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.
擇擇RS 择择 | 択 | select, choose, pick out | - inquisitive 睪/𠬤 hand 扌
- hand 扌 or foot 尺 looking for something, wanting to pick it out
- ⓢ two 二 hands 扌又 picking a line 丨
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瀧瀧RS 泷泷 | 滝 | raining, wet, soaked, waterfall, rapids, cascade | - water 氵 acting like a dragon 龍/龙/竜: falling like a waterfall, raining down on people and making them soaked wet
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滯滯RS 滞滞 | | block up, obstruct, stagnant | - belt 帶/带 blocking the flow of fluid 氵 in the arm
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帶帶RS 带带 | | belt, girdle, band, strap, zone | - RS. top is belt synched at the waste, middle separator 冖, bottom cloth 巾: → 帶 → 带
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楚楚RS | | clear, neat, suffering, distress | - walking 疋 in the woods 林: either you are enjoying a clear day to walk or you are in distress because you are lost
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潛潛RS 潜潜 | 濳 | hide, hidden, secret, latent, submerge, dive | - two men under the sun 朁/替/㬱 lost in the water 氵: they are hidden or submerged or diving
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攝攝RS 摄摄 | 摂 | take in, absorb, act as deputy, administer, assist | - hand 扌 near the ear 聶/聂 trying to help absorb a whisper 聶/聂
- 摄 → 摂
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聶聶RS 聂聂 | | whisper | - you need three ears 耳耳耳 to hear it: a whisper
- ⓢ two hands 又又 helping the ear 耳 hearing something: a whisper
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髓髓RS 髄髄 | 膸 | bone marrow, essences, substances | - bone marrow follows 遀/迶 the length of the bone 骨 and is it's essence
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隨隨RS 随随 | | follow, listen to, submit to | - follow 遀 a wall 阝: 隨 → 随
- ⓢ go with one's belongings 迶 following a wall 阝
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醉醉RS 酔酔 | | intoxicated, drunk, addicted to | - leave a soldier 卒/卆 alone with a bottle 酉 and he'll be drunk and soon addicted
- ⓢ 90 卆 bottles 酉: drunk
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粹粹RS 粋粋 | | pure, unadulterated, select, chic, style | - out of many soldiers 卒/卆 only one is able to eat pure rice 米 with style
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囑囑RS 嘱嘱 | | order, tell, instruct, leave word, request, entrust | - mouth 口 ordering or instructing the lower classes 屬/属 which are being entrusted a task
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讓讓RS 让让 | 譲 | allow, permit, yield, concede, turn over | - words 言 that help 襄/㐮
- ⓢ words 讠 that help one go up 上: allow or permit
- ⓢ someone in charge says 讠 something which applies above 上 all else
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孃孃RS 嬢嬢 | | troubled, oppressed, fat, mother | - woman 女 helping 襄/㐮 the troubled and opressed
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咨咨RS | | inquire, consult, discuss, plan | - mouth 口 always inquiring about the next 次 thing
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窄窄RS | | narrow, tight, narrow-minded | - narrow opening 穴 in a cave to enter in it for the first 乍 time
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崔崔RS | | high, lofty, towering, cliff | - RS. the mountain 山 only the bird 隹 can get to: high and steep cliff
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豸豸RS | | rad. 153, legless insects, a legendary beast | - image of a small animal: → 豸
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儉儉RS 俭俭 | 倹 | temperate, frugal, economical | - persons 亻 working together 僉
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