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
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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.
鱈鱈RS 鳕鳕 | | codfish | - fish 魚 caught in snowy 雪 seas
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撫撫RS 抚抚 | 拊捬摹橅𢪑𢸮 𢺌𢻬𢻲𨑑𫞶 | pat, console, comfort, pacify | - hand 扌 of the dancer 無: his movements console and comfort the mind of the public
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鍍鍍RS 镀镀 | 塗 | plate, coat, gild | - metal 金 heated to some degrees 度 so it can be plated or coated as gild
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蔭蔭RS 荫荫 | 䅧䕃廕窨𦺼 | shade, shelter, protect, with the support of | - in the shadow of the slope 陰 or the vegetation 艹: shade protects from the sun
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奢奢RS | 奓奢 | extravagant, wasteful, exaggerate | - big person 大 above a normal one 者: extravagant, exaggerates easily
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襤襤RS 褴褴 | 繿襤𢅡𥜓𧟋 | ragged, tattered, threadbare | - man looking over a pan of blood 監: he's wearing ragged clothes 衤
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褸褸RS 褛褛 | 縷 | lapel, collar, tattered, threadbare | - clothes 衤 looking like hanging stones 婁 around the collar: tattered
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溜溜RS | 澑瀏蹓霤遛溜 𤄐 | slide, collect | - stop 留 to see the water 氵 slide and collect in a reservoir
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塵塵RS 尘尘 | 麈𡐪𡑁𡒲𡔚𦧄 𪋻 | dust, dirt, ashes, cinders | - earth 土 where deer 鹿 reign: dusty and dirty
- RS. From small 小 piece of earth 土. Meaning dust.
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嵌嵌RS | 㘛㟛㠌廞篏 | inlay, set in, fall into, rugged | - man with open mouth 欠 singing in the sweet 甘 rugged mountains 山: he will soon fall into a trap
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蠣蠣RS 蛎蛎 | 䘈蠇𧖄 | oyster | - ten thousand men in a cave 厲/厉 opening oysters in order to get the snake-like creature 虫 out
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惚惚RS | 惱𢝻沕 | absent-minded, confused | - two hearts 忄 心 loving each other not noticing the suddenly coming animal 忽: absent-minded
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俄俄RS | 𩒰 | sudden, soon, Russian | - man holding a spear 我 suddenly confronting other man 亻: Russians defending themselves
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寞寞RS | 𡖶 | silent, still, lonely, solitary | - house 宀 in the darkness 莫: silent and solitary
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叢叢RS 丛丛 | 樷欉菆 | bush, shrub; thicket; collection | - thick vegetation 丵 so thick you can grab it 取: bush or shrub
- ⓢ trees 从 standing on the ground 一
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燕燕RS | 㷼䴏宴觾郾鷰 𪈏 | swallow (bird), comfort, enjoy | - RS. picture of a swallow -> -> 㷼 -> 燕 , 灬 is the remnant tail 北 are the remnant wings
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皺皺RS 皱皱 | 㥮𢑫𤿥𤿮𤿿𥀙 𥋜𩈟𩊥𩋓𩌄 | wrinkles, creases, folds | - skin 皮 looking like waving sheaves of hay 芻/刍
- skin 皮 looking cut 芻/刍
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芻芻RS 刍刍 | 犓茤蒭𠣧𦭍𦮊 𦱪𦱻𦷝 | mow, cut grass, hay, fodder | - RS. Primitive pictograph -> 芻 刍. Men 勹 holding shieves of hay 屮
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蒡蒡RS | 𦱘𦾭𫟐 | burdock, herb | - plant 艹 which has it's flowers side by side 旁 close to each other
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疹疹RS | 疢胗𤵜𤺋 | measles, rash, fever | - sickness 疒 where a man with a beard 㐱 (the doctor) comes to visit you
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