Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
明 | 日+4 | 朙 | míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Bright, brilliant. / Daytime. / Clear, obvious. / Clarify, make clear. / Understand. / Straightforwardly, clearly. / Clear, clean. / Wise. / Make wise. / Spirit, god. / Respect. / Eyesight. / Good eyesight. / See clearly. / The following (day, month, year, etc.). | v2,p1491#08 | p.491#12 | p.631r3c01 |
燈 | 火+12 | 灯 | dēng ㄉㄥ | lantern, lamp | v3,p2238#11 | p.682#14 | p.857r6c08 |
照 | 火+9 | 炤 | zhào ㄓㄠˋ | shine, illumine, reflect | v3,p2221#01 | p.677#36 | p.854r2c01 |
四 | 囗+2 | 𦉭 肆 | sì ㄙˋ | four | v1,p0710#16 | p.216#22 | p.294r6c01 |
隅 | 阜+9 | | yú ㄩˊ | corner, nook, remote place | v6,p4145#01 | p.1356#19 | p.1431r4c02 |
炎 | 火+4 | | yán yàn tán ㄧㄢˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄊㄢˊ | flame, blaze; hot | v3,p2193#06 | p.667#13 | p.843r4c02 |
炭 | 火+5 | | tàn ㄊㄢˋ | charcoal; coal; carbon | v3,p2195#15 | p.668#24 | p.844r1c05 |
正 | 止+1 | 㱏 𣥔 𤴓 𧾸 | zhèng ㄓㄥˋ | Straight, not at an angle. / Appropriate. / Normal. / Decent, upstanding. / Fix, determine. / Govern, rule. / Set punishments. / Formal, primary. / Pure, unadulterated. / Son by one's official wife. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Expresses continuation of an action or state. / Officer. / Only. / Government, state affairs. / Prove, verify. | v2,p1436#01 | p.574#02 | p.732r5c02 |
| | | zhēng ㄓㄥ | First month in the Chinese calander. / Centre of a target. / Attack, punitive expedition. | | | |
可 | 口+2 | 歌 厥 | kě kè ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˋ | may, can, -able; possibly | v1,p0567#07 | p.172#12 | p.244r1c02 |
依 | 人+6 | | yī yǐ ㄧ ㄧˇ | rely on, be set in; consent, obey a wish | v1,p0152#08 | p.102#18 | p.103r6c02 |
清 | 水+8 | 淸 | qīng qìng ㄑㄧㄥ ㄑㄧㄥˋ | clear, pure, clean; peaceful | v3,p1637#11 | p.633#37 | |
觴 | 角+11 | 觞 | shāng ㄕㄤ | wine vessel; propose toast; feast | v6,p3932#07 | p.1144#25 | p.1236r1c01 |
雖 | 隹+9 | 𨾡 虽 | suī ㄙㄨㄟ | Type of insect. / Even, though, even if. / Only. | v6,p4103#05 | p.1368#22 | p.1440r6c01 |
雲 | 雨+4 | 云 | yún ㄩㄣˊ | clouds; Yunnan province | v6,p4058#09 | p.1372#05 | p.1447r4c03 |
酌 | 酉+3 | | zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ | serve wine; feast; deliberate | v6,p3573#09 | p.1280#07 | p.1349r2c02 |
所 | 戶+4 | 𢨷 | suǒ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | Place. / Location. / A suitable place or location. / Measure word, used for counting buldings. / Used before a verb, creates a noun-like phrase. / If. Mainly used in oaths and curses. / Used together with 為 to indicate the passive tense. / Indicates an approximate number. / Number, number of times. / Meaning. | v3,p2259#01 | p.415#16 | p.556r1c01 |
愧 | 心+10 | 媿 | kuì ㄎㄨㄟˋ | ashamed, conscience-stricken | v4,p2329#11 | p.396#08 | p.540r2c05 |
乏 | 丿+4 | 𠓟 | fá ㄈㄚˊ | lack; poor | v1,p0034#03 | p.82#10 | p.47r3c04 |
珍 | 玉+5 | 珎 錱 | zhēn ㄓㄣ | precious, valuable, rare | v2,p1107#09 | p.730#04 | p.892r4c01 |
肥 | 肉+4 | | féi bǐ ㄈㄟˊ ㄅㄧˇ | fat, plump, obese; fertile | v3,p2055#01 | p.974#23 | p.1089r4c02 |