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.
矢矢RS | | arrow, dart, vow, swear | - arrowhead → 矢; a vow enters the heart like an arrow
| 𠤕 族 疾 挨 俟 短 知 失 医
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笑笑RS | | smile, laugh, giggle, snicker | - laughing makes one feel like young 夭 bamboo ⺮
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築築RS 筑筑 | | build, erect, building | - something strong 巩 built from wood 木 and bamboo 竹: a building
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策策RS | | scheme, plan, to whip, urge | - thorny 朿 plan written on bamboo 竹 slats
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敏敏RS | | fast, quick, clever, smart | - hand 攵 doing everything 每 fast is smart
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短短RS | | short, brief, deficient, lacking | - time needed for an arrow 矢 to cross the distance of one bean 豆: short
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笛笛RS | | bamboo flute, whistle | - when bamboo ⺮ is being blown into it causes 由 sound
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缶缶RS | | earthen crock or jar, rad. 121 | - a jar with a lid → 缶
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管管RS X | | pipe, jurisdiction, tube | - bamboo ⺮ scepter of a govt. official 官
| 轄; 筒
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答答RS X | | reply, respond, answer | - bamboo ⺮ is flexible and reacts; it responds to many uses and is together 合 with, is part of, our daily life
| 応
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知知RS X | | know, inform | - student who knows the answer; it comes with the swiftness and accuracy of an arrow 矢 out of his mouth 口; opp. sit.: 譲
| 存 識; 諭; 哲; 教 告; 痴
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知知RS | | know, perceive, comprehend | - knowledge shoots like an arrow 矢 out of the mouth 口
| 存 識; 諭; 哲; 教 告; 痴
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答答RS | | answer, reply, return, assent to | - combine 合 bamboo ⺮ slats to write down an answer
| 応 |
管管RS | | pipe, tube, duct, woodwind music, control, jurisdiction | - official 官 holding a bamboo stick ⺮ to control the crowds; bamboo ⺮ whistle of the policeman 官
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箇箇RS | | numerary adjunct, piece, single | - a strong and hard 固 single piece of unbroken bamboo ⺮
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簡簡RS X 简简 | | simple, small plank for writing on | - the oldest and simplest books were made of narrow bamboo ⺮ slats vertically arranged with spaces in between 間 and connected with string; k. were written in vertical order and many sketches of things oblong and horizontal, were placed vertically. The slats were drawn up into scrolls held in the left hand; the right hand was used for writing or pulling the scroll while reading. This is the origin of the top-bottom right-left order in writing
| 単 素 朴; 巻 本 簿 籍 冊; 板
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簡簡RS 简简 | 𥳑 | simple, terse, succinct, letter | - gate 間 made of bamboo 竹: simple structure made in brief time; letter made of slips of bamboo 竹 with space 間 between
- a simple bamboo 竹 gate 門/门 through which the sun 日 passes
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籍籍RS | | record, register, list, census, membership | - plow 耤 tracks into bamboo 竹 to record someone's membership
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箱箱RS | | case, box, chest, trunk | - bamboo ⺮ box to store related 相 things
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焦焦RS | | burned, scorched, anxious, vexed | | |