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.
Characters
Referenced characters
| 昔昔RS | 𦝙 | formerly, ancient, in beginning | - something 龷 left to hang drying in the sun 日
- 𦝙: adds meat 肉
| 𣄼 故 歴 昨; 惜 措 借 籍 錯 |
食食RS
饣饣 | 飠𠊊𩚃㿝 | eat, meal, food, rad. 184 | - gathering of people 亼 feasting 皀 (not 艮!) on food 𠊊 → 食
- con.: rice
- bowl 白 of food on a tiny table 厶 being covered by a lid 人
- ⓢ looks like a mouth ⺈ eating a piece of noodle 𠄌
| 右; 召 喫; al. 飠: 2844-2877; ![]() : 廊; ![]() : 倉 ; 艮 良 皆 今 昆 |
聞聞RS
闻闻 | 䎽 | hear, smell, make known, news, reputation | - listen intently with the ear 耳 while standing at the gate 門 of their house: news gets spread easily
- at dusk 昏 one has to use his ears 耳 much more than in broad daylight
- ear 耳 against the door 门, listening through it, sniffing a scandal to destroy someone's reputation
| 澄 聴 承; 伺 請 尋 問 |
| 役役RS | 𠈧 | service, duty, military service, a servant, laborer, to serve | - in military service one serves one's duty by walking 彳 a lot and using one's weapon 殳
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| 弱弱RS | 𢎥 | weak, fragile, delicate | - two feathers 𢎥:
![]() → 弱: the most fragile and delicate part of a bird
| 衰 軟 薄 |
| 聿聿RS | 𦘒⺻肀 | writing brush, pencil; thereupon, rad. 129 | - hand ⺕ with a brush 丨: 肀 → writing one line 一: ⺻ → writing two 二 lines: 聿;
![]() → 聿; also: 𦘒
| 津 律 筆 建 書 |
| 士士RS | 𡈼 | scholar, gentleman, soldier, samurai | - modf. 大 big man standing on the ground 一 → 士: samurai with hands spread, barring the way
- con. professional
- good 一 professional man 士: 𡈼
| 侍; 壴 壮 仕; 1442-1477; 妊 任 廷; 壬
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| 送送RS | 𨕼𨕩𨕪 | see off, send off, dispatch, give | - send something to go ⻌ over the frontier 关
| 輸 遣 |
| 永永RS | 𣱵 | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | - man 丶 crossing a large body of water 水: it seems like ages before he reaches the other side; water 水 with cover 亠: old aquifer with water that has been there forever 𣱵
| 悠 久 長; 泳 詠 |
| 爪爪RS | 爫㕚 | claw, nail, talon, animal feet, rad. 87 | - claw
![]() → 爪
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| 外外RS | 𡖄 | out, outside, external, foreign | - to read the heavenly sign 夕 the fortune teller 卜 has to go outside; old variant 𡖄: from 夕 and 𠁡
- person 卜 under the moon 夕: she's outside
| 他; 撤 除; 抜 |
| 卜卜RS | 𠁡 | fortune telling, prophesy | - lit. burned turtle shells were used by fortune tellers. After burning cracks 卜𠁡 appeared from which the fortune was told
| 易 卓 貞 上 占 掛 赴 朴 外 下 |
| 弟弟RS | 𠂖 | young brother, junior, I, me | - young fellow running and playing around
![]() → 弟
- fellow 人 shooting arrows 丷 with his bow 弓
- a spear (丷丨丿) being wrapped around by a rope 弓: younger brother learns from his big brother how to tie a rope.
| 叔; 兄 |
處處RS
处处 | 処 | place, locale, department, dispose, sentence, punish | - RS. the sound of the tiger 虍/虎 as it stands up 儿 and walks around 夂 from it's resting place 處 → 処 → 处 (sentenced to life in a zoo)
- ⓢ person 亻 standing 儿 up from his place and walking 夂 and dispose of something (sentenced to life in prison)
- ⓢ place where a prophecy 卜 says one goes 夂 to live
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| 自自RS | 𦣹 | self, private, personal, from | - RS. head with a nose
![]() → 自: point to the nose to indicate oneself
| 厶 個 我 私 吾 己; 身; 息 臭; 鼻 |
| 朿朿RS | 龶 | thorns | - thorns on a tree
![]() → ![]() → 朿
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| 虍虍RS | 虎 | tiger, rad. 141 | - head of a tiger
![]() → ![]() → 虍 (with legs 儿)
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| 西西RS | 卥卤襾覀 | west, western, westward, occident, rad. 146 | - lit.: bird (animal 一 with high legs 儿) sitting on top of a nest 口:
![]() → 西: it is evening, the sun sets in the west
- head of a child
- a bat has 2 large ears, hangs upside down from the ceiling and flies away when the sun sets in the west
| 洋 泰; 夕; 冖; al. 覀: 煙 価 票 覇 遷 覆 要; 襾
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單單RS
单单 | 単 | single, individual, only, lone | - a single cicada
![]() → 單单単
- there is only a single, unique Mickey Mouse 單/单
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長長RS
长长 | 镸𠤐𠔊𠑻𨱗𠑿 仧 | long, length, excel in, leader, grow, rad. 168 | - long hair 彡 growing:
![]() → 長 → 长
| 縦; 伸; 頭; 永; 帳 張 脹; al. 镸: 髪
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