Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
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 |
夔 | 夊+19 | 𣦞 | kuí ㄎㄨㄟˊ | one-legged monster; walrus | v2,p0872#03 | p.245#28 | p.342r3c01 |
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. | | | |
兮 | 八+2 | 𠔃 | xī ㄒㄧ | exclamatory particle | v1,p0241#06 | p.127#03 | p.160r5c01 |
龚 | 龙+6 | 龚 | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | give, present; reverential | v7,p4805#12 | p.1537#14 | p.1576r5c02 |
黄 | 黄+0 | 𡕛 黄 | huáng ㄏㄨㄤˊ | yellow; surname | v7,p4596#02 | p.1516#03 | p.1553r4c02 |
吾 | 口+4 | 𠮣 | wú ㄨˊ | First person pronoun: I, we. / Defend, resist. | v1,p0585#13 | p.180#03 | p.260r5c01 |
| | | yú ㄩˊ | See 吾吾. | | | |
| | | yá ㄧㄚˊ | Yunyu, an ancient district. | | | |
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. | | | |
知 | 矢+3 | 𢇻 𥎿 | zhī ㄓ | Know, understand. / Perception. / Recognize. / Knowledge. / Know about, make sense of. / Be friendly with. / Control, get on top of. | v4,p2581#02 | p.824#01 | p.955r5c02 |
| | | zhì ㄓˋ | Wisdom. | | | |
此 | 止+2 | | cǐ ㄘˇ | This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then. | v2,p1438#03 | p.574#10 | p.735r4c01 |
之 | 丿+3 | 㞢 | zhī ㄓ | Towards; go to. / Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Auxiliary word: of. / Auxiliary word: used between subject and predicate, cancels independence of a clause. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning. | v1,p0043#01 | p.82#04 | p.47r2c02 |
言 | 言+0 | 訁 𢍗 𢍬 | yán ㄧㄢˊ | Speak, say. / Discuss, debate. / Tell. / Doctrine, theory, words. / One word. / Sentence. / Particle, no meaning. | v6,p3936#01 | p.1146#01 | p.1236r5c03 |
是 | 日+5 | 昰 𣆞 | shì ㄕˋ | Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object. | v2,p1497#05 | p.493#26 | p.639r1c01 |
何 | 人+5 | | hé ㄏㄜˊ | Ask, enquire. / What. / Who, which one. / How, in what way. / Why, for what reason. / Where, in what place. / How much, to what extent. | v1,p0130#04 | p.98#15 | p.97r2c04 |
| | | hē ㄏㄜ | Criticize, condemn. | | | |
| | | hè ㄏㄜˋ | Carry on one's back. / Bear, carry a burden. | | | |