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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兒兒RS 儿儿 | | son, child, oneself, final part, rad. 10 | - from 人: → → 儿: legs
- a child is small like a seed being grinded into smaller pieces in a mortar 臼 and walks on legs 儿
- if one sees his child, one sees a part of oneself
- con.: man
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