members of one's father's generation who are younger than one's father, declining
  • RS. a hand husking peas : younger brothers helping in the household
RSastute, profound, shrewd, intelligence
RSslave, servant
  • a woman held under hand
RSextend, reach, come up to, and
  • hand reaching out to a person
; ; ;
RS
express, state, relate, narrate
  • hand / expressing what is too much to keep for oneself: narrate
RS
𨿸chicken
  • bird serving as meal
  • ⓢ hand raised bird
  • bird killed by pulling a rope around it's neck
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