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.
Submit your own character story 支 支 R S disperse, pay, support, branch, rad. 65 RS. hand 又 holding a branch 十 : used to disperse the crowds of birds eating the food from the fields thus allowing to earn one's money, pay taxes and support one's family