Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
持 | 手+6 | | chí ㄔˊ | sustain, support; hold, grasp | v3,p1866#02 | p.429#05 | p.573r1c01 |
斧 | 斤+4 | | fǔ ㄈㄨˇ | axe, hatchet; chop, hew | v3,p2023#10 | p.479#08 | p.614r2c01 |
啟 | 攴+7 | 啓 启 | qǐ ㄑㄧˇ | open; begin | v2,p1463#08 | p.196#26 | p.280r1c01 |
戎 | 戈+2 | | róng ㄖㄨㄥˊ | arms, armaments; military affair | v2,p1397#08 | p.411#08 | p.550r4c03 |
士 | 士+0 | | shì ㄕˋ | scholar, gentleman; soldier | v1,p0416#01 | p.242#38 | p.333r1c03 |
也 | 乙+2 | 𠃟 匜 | yě ㄧㄝˇ | Modal particle used at the end of a sentence, expressing assertion and affirmation. / Modal particle used at the end of a question for emphasis. / Modal particle used at the end of a cause-effect sentence to express explanation. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. | v1,p0050#05 | p.84#04 | p.55r1c01 |
伐 | 人+4 | | fá ㄈㄚˊ | Stab, strike with a sword. / Cut down, chop down. / Hit [a drum]. / Launch an attack on. / Remove. / Achievements of battle. / Pride. / Name of a celestial body. / Raised mound between fields. / Shield. | v1,p0120#08 | p.96#01 | p.92r6c01 |
松 | 木+4 | 枩 㮤 梥 庺 鬆 | sōng ㄙㄨㄥ | pine tree; fir tree | v2,p1173#05 | p.514#11 | p.679r5c04 |
柏 | 木+5 | 栢 孛 | bǎi bó bò ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄛˋ | cypress, cedar | v2,p1185#03 | p.518#22 | p.685r1c03 |
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. | | | |
蒸 | 火+10 | 烝 | zhēng ㄓㄥ | steam; evaporate | v5,p3273#04 | p.1050#07 | p.1159r5c01 |
薪 | 艸+13 | | xīn ㄒㄧㄣ | fuel, firewood; salary | v5,p3306#03 | p.1062#09 | p.1169r6c05 |