Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
龙 | 龙+0 | 竜 𦱉 𢅛 𠊋 㰍 𥫈 龒 䰱 龙 | lóng ㄌㄨㄥˊ | Dragon, mythical creature which could control the clouds and rain. / The emperor. / An outstanding man. / A large and tall horse. / Name of a constellation: the Canglong (Azure Dragon) constellation. / Name of a star: (now known to be a planet) Jupiter. / Favour, affection. / A city in the state of Lu, south-east of Tai-an in present-day Shandong. | v7,p4803#01 | p.1536#33 | p.1572r6c01 |
| | | lǒng ㄌㄨㄥˇ | See 龙断. | | | |
| | | máng ㄇㄤˊ | Multi-coloured. | | | |
昌 | 日+4 | 冐 | chāng ㄔㄤ | light of sun; good, proper | v2,p1490#03 | p.491#10 | p.630r5c01 |
寺 | 寸+3 | | sì ㄙˋ | court, office; temple, monastery | v1,p0503#11 | p.293#33 | p.432r3c02 |
底 | 广+5 | | dǐ de ㄉㄧˇ ㄉㄜ· | bottom, underneath, underside | v2,p0878#04 | p.344#06 | p.487r1c04 |
开 | 门+4 | 𨴂 𨵑 开 | kāi ㄎㄞ | open; initiate, begin, start | v7,p4286#02 | p.1331#05 | p.1405r4c01 |
山 | 山+0 | | shān ㄕㄢ | mountain, hill, peak | v1,p0759#11 | p.307#01 | p.452r2c03 |
路 | 足+6 | 路 | lù luò ㄌㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄛˋ | road, path, street; journey | v6,p3704#06 | p.1225#22 | p.1289r6c04 |
巴 | 己+1 | 笆 | bā ㄅㄚ | greatly desire, anxiously hope | v2,p0985#01 | p.327#01 | p.467r4c02 |
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 |
台 | 口+2 | 台 嗣 台 台 台 | tái ㄊㄞˊ | Name of a celestial body. / Term of respect. / Old, elderly. | v1,p0575#02 | p.172#13 | p.244r4c01 |
| | | yí ㄧˊ | First-person pronoun: I. / Interrogative pronoun: what. / Happy, cheerful. | | | |
前 | 刀+7 | 歬 𣦃 | qián ㄑㄧㄢˊ | in front, forward; preceding | v1,p0248#04 | p.140#15 | p.184r4c01 |
种 | 禾+9 | 𥢖 𥡰 种 | zhǒng zhòng chóng ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄔㄨㄥˊ | seed; race; offspring; to plant | v4,p2617#17 | p.856#16 | p.993r6c07 |
柳 | 木+5 | 柽 丣 𣓠 | liǔ ㄌㄧㄡˇ | willow tree; pleasure | v2,p1187#02 | p.521#02 | p.688r4c02 |
林 | 木+4 | 林 | lín ㄌㄧㄣˊ | forest, grove; surname | v2,p1164#07 | p.516#05 | p.681r6c02 |