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| 召公戒成曰： | The duke of Shao admonished King Cheng saying: |
| 「今王初服厥命， | "Now you for the first time carry out Heaven's decree. |
| 於戲！ | Oh! |
| 若生子， | you are like a youth |
| 罔不在厥初生。」 | with whom all depends on his first years of life." |
| 「生子」謂十五子， | By youth is meant the age up to fifteen. |
| 初生意於善， | If a youth's thoughts are directed towards virtue, |
| 終以善； | he will be virtuous to the last, |
| 初生意於惡， | but if his propensities tend to badness, |
| 終以惡。 | he will end badly. |
| 《詩》曰： | The Shijing says |
| 「彼姝者子，何以與之？」 | "What can that admirable man be compared to?" |
| 《傳》言： | The Zuozhuan answers, |
| 「譬猶練絲， | "He is like boiled silk; |
| 染之藍則青， | dyed with indigo, it becomes blue; |
| 染之丹則赤。」 | coloured with vermilion, it turns crimson." |
| 十五之子，其猶絲也。 | A youth of fifteen is like silk, |
| 其有所漸化為善惡， | his gradual changes into good or bad |
| 猶藍丹之染練絲， | resembling the dying of boiled silk with indigo and vermilion, |
| 使之為青赤也。 | which gives it a blue or a red colour. |
| 青赤一成， | When these colours have once set, |
| 真色無異。 | they cannot be altered again. |
| 是故楊子哭岐道， | It is for this reason that Yangzi wept over the by-roads |
| 墨子哭練絲也， | and Mozi over boiled silk. |
| 蓋傷離本， | They were sorrowful, because men having gone astray from the right path |
| 不可復變也。 | cannot be transformed any more. |
| 人之性， | Human nature |
| 善可變為惡， | turns from good into bad, |
| 惡可變為善， | and from bad into good |
| 猶此類也。 | only in this manner. |
| 蓬生生麻間， | Creepers growing amidst hemp, |
| 不扶自直； | stand upright without support by themselves. |
| 白紗入緇， | White silk yarn placed amongst dark, |
| 不練自黑。 | becomes black without boiling. |
| 彼蓬之性不直， | Creepers are not straight by nature, |
| 紗之質不黑， | nor is the black colour an attribute of silk yarn. |
| 麻扶緇染，使之直黑。 | The hemp affording support, and the dark silk lending the colour, creepers and white silk become straight and black. |
| 夫人之性猶蓬紗也， | Human nature bears a resemblance to creepers and silk yarn. |
| 在所漸染而善惡變矣。 | In a milieu favourable to transformation or colouring, it turns good or bad. |
| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 召 | 口+2 | zhào shào ㄓㄠˋ ㄕㄠˋ | imperial decree; summon | v1,p0574#03 | p.172#07 | p.243r5c01 | |
| 公 | 八+2 | 㒶 | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | fair, equitable; public; duke | v1,p0242#01 | p.126#28 | p.151r3c01 |
| 戒 | 戈+3 | 𢦬 | jiè ㄐㄧㄝˋ | warn, caution, admonish | v2,p1400#05 | p.412#05 | p.552r2c01 |
| 成 | 戈+2 | 𢦩 | chéng ㄔㄥˊ | completed, finished, fixed | v2,p1399#01 | p.411#11 | |
| 曰 | 曰+0 | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 | |
| 今 | 人+2 | jīn ㄐㄧㄣ | now, today, modern era | v1,p0105#05 | p.91#18 | p.83r5c02 | |
| 王 | 玉+0 | wáng ㄨㄤˊ | King, title of supreme ruler of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. / Ruler of a vassal state in the warring states period. / Highest title in feudal China. / Meet with the emperor. / Respectful term for one's paternal grandparents. | v2,p1099#10 | p.727#02 | p.888r1c02 | |
| wàng ㄨㄤˋ | Rule as king, control all under heaven. / Enfeoff as king. / Flourish, abound. | ||||||
| wǎng ㄨㄤˇ | To, go to. | ||||||
| 初 | 刀+5 | 䥚 | chū ㄔㄨ | Begin, start. / Originally, formerly. / Adverb: just, only just. | v1,p0327#22 | p.137#33 | p.178r4c05 |
| 服 | 月+4 | 𣍞 𦨈 | fú fù bì ㄈㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄅㄧˋ | clothes; wear, dress | v3,p2053#07 | p.505#02 | |
| 厥 | 厂+10 | 氒 〈 氏 下 可 〉 𨈑 𨈐 𣅞 | jué ㄐㄩㄝˊ | personal pronoun he, she, it | v1,p0076#13 | p.162#22 | p.231r1c03 |
| 命 | 口+5 | mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ | Order, command. / Written order, commandment. / Send (on a mission), dispatch. / A (diplomatic) mission. / Force, make do. / Instruct, tell. / Gift given by a ruler to his ministers by rank. / Will of heaven. / Fate. / Life, lifespan. / Call, name, assign a name to. / Know for certain. | v1,p0604#11 | p.183#18 | p.266r6c01 | |
| 於 | 方+4 | 烏 𣱏 𤕘 于 亏 扵 | yú ㄩˊ | Be (copula). / Be, exist. / Preposition: in. / Preposition: from or to. / Preposition: compared to. / Preposition: to, for, towards. / Preposition: by (indicating passive tense). / Preposition: with, using. / Preposition: due to, because of. / Preposition: by, according to. / Connective: just as. / Auxiliary word, no meaning. | v3,p2175#02 | p.481#11 | p.622r2c03 |
| 戲 | 戈+13 | 戯 戱 呼 戏 | xì xī ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧ | theatrical play, show | v2,p1413#13 | p.414#23 | p.554r2c02 |
| 若 | 艸+5 | 若 𦱡 𦱶 𧁇 | ruò ㄖㄨㄛˋ | Iris. / Same as 「北海若」 běi hǎi ruò ㄅㄟˇ ㄏㄞˇ ㄖㄨㄛˋ: Ruo, a god of the Northern Sea. / Go by, accord with. / Choose. / Like, similar to. / Identical, the same. / As good as, comparable to. / To, arrive at. / You, your. / This way, like this. / Regarding, as regards. / If, should it be the case. / Or, alternatively. / But, yet. / Adjectival suffix. | v5,p3187#07 | p.1023#12 | p.1130r1c03 |
| 生 | 生+0 | 𤯓 | shēng ㄕㄥ | life, living, lifetime; birth | v4,p2575#01 | p.754#26 | p.906r5c03 |
| 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 |
| 罔 | 网+3 | 网 𡦽 𡧏 | wǎng wáng ㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˊ | net; deceive; libel; negative | v4,p2914#02 | p.946#30 | p.1064r4c05 |
| 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 「否(1.2)」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as 「否(1.3)」 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 「丕(1)」 pī ㄆㄧ: Large. | ||||||
| bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | Show disdain for. | ||||||
| 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 | |
| 謂 | 言+9 | 谓 | wèi ㄨㄟˋ | To (when speaking to someone). / Say, speak. / Call, name. / Meaning, what is meant. / Discuss, comment on (a person). / How? / Same as 「為(21.3)」 wèi ㄨㄟˋ: Preposition: because of, due to. | v6,p3997#06 | p.1173#12 | p.1251r6c01 |
| wéi ㄨㄟˊ | Same as 「為(10)」 wéi ㄨㄟˊ: Count as, be considered as. | ||||||
| 十 | 十+0 | 拾 拾 | shí ㄕˊ | ten, tenth; complete; perfect | v1,p0058#09 | p.155#17 | p.207r5c02 |
| 五 | 二+2 | 伍 𠄡 㐅 | wǔ ㄨˇ | five; surname | v1,p0011#03 | p.86#11 | p.64r3c01 |
| 意 | 心+9 | yì ㄧˋ | thought, idea, opinion; think | v4,p2323#03 | p.394#22 | p.537r1c05 | |
| 善 | 口+9 | 譱 𦎍 𠾄 𧮟 | shàn ㄕㄢˋ | Good. / Take to be good, like. / Good person. / Strong point, merit. / Perfect. / Gentle, kind. / Friendly. / Good at doing. / Improve, make good. / Control, regulate. / Food. | v1,p0660#02 | p.197#18 | p.282r3c04 |
| 終 | 糸+5 | 𣊂 𤽘 𣧩 𠔾 𡦿 𢍐 𣈩 𤽬 夊 终 | zhōng ㄓㄨㄥ | end; finally, in the end | v5,p3384#05 | p.921#01 | p.1039r4c06 |
| 以 | 人+3 | 㠯 | yǐ ㄧˇ | Use. / Believe. / Command. / Lead. / Connect, implicate. / Have. / Cause, reason. / Preposition: because. / Preposition: from, in. / Preposition: at [some time]. / Preposition: using. / Preposition: in accordance with. / Preposition: relying upon. / Preposition: in the capacity of. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: indicates the following action is the objective of the preceding one. / Connective: used between adverbial clause and verb to express modification. / Connective: and. / Connective: but. / Connective: and so, thus. / Particle: used together with some words expressing direction and time. / Modal particle. / Same as 「已(1)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Stop, discontinue. / Same as 「已(7.2)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: already. / Same as 「已(7.3)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely. | v1,p0105#07 | p.94#01 | p.87r6c01 |
| 惡 | 心+8 | 惡 亞 僫 恶 | è ㄜˋ | Evil. / Bad, not good. / Bad person. / Harm. / Vicious. / Turgid, fierce. / Ugly. / A poor harvest. / Disease, illness. / Uncomfortable, unhappy. / Dirt. / Excrement. | v4,p2307#12 | p.391#25 | p.535r4c01 |
| wù ㄨˋ | Hate. / Shame. / Avoid. / Slander, attack. | ||||||
| wū ㄨ | Interrogative pronoun: how, what. / Exclamation. | ||||||
| 詩 | 言+6 | 𧥳 诗 | shī ㄕ | poetry; poem, verse, ode | v6,p3961#05 | p.1157#15 | p.1242r5c03 |
| 彼 | 彳+5 | bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | That. / There. / He. / Others, the other. / Not, no. | v2,p0817#10 | p.365#25 | p.509r6c02 | |
| 姝 | 女+6 | shū ㄕㄨ | a beautiful girl | v2,p1044#11 | p.259#21 | p.383r6c01 | |
| 者 | 老+4 | zhě ㄓㄜˇ | Pronoun used after verbs, adjectives, etc. in place of a person or thing. / Pronoun used after numbers in place of a thing. / Pronoun used after time or negation to express "when" or "if". / Expressive particle used in a declarative sentence after the subject. / Expressive particle used in a sentence after the subject to express cause or explanation. | v4,p2780#05 | p.961#01 | p.1080r1c01 | |
| zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ | In, located in. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 與 | 臼+8 | 与 𢌱 𦦲 𠔔 | yǔ ㄩˇ | Give. / Follow, go along with. / Comrade, ally. / Association, contact. / Oppose. / Engage [an enemy]. / Approve, consent to. / Help. / Wait. / Preposition indicating passive tense. / Preposition: to, with. / Preposition: with. / Preposition: as. / Preposition: in, on. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: with its ... / Connective: or. | v1,p0251#04 | p.1004#13 | p.1113r2c03 |
| yù ㄩˋ | Participate, take part in. | ||||||
| yǔ ㄩˇ | Interfere in. | ||||||
| yú ㄩˊ | Auxiliary word: used at the end of a sentence to express questioning , exclamation, or a rhetorical question. / Auxiliary word: used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. | ||||||
| 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 |
| 傳 | 人+11 | 传 | chuán zhuàn ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄓㄨㄢˋ | summon; propagate, transmit | v1,p0208#09 | p.114#23 | p.122r2c01 |
| 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 |
| 譬 | 言+13 | pì ㄆㄧˋ | metaphor, simile, example | v6,p4026#08 | p.1183#16 | p.1256r2c04 | |
| 猶 | 犬+9 | 犹 | yóu ㄧㄡˊ | A species of monkey / Same, similar. / Similarly, in the same way. / Like, similar to. / Can, able to. / Fitting, suitable. / Still, nevertheless. / Additionally, furthermore. / Connective expression concession: although, despite. / Connective expression supposition: if. / Stratagem, plot. / Method, way. / Scheme, conspire. / Road, path. / Criticize, fault. / Relaxed, at ease. / Same as 「由(1.1)」 yóu ㄧㄡˊ: Do, carry out. / Same as 「由(5.2)」 yóu ㄧㄡˊ: Preposition: from. / Same as 「由(5.1)」 yóu ㄧㄡˊ: Preposition: due to, because of. / Name of a river in modern Shaanxi, flowing into the Yellow River. / Same as 「已(7.3)」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely. | v2,p1359#09 | p.715#20 | p.878r1c06 |
| yáo ㄧㄠˊ | Tremble, shake. | ||||||
| yōu ㄧㄡ | Good, superior. | ||||||
| 練 | 糸+9 | 练 | liàn ㄌㄧㄢˋ | Heat raw silk to make it white and soft. / Dye. / Purify, make pure. / White, treated silk. / Practice, train. / Well-trained. / Choose, select. / Smelt metal. / Name of a memorial ritual held for ones parents. | v5,p3424#02 | p.932#04 | p.1054r5c03 |
| 絲 | 糸+6 | 纟 丝 | sī ㄙ | silk; fine thread; wire; strings | v5,p3401#01 | p.924#03 | p.1044r2c01 |
| 染 | 木+5 | rǎn ㄖㄢˇ | dye; be contagious; infect | v2,p1188#07 | p.519#04 | p.686r2c02 | |
| 藍 | 艸+14 | 蓝 | lán la ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄚ· | blue; indigo plant; surname | v5,p3311#08 | p.1064#16 | p.1172r6c02 |
| 則 | 刀+7 | 𠟻 𠟭 𠞋 𠟔 则 | zé ㄗㄜˊ | Method, rule. / Mimic, emulate. / Level, grade. / Adverb used to emphasize an assertion. / Adverb used to express scope: only. / Connective expressing continuation: then, and then. / Connective emphasizing comparison. / Connective expressing contrast. / Connective expressing allowance: yet, even so. / Connective expressing unexpected turn of events. / Connective expressing suppostion: if. | v1,p0340#06 | p.139#31 | p.183r5c05 |
| 青 | 靑+0 | 靑 | qīng jīng ㄑㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ | blue, green, black; young | v6,p4046#01 | p.1381#19 | |
| 丹 | 丶+3 | 丹 𠁿 㣋 𠕑 | dān ㄉㄢ | cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) | v1,p0044#01 | p.80#16 | p.44r2c01 |
| 赤 | 赤+0 | 𤆍 烾 | chì ㄔˋ | red; communist, 'red'; bare | v5,p3506#01 | p.1213#22 | p.1280r2c02 |
| 其 | 八+6 | 丌 亓 | qí ㄑㄧˊ | Third-person possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their. / Demonstrative pronoun: that, those. / Adverb expressing estimation or guess. / Adverb expressing imperative. / Adverb expressing rhetorical question. / Adverb expressing future tense. / Connective expressing hypothesis: if, supposing. / Connective expressing choice: or. / Connective expressing concession: even if. / Particle used after an adjective. / Particle: of. / Particle used for emphasis after single-character adjectives or onomatopoeia. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to alter the tempo. | v1,p0245#01 | p.127#18 | p.162r5c01 |
| jì ㄐㄧˋ | Particle used after bi and he. | ||||||
| jī ㄐㄧ | Modal particle expressing interrogative tone. / A year. | ||||||
| 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 |
| 有 | 月+2 | | yǒu ㄧㄡˇ | Have, possess. / Store, collect. / Occupy. / Hold on to, retain. / Have in abundance. / Good harvest. / Obtain. / Only. / Be, exist. / Occur, happen. / Make. / Particle used before a noun with no meaning. / Particle used before a monosyllabic adjective with no meaning. / Particle used before a verb with no meaning. / Still, yet. / Some people. / Region. | v3,p2041#05 | p.504#20 | p.656r5c01 |
| yòu ㄧㄡˋ | Help, assist. / Same as 「又(3)」 yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover. | ||||||
| 所 | 戶+4 | 𢨷 | suǒ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | Place. / Location. / A suitable place or location. / Measure word, used for counting buldings. / Used before a verb, creates a noun-like phrase. / If. Mainly used in oaths and curses. / Used together with 為 to indicate the passive tense. / Indicates an approximate number. / Number, number of times. / Meaning. | v3,p2259#01 | p.415#16 | p.556r1c01 |
| 漸 | 水+11 | 渐 | jiàn chán jiān qián ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | gradually | v3,p1717#03 | p.647#14 | p.829r2c01 |
| 化 | 匕+2 | 𠤎 𠯒 𠏁 | huà huā ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨㄚ | change, convert, reform; -ize | v1,p0109#04 | p.152#20 | p.201r6c02 |
| 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. | ||||||
| 使 | 人+6 | 𡥐 𠭆 | shǐ ㄕˇ | Order, send (on a mission). / Cause, make. / Allocate, use. / Indulge in.. / Send as an envoy. / Envoy, messenger. / Connective: if, supposing. | v1,p0145#02 | p.101#05 | p.101r3c03 |
| 一 | 一+0 | 弌 壹 | yī ㄧ | one; a, an; alone | v1,p0001#01 | p.75#01 | p.1r1c01 |
| 真 | 目+5 | 眞 | zhēn ㄓㄣ | real, actual, true, genuine | v1,p0249#07 | p.805#01 | p.950r2c04 |
| 色 | 色+0 | 𢒸 | sè ㄙㄜˋ | Colour. / [Facial] appearance, countenance. / Become angry. / Feminine beauty. / Appearance. | v5,p3071#01 | p.1014#02 | p.1120r1c01 |
| 無 | 火+8 | 𣟒 𣚨 𠘩 无 橆 | wú ㄨˊ | Not have. / Philosophical category referring to absence, non-existence, or vacuity. / Adverb expressing negation: not. / Adverb expressing questioning: or not. / Connective: regardless of. / Connective: even if. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence, no meaning. / Do not. / Barren, uncultivated. | v3,p2211#15 | p.673#26 | p.848r2c04 |
| 異 | 田+6 | 異 𢄖 异 | yì ㄧˋ | different, unusual, strange | v4,p2540#05 | p.763#18 | p.916r1c02 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 楊 | 木+9 | 杨 | yáng ㄧㄤˊ | willow, poplar, aspen; surname | v2,p1248#04 | p.538#30 | p.706r5c02 |
| 哭 | 口+7 | kū ㄎㄨ | weep, cry, wail | v1,p0629#02 | p.190#25 | p.276r1c03 | |
| 岐 | 山+4 | 歧 𨙾 㟚 | qí ㄑㄧˊ | high; majestic; fork in road | v1,p0762#11 | p.308#24 | p.455r1c07 |
| 道 | 辵+9 | 𨕥 衟 𡬹 | dào ㄉㄠˋ | Road, path. / Journey. / Method. / Law, reason. / Doctrine, claim. / Skill, technique. / Principle, right way. / The Dao, the origin of all things in Daoism. / Speak, talk. / Take a course of action. / Take a course of action. / Rites paid to the spirit of roads. / Ancient administrative unit. / Daoism. | v6,p3864#01 | p.1262#06 | p.1326r3c02 |
| dǎo ㄉㄠˇ | Lead. / Flow smoothly. | ||||||
| 墨子 | 黑+3 子+0 | 㜽 𢀈 𢀉 𡐫 𣕓 只 | mò zǐ ㄇㄛˋ ㄗˇ | 先秦思想家墨翟。 Mozi, a pre-Qin philosopher. | v1,p0487#03 v2,p1006#06 | p.238#40 p.277#01 | p.329r2c03 p.395r1c01 |
| 蓋 | 艸+10 | 𤇁 盖 葢 | gài gě hé ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄜˇ ㄏㄜˊ | cover, hide, protect | v5,p3260#13 | p.1051#12 | p.1161r3c02 |
| 傷 | 人+11 | 伤 | shāng ㄕㄤ | wound, injury; fall ill from | v1,p0211#09 | p.115#01 | p.123r5c02 |
| 離 | 隹+11 | 離 离 | lí lì lǐ chī gǔ ㄌㄧˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔ ㄍㄨˇ | leave, depart; go away; separate | v6,p4106#02 | p.1369#16 | p.1445r2c02 |
| 本 | 木+1 | 夲 楍 㮺 𡴡 | běn ㄅㄣˇ | root, origin, source; basis | v2,p1151#01 | p.509#07 | p.666r3c01 |
| 可 | 口+2 | 歌 厥 | kě kè ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˋ | may, can, -able; possibly | v1,p0567#07 | p.172#12 | p.244r1c02 |
| 復 | 彳+9 | 覆 𢕛 𠣸 复 | fù fòu ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄡˋ | return; repeat; repeatedly | v2,p0834#02 | p.369#22 | p.516r2c04 |
| 變 | 言+16 | 変 𢒟 𢒪 𢒦 变 | biàn ㄅㄧㄢˋ | Change, alteration. / Movement. / Adapt to, accommodate. / Event, incident. / Disaster. / Unusual event. | v2,p1481#07 | p.1186#12 | p.1257r6c06 |
| 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 |
| 性 | 心+5 | xìng ㄒㄧㄥˋ | nature, character, sex | v4,p2286#04 | p.381#24 | p.527r1c01 | |
| 此 | 止+2 | cǐ ㄘˇ | This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then. | v2,p1438#03 | p.574#10 | p.735r4c01 | |
| 類 | 頁+10 | 類 𩔗 类 | lèi lì ㄌㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ | class, group, kind, category | v7,p4387#04 | p.1408#13 | p.1481r3c03 |
| 蓬 | 艸+11 | péng pèng ㄆㄥˊ ㄆㄥˋ | type of raspberry; fairyland | v5,p3267#08 | p.1052#14 | p.1162r5c03 | |
| 麻 | 麻+0 | 菻 蔴 | má mā ㄇㄚˊ ㄇㄚ | hemp, jute, flax; sesame | v7,p4723#01 | p.1515#01 | |
| 間 | 門+4 | 閒 间 | jiān jiàn jiǎn ㄐㄧㄢ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ | interval, space; place, between | v7,p4288#06 | p.1333#01 | p.1408r3c01 |
| 扶 | 手+4 | 𢻳 𢱿 | fú pú ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄨˊ | support, help; protect; hold on | v3,p1833#02 | p.419#05 | p.560r5c05 |
| 自 | 自+0 | 𦣹 鼻 | zì ㄗˋ | Oneself. / Begin, beginning. / From. / Originally. / Natural, naturally. / Supposing, if. / Even, even if. | v5,p3046#01 | p.1000#07 | p.1108r3c01 |
| 直 | 目+3 | 𣓟 𣖴 | zhí ㄓˊ | straight, erect, vertical | v1,p0061#07 | p.800#05 | |
| 白 | 白+0 | 𦣺 𤼽 | bái bó ㄅㄞˊ ㄅㄛˊ | white; pure, unblemished; bright | v4,p2642#01 | p.785#01 | p.927r1c01 |
| 紗 | 糸+4 | 纱 | shā miǎo ㄕㄚ ㄇㄧㄠˇ | gauze, thin silk; yarn, thread | v5,p3373#03 | p.917#18 | p.1033r4c02 |
| 入 | 入+0 | rù ㄖㄨˋ | Enter, go into. / Put in, bring in. / Pay, offer. / Income, gains. / Inside, within. | v1,p0102#01 | p.125#32 | p.141r1c03 | |
| 緇 | 糸+8 | 缁 | zī ㄗ | black silk | v5,p3422#03 | p.929#05 | p.1051r6c02 |
| 黑 | 黑+0 | 黒 | hēi hè ㄏㄟ ㄏㄜˋ | black; dark; evil, sinister | v7,p4743#01 | p.1518#36 | p.1560r3c03 |
| 質 | 貝+8 | 貭 质 | zhì zhí ㄓˋ ㄓˊ | matter, material, substance | v6,p3648#08 | p.1210#07 | p.1277r4c01 |
| 夫 | 大+1 | fū ㄈㄨ | General term for adult men. / Adult labourers in particular. / Soldier. / Respectful term for a man. / Husband. / Unit of area equal to one hundred mu. | v1,p0521#01 | p.248#11 | p.367r2c01 | |
| fú ㄈㄨˊ | Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Modal particle used at the start of a sentence for emphasis or to indicate an assertion. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to soften the tone. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express exclamation. | ||||||
| 而 | 而+0 | ér ㄦˊ | Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle. | v4,p2810#01 | p.961#18 | p.1080r2c03 | |
| néng ㄋㄥˊ | Same as 「能(3)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「能(2.1)」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent. | ||||||
| 矣 | 矢+2 | 𠤘 | yǐ ㄧˇ | Modal particle used to express declaration. / Modal particle used to express exclamation. / Modal particle used to express an order or request. | v4,p2580#04 | p.823#37 | p.955r5c01 |
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