Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
素 | 糸+4 | | sù ㄙㄨˋ | White, untreated silk. / Natural color, uncolored. / Simple, unadorned. / Root, beginning. / Fruit and vegetables. / Constantly, repeatedly. / Beforehand, first. | v5,p3368#03 | p.918#11 | p.1034r4c03 |
问 | 口+8 | 𠳅 问 | wèn ㄨㄣˋ | Ask, inquire. / Investigate, look into. / Inquire after, give regards to. / Interrogate, question. / Visit (another states). / Research, investigate. / Give, present with. / Tell. / Sound. / Same as “” wèn ㄨㄣˋ: Reputation, fame. | v7,p4284#03 | p.195#10 | p.279r3c03 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
肝 | 肉+3 | | gān ㄍㄢ | liver | v3,p2044#03 | p.974#09 | p.1088r6c04 |
液 | 水+8 | | yè yì shì ㄧㄝˋ ㄧˋ ㄕˋ | sap, juice, liquid, fluid | v3,p1658#02 | p.628#04 | p.802r1c03 |
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. | | | |
泪 | 水+8 | 淚 泪 㴃 | lèi lì ㄌㄟˋ ㄌㄧˋ | tears; weep, cry | v3,p1662#07 | p.630#02 | p.803r3c02 |