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.
妥妥RS | | firm, safe, secure, appropriate, ready, set, settle, gentle | - hand 爫 of a woman 女: safe, secure, gentle
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徒徒RS | | disciple, follower, go on foot, emptiness, vanity, futility | - person walking 彳 and walking 走 the same road over and over again: disciple studying the same thing over and over again; in zen one finally reaches complete emptiness
- person 彳 walking 走 in vain: young disciple without experience
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乏乏RS | 𠂜𣥄 | deficient, lack, exhausted, tired, useless, weak | - RS. a left foot 止 (reversed) with a limit 一: 𠂜 → → 乏: deficient and weak
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公公RS X | | public, lord (in charge of public affairs) | | 衆 明; 主 君 殿; 松 翁 訟
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公公RS | | fair, equitable, public, duke | - many 八 individuals 厶 working together, serving the public in a fair way; they have a park with pine trees 松
- an honorable man with a mustache 八 and pipe 厶 looks like a duke or father-in-law
- a bull has horns 八 and a snout 厶 (male animal)
- 厶 (arm with cleaver in motion) divides 八 in two: fare and equitable in the public interest
- individual 厶 looks like an arm with cleaver in motion that divides in 2 八 equal pieces : 公 this is fair , just and equitable which is in the public and common interest
| 衆 明; 主 君 殿; 松 翁 訟 |
往往RS | | go, depart, past, formerly | - leader 主 going 彳 forward on the road (now a thing of the past)
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墾墾RS 垦垦 | | cultivate, reclaim, farm land | - putting roots 貇 into the ground 土: cultivate
- ⓢ which is considered good 艮 for the land 土
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征征RS | | invade, attack, conquer | - go 彳 to some place and take away people's rights 正
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盆盆RS | | basin, tub, pot, bowl, lantern festival | - basin 皿 with something small 分 in it (just like a lantern)
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谷谷RS X | | valley | - contains several houses 𠆢 of farming families 口; con.: contain
| 渓 峡 谿; 含; 浴 裕 容 欲 俗
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谷谷RS | | valley, gorge, ravine, a waterway between two mountains | - RS. opening 口 where a lot of water can flow 八八
- river 㕣 flowing through diverging 八 gorges
| 渓 峡 谿; 含; 浴 裕 容 欲 俗 |
㕣㕣RS | | river | - water spreading 八 from a source 口
| 沿 船 鉛 |
循循RS | | obey, comply with, follow, sequential | - eye shielded 盾 to look ahead on the road 彳 to be followed (obeying the road)
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僚僚RS X | | colleague, official, friend | - person 亻 who drinks with his friends after work; they go home with a blazing face and soon go to sleep 尞; 酉
| 官; 友 曹 朋
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係係RS X | | relation, person in charge, is done by, is the work of | - person 亻 belonging to the family line 系 is in charge of its affairs
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係係RS 系系 | | person in charge, bind, tie up, involve, relation, connection | - person 亻 pulling the strings 系; he connects everybody
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僚僚RS | | companion, colleague, officials, bureaucracy, pretty face | - person 亻 helping in case of a disaster 尞: companion or official
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側側RS X 侧侧 | | side | - the common man 亻 sides with the law 則, otherwise he moves out: 韋
| 丬 匚 方 片 横 傍 偏
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側側RS 侧侧 | | side, incline, slant, lean | - person 亻 on the side of the law 則
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例例RS | | precedent, example, regulation | - a man 亻 killed with a knife 列: serves as example for other criminals
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