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.
竹竹RS X | | bamboo | - → 竹; al. ⺮: 2344-2379; con.: piping; oldest bookscrolls made of thin bamboo slats: 簡; green bamboo = symbol of youth: 篤
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竹竹RS | ⺮ | bamboo, flute, rad. 118 | - bamboo shoots → 竹; flutes are made from bamboo
| 2344-2379 簡 篤 |
乍乍RS | | first time, for the first time, suddenly, unexpected | - a person 𠂉 lifted 丨 in the air by two 二 others: if it happens for the first time it comes unexpected
| 搾 作 詐 酢 昨 |
年年RS X | | year | - person 𠂉 raising cattle 㐄 in annual cycles
| 畜 甚 牧; 齢 歳 才; 暮
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午午RS X | | noon, horse: zodiac 午 | - when many 十 people 𠂉 gather for dinner at restaurants/on fields; breakfast and supper are at home in smaller groups: 㕣 宅
| 昼; 馬; 缶 許
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算算RS X | | calculate | - 2 hands 廾 with a bamboo ⺮ abacus, while the eyes 目 watch carefully
| 数
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年年RS | 秊 | year, new-years, person's age | - a tree 禾/生 may live a thousand 千 years: 秊 → 年
- person with a hat 午 carrying stalks of grain: the year end harvest
| 畜 甚 牧; 齢 歳 才; 暮 |
午午RS | | noon, 7th terrestrial branch, horse | - when many 十 people 𠂉 gather to eat
- horsehead → 午
- looks like a pestle 十 with it's rounded end 𠂉: At noon, I use the pestle to make myself some food for lunch
| 昼; 馬; 缶 許 |
算算RS | | count, calculate, figure, plan | - bamboo ⺮ tool 具 held by two hands 廾 used to count: abacus
| 数 |
筆筆RS 笔笔 | | writing brush, write, stroke | - brush 聿 made from bamboo ⺮
- ⓢ brush made from hair 毛 and bamboo ⺮
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舞舞RS | | dance, posture, prance, brandish | - dancer 無 with two feet 舛
- A flaw 舛 -less 無 dance
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気気RS X | | disposition, spirit | - both spiritual 气 and physical activity 乂
| 性; 神 精 魂 霊
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氣氣RS 气气 | | steam, vapor, spirit, rad. 84 | - rising steam or mist → 气
- steaming 气 freshly cooked rice 米
- the spirit is floating over the water like steam
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乞乞RS X | | beg, ask | - dehydrated beggar: person 𠂉 and evaporation 乙
| ; 願; 請; 乾 迄
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気気RS | | spirit, air, gas, steam, vapour, mood, atmosphere | - abbr. 氣 but more concrete since the hand 乂 is involved
| 性; 神 精 魂 霊
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範範RS 范范 | | pattern, model, rule, law | - tracks 𨊠 carved into bamboo 竹
- pattern into which the water flows while spreading in a flood 氾 through the vegetation 艹
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乞乞RS | | beg, request | - RS. kneeling 乙 man 𠂉 speaking: beg
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迄迄RS | 汔𨑐𨑵 | extend, reach, until, till | - refugee begging 乞 to reach a place by walking 辶
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観観RS | 觀 | see, observe, view, appearance, outlook, look | - modf. 觀 → 観; men 𠂉𠂉 seeing 見 from above like a flying bird 隹 (雚)
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矢矢RS X | | arrow | | 族 疾 挨 俟 短 知 失 医
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