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 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
黃 | 黃+0 | 𡕛 黄 | huáng ㄏㄨㄤˊ | yellow; surname | v7,p4596#02 | p.1516#03 | p.1553r4c02 |
帝 | 巾+6 | 𢂇 𠫦 | dì ㄉㄧˋ | supreme ruler, emperor; god | v1,p0738#02 | p.330#14 | p.474r5c07 |
始 | 女+5 | 𠃭 乨 兘 𠙉 | shǐ ㄕˇ | begin, start; then, only then | v2,p1041#12 | p.258#16 | p.381r1c02 |
蒸 | 火+10 | 烝 | zhēng ㄓㄥ | steam; evaporate | v5,p3273#04 | p.1050#07 | p.1159r5c01 |
谷 | 谷+0 | 穀 | gǔ ㄍㄨˇ | Valley, gorge. / Bewildered, at a loss. | v6,p3902#01 | p.1189#01 | p.1259r6c04 |
| | | lù ㄌㄨˋ | See "谷蠡". | | | |
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. | | | |
飯 | 食+4 | 𩚳 饭 | fàn ㄈㄢˋ | cooked rice; food; meal | v7,p4444#05 | p.1417#27 | p.1490r5c01 |