Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
生 | 生+0 | 𤯓 | shēng ㄕㄥ | life, living, lifetime; birth | v4,p2575#01 | p.754#26 | p.906r5c03 |
死 | 歹+2 | 𠑾 𣥴 | sǐ ㄙˇ | die; dead; death | v2,p1380#06 | p.578#22 | p.740r6c06 |
如 | 女+3 | | rú ㄖㄨˊ | Go to. / According to, in accordance with. / Like, similar to. / As good as, comparable to. / Should. / Or, alternatively. / If, should it be the case. / As for, as regards. / Adjectival suffix. | v2,p1025#09 | p.255#21 | p.378r5c02 |
旋 | 方+7 | 𢭀 | xuán xuàn ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄢˋ | revolve, move in orbit; return | v3,p2181#04 | p.483#17 | p.624r2c01 |
火 | 火+0 | 𤆄 灬 | huǒ huō ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄏㄨㄛ | fire, flame; burn; anger, rage | v3,p2187#01 | p.665#01 | p.841r2c02 |
轮 | 车+8 | 輪 轮 | lún ㄌㄨㄣˊ | wheel; revolve, turn; recur | v5,p3540#06 | p.1245#20 | p.1303r5c01 |
回 | 囗+3 | 囬 囘 廻 | huí ㄏㄨㄟˊ | Rotate, move in a circle. / Turn around. / Return. / Change, alter. / Violate (a rule). / Evil, wicked. / Distrust and favouritism. | v1,p0712#02 | p.216#26 | p.300r2c02 |
似 | 人+5 | 𠚦 | sì shì ㄙˋ ㄕˋ | resemble, similar to; as if, seem | v1,p0127#02 | p.97#10 | p.95r1c04 |
麻 | 麻+0 | 菻 蔴 | má mā ㄇㄚˊ ㄇㄚ | hemp, jute, flax; sesame | v7,p4723#01 | p.1515#01 | |
稻 | 禾+10 | 稲 | dào ㄉㄠˋ | rice growing in field, rice plant | v4,p2624#11 | p.857#29 | p.994r5c02 |
不 | 一+3 | 不 𠀚 𠙐 | bù ㄅㄨˋ | Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...? | v1,p0011#06 | p.76#15 | p.30r1c01 |
| | | fǒu ㄈㄡˇ | Same as “” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as “” fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question. | | | |
| | | fū ㄈㄨ | Sepal of a flower. | | | |
| | | pī ㄆㄧ | Same as “” pī ㄆㄧ: Large. | | | |
| | | bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | Show disdain for. | | | |
解 | 角+6 | 觧 | jiě jiè xiè ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ | loosen, unfasten, untie; explain | v6,p3925#10 | p.1142#01 | p.1234r3c02 |
早 | 日+2 | | zǎo ㄗㄠˇ | early; soon; morning | v2,p1483#06 | p.489#12 | p.629r1c01 |
觉 | 见+13 | 覚 覐 𧠭 斍 觉 | jué jiào ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄠˋ | to wake up from sleep; conscious | v6,p3675#08 | p.1137#23 | p.1231r4c06 |
悟 | 心+7 | 𢛤 | wù ㄨˋ | to apprehend, realize, become aware | v4,p2303#04 | p.388#05 | p.532r4c02 |
为 | 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. | | | |
人 | 人+0 | 𠔽 亻 | rén ㄖㄣˊ | Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence. | v1,p0101#10 | p.91#01 | p.80r2c01 |
枉 | 木+4 | 𣒈 | wǎng ㄨㄤˇ | useless, in vain; bent, crooked | v2,p1163#07 | p.514#28 | p.681r1c02 |
虚 | 虍+6 | 𣦄 虚 | xū ㄒㄩ | false, worthless; empty, hollow | v4,p2825#06 | p.1074#11 | p.1184r1c06 |
老 | 老+0 | 耂 𠄰 | lǎo ㄌㄠˇ | old, aged; experienced | v4,p2778#01 | p.960#25 | p.1077r3c03 |