Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
古 | 口+2 | 𠖠 𡇣 | gǔ ㄍㄨˇ | old, classic, ancient | v1,p0568#03 | p.171#08 | p.240r1c02 |
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 |
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 |
關 | 門+11 | 寡 関 闗 关 | guān ㄍㄨㄢ | frontier pass; close; relation | v7,p4316#10 | p.1341#09 | p.1412r2c03 |
禦 | 示+11 | 御 | yù ㄩˋ | defend, resist, hold out against | v4,p2408#03 | p.846#23 | p.984r5c02 |
暴 | 日+11 | 暴 𣋴 虣 | bào pù bó ㄅㄠˋ ㄆㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ | violent, brutal, tyrannical | v2,p1532#15 | p.499#29 | p.646r3c03 |
今 | 人+2 | | jīn ㄐㄧㄣ | now, today, modern era | v1,p0105#05 | p.91#18 | p.83r5c02 |
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. | | | |
出 | 凵+3 | 岀 | chū ㄔㄨ | Go out, exit. / Outside, without. / Take up a post. / Exile, banish. / Abandon (one's wife). / Free, release. / Give out, hand over. / Give, offer. / Send out, distribute. / Exceed. / Appear, emerge. / Create, make. / Produce, cause to grow. / Bear, give birth. / Origin, place of birth. / Part of an object which extends outwards. / Measure word: times, occurrences. / Measure word: section. | v1,p0307#08 | p.135#11 | p.172r1c01 |
入 | 入+0 | | rù ㄖㄨˋ | Enter, go into. / Put in, bring in. / Pay, offer. / Income, gains. / Inside, within. | v1,p0102#01 | p.125#32 | p.141r1c03 |
征 | 彳+5 | 徰 徵 | zhēng ㄓㄥ | invade, attack, conquer | v2,p0815#02 | p.365#37 | p.510r2c01 |
税 | 禾+7 | 稅 | shuì tuàn tuì tuō ㄕㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄛ | taxes | v4,p2609#10 | p.854#20 | |