Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
周 | 口+5 | 週 𠱬 𠄗 | zhōu ㄓㄡ | Surround. / Cyclicly, repeatedly. / (Travel) widely. / Careful, detailed. / Firm, unshaken. / Measure word: number of times. / Friendly, approachable. / Suitable, appropriate (for). / Turning place, corner. / Most (superlative). / Assist financially. / The Zhou dynasty. | v1,p0606#03 | p.181#36 | |
禮 | 示+13 | 禮 礼 𠃞 𤔑 礼 | lǐ ㄌㄧˇ | social custom; manners; courtesy; rites | v4,p2409#14 | p.847#07 | p.985r2c04 |
秋 | 禾+4 | 𪚼 龝 𪔁 䆋 秌 𥤛 | qiū ㄑㄧㄡ | autumn, fall; year | v4,p2595#05 | p.850#06 | p.988r2c06 |
官 | 宀+5 | 𠕍 | guān ㄍㄨㄢ | official, public servant | v2,p0921#04 | p.283#15 | p.413r2c01 |
司 | 口+2 | 𤔲 | sī ㄙ | take charge of, control, manage; officer | v1,p0572#08 | p.174#03 | p.246r4c03 |
刑 | 刀+4 | | xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Punish. / Kill, put to death. / Harm, disaster. / Law, rules of punishment. / Rule by law. / A die used in casting. / A model, an example. / To emulate, imitate. / Achieve, establish. / Same as 「」 xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Porcelain soup bowl. / Same as 「」 xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Body, thing with form. / Same as 「」 xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Exhibit, show. | v1,p0324#15 | p.137#11 | p.178r4c02 |
職 | 耳+12 | 軄 职 | zhí zhì tè ㄓˊ ㄓˋ ㄊㄜˋ | duty, profession; office, post | v4,p2797#14 | p.970#04 | p.1086r4c01 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
墨 | 黑+3 | | mò ㄇㄛˋ | Black ink used in calligraphy and painting. / Black. / Dark expression. / Dirty. / Corrupt. / Punishment by tattooing the face. / [To wear] black mourning dress. / Fortune-telling by burning of tortoise shells. / Unit of length equal to five chi. / Silent. | v1,p0487#03 | p.238#40 | p.329r2c03 |
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. | | | |
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 |
守 | 宀+3 | 𡬮 𡬴 | shǒu shòu ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄡˋ | defend, protect, guard, conserve | v2,p0912#03 | p.282#05 | p.405r4c01 |
門 | 門+0 | 门 | mén ㄇㄣˊ | gate, door, entrance, opening | v7,p4281#01 | p.1329#53 | p.1403r4c05 |
鄭 | 邑+12 | 郑 | zhèng ㄓㄥˋ | state in today's Henan; surname | v6,p3798#01 | p.1277#30 | p.1346r5c03 |
玄 | 玄+0 | 𤣥 伭 | xuán xuàn ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄢˋ | deep, profound, abstruse; KangXi radical 95 | v1,p0280#03 | p.725#01 | p.883r1c01 |
黥 | 黑+8 | 䵞 | qíng jīng ㄑㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄥ | to tattoo; to brand the face of criminals | v7,p4751#07 | p.1520#26 | p.1563r5c06 |
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 |
先 | 儿+4 | | xiān ㄒㄧㄢ | first, former, previous | v1,p0267#02 | p.124#05 | p.134r3c02 |
刻 | 刀+6 | 𠞫 | kè ㄎㄜˋ | carve, engrave; quarter hour | v1,p0337#02 | p.139#14 | p.183r1c01 |
面 | 面+0 | 麵 | miàn ㄇㄧㄢˋ | face; surface; plane; side, dimension | v7,p4398#01 | p.1383#07 | p.1465r2c01 |
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 「」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Stop, discontinue. / Same as 「」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: already. / Same as 「」 yǐ ㄧˇ: Adverb: extremely. | v1,p0105#07 | p.94#01 | p.87r6c01 |
窒 | 穴+6 | | zhì dié ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ | stop up, obstruct | v4,p2728#14 | p.865#11 | p.1000r2c01 |
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 |