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.
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發發RS 发发 | 発 | issue, dispatch, send out, emit | - RS. the action of 殳 on a bow 弓 to make the arrow go forward 癶: shoot
- ⓢ hand 又 holding a crossbow ready to shoot: 发
- two hands 开 issuing or sending out a message carried by legs 癶
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