Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
又 | 又+0 | | yòu ㄧㄡˋ | Hand. / Again, once more. / Moreover. / And, while. Expresses two situations happening at once or sequential action. / And yet. Expresses contrast. / Offer wine. / Forgive. | v1,p0390#01 | p.164#43 | p.233r4c03 |
昭 | 日+5 | | zhāo ㄓㄠ | bright, luminous; illustrious | v2,p1504#09 | p.493#22 | p.638r2c04 |
七 | 一+1 | 柒 | qī ㄑㄧ | seven | v1,p0003#03 | p.75#07 | p.7r4c02 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
正 | 止+1 | 㱏 𣥔 𤴓 𧾸 | zhèng ㄓㄥˋ | Straight, not at an angle. / Appropriate. / Normal. / Decent, upstanding. / Fix, determine. / Govern, rule. / Set punishments. / Formal, primary. / Pure, unadulterated. / Son by one's official wife. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Expresses continuation of an action or state. / Officer. / Only. / Government, state affairs. / Prove, verify. | v2,p1436#01 | p.574#02 | p.732r5c02 |
| | | zhēng ㄓㄥ | First month in the Chinese calander. / Centre of a target. / Attack, punitive expedition. | | | |
考 | 老+0 | 考 𦒱 | kǎo ㄎㄠˇ | examine, test; investigate | v4,p2779#02 | p.960#27 | p.1079r1c01 |
父 | 父+0 | | fù fǔ ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ | father; KangXi radical 88 | v3,p2039#01 | p.690#01 | p.864r1c01 |
佐 | 人+5 | | zuǒ ㄗㄨㄛˇ | assist, aid, second; subordinate | v1,p0130#06 | p.98#10 | p.96r5c01 |
戴 | 戈+13 | 𢨇 | dài ㄉㄞˋ | wear on top; support | v2,p1413#09 | p.414#25 | p.554r4c02 |
武 | 止+4 | | wǔ ㄨˇ | Military, combative. / Powerful, formidable. / Moral principles to be honoured during warfare. / Military achievement. / Soldier. / Footprint, trail. / Successor. / Name of a piece of music comemmorating King Wu of Zhou. / A metal percussion instrument. / Unit of length equal to three chi, or half a pace. / Tie of a cap. / Dance. | v2,p1439#05 | p.575#09 | p.736r4c01 |
宣 | 宀+6 | 𡩦 | xuān ㄒㄩㄢ | declare, announce, proclaim | v2,p0923#10 | p.284#16 | p.417r2c01 |
三 | 一+2 | 叁 弎 | sān sàn ㄙㄢ ㄙㄢˋ | three | v1,p0004#03 | p.76#05 | p.11r2c01 |
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 |
皆 | 白+4 | | jiē ㄐㄧㄝ | all, every, everybody | v4,p2647#01 | p.786#12 | p.735r5c01 |
宋 | 宀+4 | | sòng ㄙㄨㄥˋ | Song dynasty; surname | v2,p0915#02 | p.282#12 | p.409r4c01 |
君 | 口+4 | 𠱩 𠱭 | jūn ㄐㄩㄣ | The son of heaven. / The ruler of a state. / Dafu (title). / To be ruler. / To rule, to govern. | v1,p0595#06 | p.177#07 | p.256r6c08 |
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 |
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 |
滋 | 水+9 | 𣳯 𦱳 | zī cí ㄗ ㄘˊ | grow, multiply, increase; thrive | v3,p1686#06 | p.642#15 | p.821r2c02 |
益 | 皿+5 | 益 𠍳 | yì ㄧˋ | profit, benefit; advantage | v4,p2560#06 | p.793#18 | |
恭 | 心+6 | | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | respectful, polite, reverent | v4,p2299#09 | p.385#15 | p.530r4c02 |
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 |
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. | | | |
鼎 | 鼎+0 | 鼑 𪔂 | dǐng zhēn ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄣ | large, three-legged bronze caldron | v7,p4740#01 | p.1525#08 | p.1565r6c04 |
铭 | 金+6 | 铭 | míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ | inscribe, engrave; unforgettably | v6,p4200#10 | p.1305#07 | p.1379r6c02 |
云 | 二+2 | 员 云 | yún ㄩㄣˊ | Old form of 云。 / Say, speak. / To be. / Have, posess. / Socialize, interact with. / Move. / Thus, like this. / If. / Particle used at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence, no meaning. / Many. | v1,p0384#02 | p.86#08 | p.63r6c02 |
一 | 一+0 | 弌 壹 | yī ㄧ | one; a, an; alone | v1,p0001#01 | p.75#01 | p.1r1c01 |
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 “” néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as “” néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent. | | | |
偻 | 人+11 | 偻 | lǚ lóu ㄌㄩˇ ㄌㄡˊ | humpback; surname | v1,p0210#18 | p.115#17 | p.124r5c01 |
再 | 冂+4 | | zài ㄗㄞˋ | again, twice, re- | v1,p0018#01 | p.129#08 | p.164r5c05 |
伛 | 人+11 | 伛 | yǔ ㄩˇ | humpback; stoop | v1,p0209#04 | p.114#24 | p.123r4c01 |
俯 | 人+8 | 俯 | fǔ ㄈㄨˇ | bow down, face down, look down | v1,p0182#09 | p.106#06 | p.110r6c01 |
于 | 方+4 | 乌 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 |
循 | 彳+9 | | xún ㄒㄩㄣˊ | obey, comply with, follow | v2,p0835#04 | p.369#28 | p.516r6c01 |
墙 | 土+13 | 墙 廧 墙 | qiáng ㄑㄧㄤˊ | wall | v1,p0490#14 | p.239#30 | p.331r6c01 |
走 | 走+0 | 赱 㞫 | zǒu ㄗㄡˇ | walk, go on foot; run; leave | v5,p3473#01 | p.1215#01 | p.1283r6c02 |
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 |
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. | | | |
敢 | 攴+8 | 𠭖 𢽤 𣪏 | gǎn ㄍㄢˇ | to dare, venture; bold, brave | v2,p1463#09 | p.472#26 | p.605r4c02 |
安 | 宀+3 | | ān ㄢ | Stable, steady. / Peaceful, tranquil. / Safe. / Accustomed to do, habitually do. / Not worry about, be relaxed about. / Comfort, ease. / Stop, cease. / Unhurried. / Place, put. / Interrogative pronoun: how. / Interrogative pronoun: where. / Interrogative pronoun: what. / Interrogative pronoun: who. / Connective: so, thereupon. | v2,p0913#09 | p.282#08 | p.406r2c01 |
行 | 行+0 | 行 | xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Walk, move (on foot). / Advance, move forward. / Leave, exit. / Patrol, go on inspection. / Inspection of the realm by the Son of Heaven. / Be married off. / Flow, circulate. / Channel, guide. / Revolution, circular motion. / Experience. / Luggage, belongings taken on a journey. / Do, carry out. / Actions. / Accomplishments. / Use, utilize. / Take over (an official duty). / Offer, present. / Moral conduct, behaviour. / A type of classical poem. / A piece of music. / Semi-cursive script. / Adverb: will, about to. / Adverb: again, once more. / Adverb: by chance, luckily. / Ambassador (official title). / Measure word for number of pourings of drinks. | v2,p0811#06 | p.1108#31 | p.1203r5c05 |
| | | háng ㄏㄤˊ | Road. / Track, pattern. / Row, line. / Row of soldiers in battle. / Unit of 25 soldiers. / Shaft of a feather (and by extension, wings). / Measure word for things which form rows. / Rank, position. | | | |
亦 | 亠+4 | 𠅃 | yì ㄧˋ | Original character for 腋. / Also. / Just, merely. / Again. / Modal particle at the beginning or middle of a sentence. / Accumulate. | v1,p0281#03 | p.88#09 | p.78r2c02 |
莫 | 草+7 | 𦮅 䒬 𦱴 | mò mù ㄇㄛˋ ㄇㄨˋ | do not, is not, can not; negative | v5,p3217#15 | p.1035#13 | p.1141r3c03 |
余 | 人+5 | 予 馀 馀 | yú ㄩˊ | First person pronoun: I. / Fourth month in the lunar calendar. | v1,p0128#04 | p.99#02 | p.97r6c01 |
侮 | 人+7 | 㑄 㚢 𢘃 | wǔ ㄨˇ | insult, ridicule, disgrace | v1,p0163#01 | p.103#01 | p.104r3c05 |