Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
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 |
貢 | 貝+3 | 贡 | gòng ㄍㄨㄥˋ | offer tribute; tribute, gifts | v6,p3624#05 | p.1205#01 | p.1269r6c01 |
問 | 口+8 | 𠳅 问 | wèn ㄨㄣˋ | Ask, inquire. / Investigate, look into. / Inquire after, give regards to. / Interrogate, question. / Visit (another states). / Research, investigate. / Give, present with. / Tell. / Sound. / Same as 「」 wèn ㄨㄣˋ: Reputation, fame. | v7,p4284#03 | p.195#10 | p.279r3c03 |
仁 | 人+2 | 忈 忎 𡰥 | rén ㄖㄣˊ | humaneness, benevolence, kindness | v1,p0107#01 | p.91#07 | |
是 | 日+5 | 昰 𣆞 | shì ㄕˋ | Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object. | v2,p1497#05 | p.493#26 | p.639r1c01 |
就 | 尢+9 | | jiù ㄐㄧㄡˋ | just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near | v1,p0555#11 | p.299#05 | p.445r1c05 |
功 | 力+3 | | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | achievement, merit, good result | v1,p0365#08 | p.146#11 | p.192r3c03 |
用 | 用+0 | 𤰆 𠛁 | yòng ㄩㄥˋ | use, employ, apply, operate; use | v1,p0097#05 | p.755#24 | p.908r6c02 |
籠 | 竹+16 | 籠 笼 | lóng lǒng ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄨㄥˇ | cage; cage-like basket | v5,p3031#03 | p.904#45 | p.1023r5c02 |
罩 | 网+8 | 䈇 | zhào ㄓㄠˋ | basket for catching fish; cover | v4,p2921#01 | p.948#09 | p.1065r2c05 |
說 | 言+7 | 説 说 | shuō ㄕㄨㄛ | Explain. / Tell. / Advocate. / Oath. / A type of writing expounding upon a canon. | v6,p3979#03 | p.1164#08 | p.1246r4c02 |
| | | shuì ㄕㄨㄟˋ | Recommend, persuade. / Stop. | | | |
| | | yuè ㄩㄝˋ | Same as 「」 yuè ㄩㄝˋ: Happy, pleased, like. / To please. | | | |
孔 | 子+1 | 𡤿 | kǒng ㄎㄨㄥˇ | opening, hole, orifice; great | v2,p1008#04 | p.277#09 | p.396r6c02 |
心 | 心+0 | 㣺 忄 | xīn ㄒㄧㄣ | heart; mind, intelligence; soul | v4,p2267#01 | p.375#01 | p.521r1c01 |
上 | 一+2 | 丄 𠄞 | shàng ㄕㄤˋ | top; superior, highest; go up, send up | v1,p0005#04 | p.76#07 | p.24r2c01 |
答 | 竹+6 | 荅 畣 畗 | dá dā ㄉㄚˊ ㄉㄚ | answer, reply; return; assent to | v5,p2968#01 | p.883#13 | p.1013r5c02 |
可 | 口+2 | 歌 厥 | kě kè ㄎㄜˇ ㄎㄜˋ | may, can, -able; possibly | v1,p0567#07 | p.172#12 | p.244r1c02 |
學 | 子+13 | 𢻯 斈 学 | xué ㄒㄩㄝˊ | Study, learn. / Doctrine, teaching. / School of thought. / School, place of learning. / Account, state. | v2,p1019#11 | p.280#28 | p.403r3c05 |
| | | xiào ㄒㄧㄠˋ | Instruct, teach. | | | |