Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
故 | 攴+5 | | gù ㄍㄨˋ | Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus. | v2,p1453#05 | p.469#25 | p.601r5c01 |
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 |
勞 | 力+10 | 勞 𠣁 𢥒 劳 | láo lào ㄌㄠˊ ㄌㄠˋ | labor, toil, do manual work | v1,p0376#17 | p.148#35 | p.198r2c01 |
劄 | 刀+12 | 剳 | zhá dá ㄓㄚˊ ㄉㄚˊ | brief note; official communique | v1,p0356#03 | p.144#26 | p.1016r2c01 |
翰 | 羽+10 | | hàn ㄏㄢˋ | writing brush, pen, pencil | v5,p3353#08 | p.958#43 | p.1076r2c01 |
千 | 十+1 | 仟 | qiān ㄑㄧㄢ | thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler | v1,p0059#01 | p.155#19 | p.212r5c01 |
里 | 里+0 | 裏 裡 | lǐ ㄌㄧˇ | unit of distance; village; lane | v6,p3680#01 | p.1291#02 | p.1357r4c01 |
寄 | 宀+8 | | jì ㄐㄧˋ | send, transmit, mail; rely on | v2,p0937#01 | p.288#04 | p.423r4c01 |
荊 | 艸+6 | 荆 | jīng ㄐㄧㄥ | thorns; brambles; my wife; cane | v1,p0339#02 | p.1030#38 | p.1148r3c01 |
台 | 口+2 | 臺 嗣 台 檯 颱 | 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. | | | |
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. | | | |
戀 | 心+19 | 戀 恋 𤕈 | liàn ㄌㄧㄢˋ | love; long for, yearn for; love | v4,p2372#08 | p.409#09 | p.550r1c02 |
文 | 文+0 | 㒚 穩 | wén ㄨㄣˊ | Mixture of colours. / Decorative design. / Portray in words or pictures. / Adornment, embellishment. / External appearance. / Characters, words. / Books, works. / Confucian doctrine. / Civilian, non-military. / Drum (musical instrument). / Measure word for money. | v3,p2169#01 | p.477#01 | p.608r4c02 |
| | | wèn ㄨㄣˋ | Adorn, embellish. / Conceal, gloss over. | | | |
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 |
在 | 土+3 | | zài ㄗㄞˋ | Exist, be alive. / Be in a certain place. / Inquire after, pay one's respects to. / Preposition: due to, being that. / Preposition: specifies location or time of an action - in, at. | v1,p0418#07 | p.223#10 | p.312r2c07 |
來 | 人+6 | 來 来 徠 耒 | lái ㄌㄞˊ | Wheat. / Come, approach, draw near. / Return. / Incur, lead to. / Will, in the future. / Since, from some time until now. / Approximate number. / Particle: used when the object of a sentence is moved forward to emphasize the object. / Particle used to alter tempo. / Modal particle expressing suggestion or encouragement. | v1,p0141#08 | p.101#16 | p.102r1c01 |
| | | lài ㄌㄞˋ | See 勞來. | | | |
尋 | 寸+9 | 𡬻 寻 | xún xín ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄣˊ | seek, search, look for; ancient | v1,p0510#01 | p.295#12 | p.536r1c01 |
江 | 水+3 | | jiāng ㄐㄧㄤ | large river; yangzi; surname | v3,p1551#03 | p.606#04 | p.765r1c01 |
漢 | 水+11 | 㵄 𣶔 汉 | hàn tān ㄏㄢˋ ㄊㄢ | the Chinese people, Chinese language | v3,p1713#09 | p.646#17 | p.826r5c01 |