Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
昔 | 日+4 | | xī cuò xí ㄒㄧ ㄘㄨㄛˋ ㄒㄧˊ | formerly; ancient; in beginning | v2,p1488#11 | p.492#05 | p.634r5c01 |
稱 | 禾+9 | 偁 穪 秤 称 | chēng chèng chèn ㄔㄥ ㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄣˋ | call; name, brand; address; say | v4,p2619#02 | p.856#24 | p.994r2c02 |
夭 | 大+1 | 殀 | yāo wò wāi yǎo ㄧㄠ ㄨㄛˋ ㄨㄞ ㄧㄠˇ | young, fresh-looking; die young | v1,p0523#02 | p.249#03 | p.367r6c02 |
桃 | 木+6 | | táo ㄊㄠˊ | peach; marriage; surname | v2,p1202#07 | p.525#04 | p.693r6c01 |
子 | 子+0 | 㜽 𢀈 𢀉 𡐫 𣕓 只 | zǐ ㄗˇ | Child, heir. Refers to both sons and daughters. / Love, charity. / Respectful term for a man. / People in general. / Fourth of the five levels of nobility. / First of the twelve earthly branches of the zodiac. | v2,p1006#06 | p.277#01 | p.395r1c01 |
今 | 人+2 | | jīn ㄐㄧㄣ | now, today, modern era | v1,p0105#05 | p.91#18 | p.83r5c02 |
為 | 火+5 | 爲 为 | wéi ㄨㄟˊ | Create, make. / Build, construct. / Do. / Plant, grow. / Govern. / Research, study. / Serve as. / Change into, become. / As, in the role of. / Count as, be considered as. / Called, named. / Expresses judgement: is. / Make, cause (to). / Have. / Take part in. / Write, author. / Connective: if. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to move forward the object. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express a rhetorical question. | v3,p2198#11 | p.669#10 | p.844r4c03 |
| | | wèi ㄨㄟˋ | Help, assist. / Preposition: for, on behalf of. / Preposition: by (passive). / Preposition: because of, due to. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: because. / Say. / False, fake. | | | |
舂 | 臼+5 | | chōng chuāng zhōng ㄔㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄤ ㄓㄨㄥ | grind in mortar | v5,p3039#04 | p.1003#20 | p.1112r6c06 |
市 | 巾+2 | | shì ㄕˋ | market, fair; city, town; trade | v1,p0729#05 | p.328#03 | p.470r4c03 |
徒 | 彳+7 | 𨑒 𠫠 | tú ㄊㄨˊ | disciple, follower; go on foot | v2,p0823#03 | p.367#22 | p.513r4c01 |
鴟 | 鳥+5 | 鸱 | chī zhī ㄔ ㄓ | kite, horned owl; wine cups | v7,p4625#01 | p.1486#10 | p.1537r2c01 |
鴞 | 鳥+5 | 梟 鸮 | xiāo ㄒㄧㄠ | owl | v7,p4623#11 | p.1486#08 | p.1537r1c04 |
悲 | 心+8 | | bēi ㄅㄟ | sorrow, grief; sorry, sad | v4,p2310#04 | p.388#37 | p.533r1c03 |
東 | 木+4 | 东 | dōng ㄉㄨㄥ | east, eastern, eastward | v2,p1165#04 | p.513#12 | p.675r6c02 |
國 | 囗+8 | 圀 國 囗 囶 𢧌 䆐 囯 国 | guó ㄍㄨㄛˊ | nation, country, nation-state | v1,p0720#09 | p.219#16 | p.303r4c02 |
麋 | 鹿+6 | | mí ㄇㄧˊ | elk; surname | v7,p4730#18 | p.1509#34 | p.1549r5c07 |
鹿 | 鹿+0 | 鹿 | lù lǘ ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄩˊ | deer; surname; KangXi radical 198 | v7,p4727#01 | p.1508#14 | p.1548r5c02 |
泣 | 水+5 | | qì lì sè ㄑㄧˋ ㄌㄧˋ ㄙㄜˋ | cry, sob, weep | v3,p1593#02 | p.617#09 | p.783r3c01 |
姑 | 女+5 | | gū ㄍㄨ | father's sister; husband's mother | v2,p1035#04 | p.258#32 | p.381r4c01 |
蘇 | 艸+16 | 苏 | sū sù ㄙㄨ ㄙㄨˋ | revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet' | v5,p3327#07 | p.1068#07 | p.1177r5c01 |