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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RSsystem, line, link, connection, lineage
  • hand 丿 holding twisted long line
; ; ; ; ;
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green silk thread or tassel, fishing line
  • thread / that has been thought / out for a certain purpose: fishing line; the silk is green because of the sea algae
RSfine thin silk, elegant, beautiful
  • everyone talks about this type of thread : fine thin silk, it's elegant and beautiful
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silk, cotton, or woolen fabric
  • fabric made from thread for the standard of the warrior
  • plant in the form of an ear
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sew, mend, suture, crack, fissure
  • make a suture meet with thread : mend
RS
confused, in disorder, numerous
  • it takes only a minute to bring a string in disorder
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line, streak, stripe, wrinkle, family crest
  • strings interweaved like sentences
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𦂴 𦁒net, web, network
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continue, carry on, succeed
  • a line of merchants continuing to sell / their goods
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now, here, this, time, year
  • RS. fabric (consisting of threads ) made from grass like material: made now at this time of the year
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tie, truss, arrest, bind, restrain
  • bell announces the binding with threads : a criminal has been arrested and restrained
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𧘥knot, button, handle, knob, tie
  • clown tying a rope into a knot
RS
𦂵vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
  • follow one's own line : be self-indulgent and put one's back as vertical as possible to show one's length or height
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contract, draw in, reduce, shrivel
  • house where many people 宿 are weaving strings : the strings contract after being weaved and washed
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ripped seam, rend, crack, unravel, flaw, defect
  • strings needing to be fixed
RSdelicate, fine, dense
  • delicate threads (silk) being sent as a present
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pure, clean, simple, honest
  • a line of sprouts in the fields: pure and simple things
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scarlet, dark red, crimson, purple
  • silk in the colour of the wings of bird
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tie, join, connect, connection, shut, lock
  • strings of power of the supreme ruler : ties the mouth of his subjects or locks them behind bars resulting in the people joining in bringing him down
RS
record, annal, historical account, chronicles, order, discipline
  • the weaving strings of history put down in weaving lines of writing
  • a string of orders promotes self discipline
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