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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曾曾RS | 曽 | already, sign of past | - RS. something splits from 八 the fields 田 (which has been told 曰 to happen in the past) under the sun 日
- when the sun 日 sinks below the field 田 of plants 丷, the day is already over and it is the sign of a past day
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