Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
孟 | 子+5 | | mèng ㄇㄥˋ | first in series; great, eminent | v2,p1013#03 | p.278#16 | p.399r3c02 |
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 |
谓 | 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 “” wèi ㄨㄟˋ: Preposition: because of, due to. | v6,p3997#06 | p.1173#12 | p.1251r6c01 |
| | | wéi ㄨㄟˊ | Same as “” wéi ㄨㄟˊ: Count as, be considered as. | | | |
惠 | 心+8 | 恵 𦻇 𢡘 𢞯 ① 僡 | huì ㄏㄨㄟˋ | favor, benefit, confer kindness | v4,p2309#10 | p.391#19 | p.535r1c01 |
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. | | | |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
虐 | 虍+3 | 乇 𧆱 𣑅 䖈 | nüè ㄋㄩㄝˋ | cruel, harsh, oppressive | v4,p2820#05 | p.1073#09 | p.1183r4c01 |
政 | 攴+4 | | zhèng zhēng ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄥ | government, political affairs | v2,p1453#03 | p.469#06 | p.601r2c01 |
杀 | 殳+7 | 殺 煞 𢁛 𢽅 𢿹 𢽆 𢼡 𢿔 𧤿 杀 | shā ㄕㄚ | Kill. / Corrupt, ruin. / Die. / Fight, kill each other. | v3,p2157#01 | p.585#11 | p.743r4c02 |
| | | shài ㄕㄞˋ | Wither, decline. / Decrease, reduce us of. / Decline, fall. | | | |
| | | sà ㄙㄚˋ | Dim, gloomy appearance. | | | |
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 |
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. | | | |
异 | 田+6 | 異 𢄖 异 | yì ㄧˋ | different, unusual, strange | v4,p2540#05 | p.763#18 | p.916r1c02 |
刃 | 刀+1 | 刄 | rèn ㄖㄣˋ | edged tool, cutlery, knife edge | v1,p0320#03 | p.136#02 | p.174r1c01 |
耶 | 耳+3 | 邪 | yé yē xié ㄧㄝˊ ㄧㄝ ㄒㄧㄝˊ | used in transliteration | v4,p2784#03 | p.965#12 | p.1081r6c04 |
庖 | 广+5 | | páo ㄆㄠˊ | kitchen; cooking, cuisine | v2,p0879#04 | p.344#10 | p.487r3c01 |
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 “” yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover. | | | |
肥 | 肉+4 | | féi bǐ ㄈㄟˊ ㄅㄧˇ | fat, plump, obese; fertile | v3,p2055#01 | p.974#23 | p.1089r4c02 |
肉 | 肉+0 | 宍 | ròu rù ㄖㄡˋ ㄖㄨˋ | flesh; meat; KangXi radical 130 | v5,p2931#01 | p.973#01 | p.1088r2c01 |
廐 | 广+11 | 厩 厩 廏 | jiù ㄐㄧㄡˋ | stable; barnyard | v2,p0894#10 | p.349#27 | p.492r3c02 |
马 | 马+0 | 𢒠 𩡬 𢒗 马 | mǎ ㄇㄚˇ | horse; surname; KangXi radical 187 | v7,p4539#01 | p.1433#01 | p.1499r1c01 |
民 | 氏+1 | 𠘽 | mín ㄇㄧㄣˊ | people, subjects, citizens | v3,p2131#01 | p.598#01 | p.750r3c01 |
饥 | 食+2 | 饥 饥 | jī ㄐㄧ | hunger, starving; hungry; a famine | v7,p4441#05 | p.1416#08 | p.1490r1c01 |
色 | 色+0 | 𢒸 | sè ㄙㄜˋ | Colour. / [Facial] appearance, countenance. / Become angry. / Feminine beauty. / Appearance. | v5,p3071#01 | p.1014#02 | p.1120r1c01 |
野 | 里+4 | 埜 𡐨 | yě ㄧㄝˇ | open country, field; wilderness | v6,p3683#01 | p.1291#05 | p.1360r2c01 |
饿 | 食+7 | 饿 | è ㄜˋ | hungry; greedy for; hunger | v7,p4456#02 | p.1420#08 | p.1493r1c03 |
莩 | 草+7 | 殍 | fú piǎo ㄈㄨˊ ㄆㄧㄠˇ | membrane lining inside of reed | v5,p3222#04 | p.1035#11 | p.1141r3c01 |
此 | 止+2 | | cǐ ㄘˇ | This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then. | v2,p1438#03 | p.574#10 | p.735r4c01 |
率 | 玄+6 | 率 卛 | shuài ㄕㄨㄞˋ | Net for catching birds. / Along, in the same direction as. / Follow, go along with. / Command, lead. / Model. / Create a model for something. / Do, engage in. / Fast, quickly. / Frank, direct. / Because of, due to. / Similar. / Similar things. / Adverb: in general, mostly. / Adverb: all. / Same as “” shuài ㄕㄨㄞˋ: Commander of an army. / Same as “” shuài ㄕㄨㄞˋ: Thing which plays a leading role. | v1,p0289#03 | p.725#05 | p.884r3c03 |
| | | lǜ ㄌㄩˋ | A fixed standard or ratio. / Same as “” lüè ㄌㄩㄝˋ: Unit of weight, approximately 6 liang. | | | |
兽 | 犬+15 | 兽 | shòu ㄕㄡˋ | beast, animal; bestial | v2,p1375#05 | p.721#03 | p.881r2c01 |
食 | 食+0 | 饣 𩚁 飠 𩚃 餐 | shí sì yì ㄕˊ ㄙˋ ㄧˋ | eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 | v7,p4440#01 | p.1415#29 | p.1489r2c03 |
且 | 一+4 | 𠀇 𠀃 | qiě ㄑㄧㄝˇ | This. / Connective: both, also. / Connective: and. / Connective: not only that, furthermore. / Connective: or. / Connective: not only, even. / Connective: if. / Adverb: will. / Adverb: briefly. / Adverb: almost. / Particle used at the start of a sentence. | v1,p0015#05 | p.77#07 | p.34r6c02 |
| | | jū ㄐㄩ | Appearance of a great many. / Exclamation. / Alternative name for the sixth month. | | | |
| | | cú ㄘㄨˊ | Go. | | | |
恶 | 心+8 | 惡 亚 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. | | | |
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 |
况 | 水+5 | 况 𡶢 | kuàng ㄎㄨㄤˋ | condition, situation; furthermore | v3,p1586#02 | p.615#01 | p.777r4c01 |
乎 | 丿+4 | 宓 | hū ㄏㄨ | Modal particle expressing questioning or a rhetorical question. / Modal particle expressing admiration or exclamation. / Modal particle expressing estimation. / Modal particle expressing request or order. / Modal particle expressing calling. / Modal particle expressing consideration. / Modal particle expressing affirmation. / Particle used after adjectives. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. / Preposition: in, from, to. | v1,p0036#08 | p.82#07 | p.47r3c03 |