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.
1駅駅RS | | station | - place where horses 馬 rest their feet 尺
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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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遲遲RS 迟迟 | | late, tardy, slow, delay | - going 辶 like a rhinoceros 犀 or setting one foot at a time 尺: slow and you'll be late
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局局RS | | bureau, office, circumstance, court lady, conclusion | - everybody working at an office should do what the boss says 口 and abide by his rules 尺; only the boss's conclusion counts; a court lady should ask 口 before she's allowed to move a foot 尺
| 府 庁 廷 署; 域 範 |
晝晝RS 昼昼 | | daytime, daylight | - when writing with a brush in a sunlit place near the window 書 casts a shadow on a sheet of paper 一
- ⓢ when the sun 日 casts a small 尺 shadow on the ground 一
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擇擇RS 择择 | 択 | select, choose, pick out | - inquisitive 睪/𠬤 hand 扌
- hand 扌 or foot 尺 looking for something, wanting to pick it out
- ⓢ two 二 hands 扌又 picking a line 丨
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沢沢RS | | marsh, swamp, grace, brilliance | - watery 氵 place where one can put one's foot 尺
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盡盡RS 尽尽 | | exhaust, use up, deplete | - RS. to clean the bowl 皿 with a brush 㶳 after it is used up: exhaust
- step 尺 over something coming from an exhaust
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訳訳RS | | translate, decode, encode | - translator standing a foot 尺 away from the person talking 言
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釈釈RS | | interpret, elucidate, release | - make one logical step 尺 after another like walking 釆
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