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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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.
拿拿RS | | take, hold, grasp, bring, with | - RS. pick up with the hand 手 and put together 合: grasp
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雖雖RS 虽虽 | | although, even if, reptile, lizard | - mouth 口 eating insects 虫 like a bird 隹: reptile; even if you see it, it's already gone
- ⓢ I don't eat 口 insects 虫, although they are edible
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輕輕RS 轻轻 | | light, easy, simple, gentle | - car 車 going as easy as a stream 巠/𢀖: lightly loaded and easy to push
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滿滿RS 满满 | | fill, full, satisfied | - water 氵 used in a balance 㒼: it has to be filled
- ⓢ modf. 滿 → 满 (兩 → 两)
- to get full, the oxen at the yolk (両 or 兩 or 两) need two 两 things: water 氵 and grass 艹, that will satisfy them
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賽賽RS 赛赛 | | compete, contend, contest, race | - gambler having a house with a heavy roof 𡨄 and a lot of money 貝: he competed in many races
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賈賈RS 贾贾 | | merchant, buy, trade | - merchant from the west 覀 using money 貝 in trade
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聯聯RS 联联 | | connect, join, associate, ally | - ear 耳 hears the loom weaving threads 𢇇: associates this with weaving
- ⓢ ear 耳 connecting seperate 关 incidents through association
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傳傳RS 传传 | 伝 | summon, propagate, transmit | - person 亻 concentrating 專/专 on something (transmits and propagates ideas) or someone (he needs him, thus he summons him)
- people 亻 transmit ideas and traditions by talking 云 to each other while walking along each other
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售售RS | 𨾜𨿈𨿞 | sell | - RS. to squawk 口 like bird 隹 in order to sell
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藝藝RS 艺艺 | 㙯兿秇蓺 | art, talent, ability, craft | - art 埶 and art 芸
- grass 艹 formed into a peculiar shape 乙: art requiring talent and ability
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效效RS | 傚 | imitate, mimic, result, effect | - RS. follow the action 攵 of a man walking 交: imitate
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按按RS | | put hand on, press down with hand, examine, stop | - woman at home 安 putting her hand 扌 on her husband to examine a wound and stop the bleeding
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仍仍RS | | yet, still, as ever, again, keep -ing, continuing | - RS. the woman 亻still has not had the baby 乃
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圍圍RS 围围 | | surround, encircle, corral | - 韋/韦 surrounded by walls 囗
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播播RS | | sow, spread, broadcast, cast away, reject | - hand 扌 throwing seeds in turns 番: sow
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簽簽RS 签签 | | sign, endorse, slip of paper | - slips of bamboo 竹 given to all gathered 僉/佥 as a sign of endorsement for a candidate
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悉悉RS | | know, learn about, comprehend | - RS. to sort out 釆 the heart (mind) 心: know
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缺缺RS | | be short of, lack, gap, deficit | - decisive action 夬 (war) resulting in a lack of canned 缶 food
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碼碼RS 码码 | | number, numerals, yard, symbol | - marking in stone 石 counting the number of horses 馬 passing by
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畢畢RS 毕毕 | 㪤彃縪罼鏎𤲃 𧫤 | end, finish, conclude, completed | - RS. a net on the end of a forked stick for catching small animals → 畢 → 毕: complete
- ⓢ something like 20 (10 十 x 2 匕匕) spoons: complete net
- ⓢ after comparing 比 ten 十, it's the end
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