one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
父父RS | | father, rad. 88 | - a father needs many 八 hands 又 to work for and feed his family
- RS. hand 又 with axe 八
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歡歡RS 欢欢 | 歓 | happy, pleased, glad, joy, to enjoy | - man with open mouth 欠 like a noisy bird 雚: he's happy and enjoying himself
- modf. 歡 → 歓
- ⓢ hand 又 which lacks 欠 nothing
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友友RS | | friend, companion, fraternity | - friends joining their hands 𠂇 又
| 曹 僚 朋 睦; 云; 爰 抜 髪 |
嘆嘆RS 叹叹 | 歎 | sigh, lament, moan, grieve, admire | - man digging out clay 𦰩 (with his hands 又) sighing through his mouth 口/欠; he's admiring the centuries of work by nature to accumulate the clay 𦰩
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聶聶RS 聂聂 | | whisper | - you need three ears 耳耳耳 to hear it: a whisper
- ⓢ two hands 又又 helping the ear 耳 hearing something: a whisper
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取取RS | | take, receive, obtain, select | - hand 又 taking someone/something by the ear 耳
| 采 携 把 採 撮 握 執; 趣 最 |
粲粲RS | | polish, bright, radiant, smiling, beautiful | - separating bad 歺 rice 米 from good rice with the hand 又 and cleaning it: polish into bright coloured and beautiful produce which makes everyone smile
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尋尋RS 寻寻 | | seek, search, look for, ancient | - RS. to work 工 and talk 口 hand 又 to hand 寸: search
- ⓢ a snout 彐 searches for food in a small 寸 burrow
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御御RS | 馭 | drive, ride, chariot, manage, honorific | - go 彳 with the chariot doing sales 卸; old 馭: hand 又 whipping horses 馬
| 翁; 制 |
難難RS 难难 | | difficult, arduous, hard, unable | - it's difficult for birds to get at clay 𦰩 (inspired by RS.)/it's difficult to get a bird 隹 in hand 又
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収収RS | 㧃收 | gather together, collect, harvest, income | - connect 丩 hands 又/攵: people gathering together; hand 又/攵 holding a receptacle 丩 to collect the income
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僅僅RS 仅仅 | | only, merely, solely, just | - person 亻 only working with clay 堇
- ⓢ just the hand 又 of a man 亻
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聲聲RS 声声 | | sound, voice, noise, tone, music | - sound 声 made by hand 又 hitting a bell 几 reaching the ear 耳
- ⓢ professional 士 person 尸 singing with his mouth 口
- ⓢ looks like a stone chime 尸 being hung by a string 丨 on a wooden frame 二, a stone chime is an instrument that can make a sound/noise
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叔叔RS | | younger 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 又 husking peas 尗: younger brothers helping in the household
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叡叡RS | | astute, profound, shrewd, intelligence | - RS. shrewd 睿 with the hands 又
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奴奴RS | | slave, servant | - a woman 女 held under hand 又
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及及RS | 乁 | extend, reach, come up to, and | - hand 又 reaching out to a person 人
| 着 達 到 至 届; 幅; 並 且; 扱 級 吸 |
敘敘RS 叙叙 | | express, state, relate, narrate | - hand 攵/又 expressing what is too much 余 to keep for oneself: narrate
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雞雞RS 鸡鸡 | 鶏鷄𨿸 | chicken | - bird 隹 serving 奚 as meal
- ⓢ hand 又 raised bird 鸟
- bird 鳥 killed by pulling a rope around it's neck 奚
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