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.
蜀蜀RS | | Shu, an ancient kingdom in what is Szechwan today, an alternative name of Szechwan | - RS. an insect with a head 罒 on top and a body 勹 insect 虫 is redundant - place name
- usually simplified to 虫
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禹禹RS | | Yu, the legendary founder of the Hsia 夏 Dynasty 21st-16th century B.C. | - insect 虫 with a wide bottom 冂 and head 一
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獨獨RS 独独 | | alone, single, solitary, only | - a dog 犭 alone with his insects 蜀/虫
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扁扁RS | | flat, tablet, signboard | - RS. bamboo books 冊 that can be opened like a door 戶 and written on: flat tablet
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呆呆RS | | dull, stupid, simple | - RS. modification of 子 see 保, like a child: stupid
- a tree 木 that has a mouth 口: it looks stupid
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拔拔RS 抜抜 | | uproot, pull out | - hand 扌 pulling the dog 犮
- modf. 拔 → 抜
- ⓢ hand 扌 pulling hands 友
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卯卯RS | 丣 | the fourth of the earthly branches, mortise | - RS. (1) the seal characcter 卯 is supposed to be an open door (2) 卯(留-田)丣 all derive from the same oracle character possibly two opposing moons representing some time of year indicator
| 留 |
莫莫RS | 𦶛𦱤 | do not, is not, can not, negative | - RS. the sun 日 goes down in the grass 茻 (艹)- dusk and not visible: (𦶛) → → 莫
- con.: dusk, darkness
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豐豐RS 丰丰 | 豊 | abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty | - RS. a container 豆 full of flowers 丰: → 豐 → 豊
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寢寢RS 寝寝 | | sleep, rest, bed chamber | - invade 𠬶 a house 宀 see a tree trunk 爿/丬 and fall asleep: there was nothing to steal
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髟髟RS | | hair, rad. 190 | - RS. long hair 镸 and more hair 彡
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孚孚RS | | have confidence, incubate | - RS. hand 爫 holding a child 子: giving confidence
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拂拂RS 払払 | | shake off, brush away, dust, pay | - hand 扌 not 弗 accepting something
- ⓢ individual person's 厶 hand 扌 shaking off dust (paying is like shaking off debt)
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或或RS | | certain, some, perhaps, probably, maybe, or
| - enclosure 囗 guarded by a 一 weapon 戈: it is certain nothing will get out, or perhaps?
| Don't confuse with 成 |
擴擴RS 扩扩 | 拡 | expand, enlarge, stretch | - hand 扌 making something broader 廣/广/広
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肋肋RS | | ribs, chest | - what lies between the muscles (arm) 力 and the body 月
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嚴嚴RS 严严 | 厳 | strict, rigorous, rigid, stern | - two mouths 口口 speaking strictly to a daring 敢 person on a cliff 厂
- 嚴 → 厳
| 儼𠑊 |
蠶蠶RS 蚕蚕 | | silkworms | - insects 虫虫 everybody talks about 朁
- ⓢ insect 虫 from heaven 天
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茲茲RS 兹兹 | | now, here, this, time, year | - RS. fabric (consisting of threads 糸糸) made from grass like 艹 material: made now at this time of the year
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從從RS 从从 | 従 | from, by, accompany, undertake, manage, attend to | - RS. the one that follows 从 (by foot 彳) on the road 龰
- ⓢ person 人 following another person 人
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