Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
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 |
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 |
罕 | 网+3 | | hǎn hàn ㄏㄢˇ ㄏㄢˋ | rare, scarce; surname | v4,p2913#09 | p.946#35 | p.1064r5c01 |
言 | 言+0 | 訁 𢍗 𢍬 | yán ㄧㄢˊ | Speak, say. / Discuss, debate. / Tell. / Doctrine, theory, words. / One word. / Sentence. / Particle, no meaning. | v6,p3936#01 | p.1146#01 | p.1236r5c03 |
利 | 刀+5 | 利 𥝢 𥝤 | lì ㄌㄧˋ | Sharp. / Fast, speedy. / Favourable, lucky. / Convenient, useful. / Profits, benefits. / Beneficial to, good for. / Profit, interest. / Diarrhea. | v1,p0329#02 | p.138#19 | p.180r2c02 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
最 | 冂+10 | 𣤜 | zuì ㄗㄨㄟˋ | most, extremely, exceedingly | v2,p1516#08 | p.503#05 | p.653r5c01 |
難 | 隹+11 | 𩁢 𩁬 𩀙 𩁣 𩁲 𩁩 𩀏 𩁤 难 | nán ㄋㄢˊ | Difficult, not easy. / Make difficult, think difficult. | v6,p4108#05 | p.1370#05 | p.1446r3c01 |
| | | nàn ㄋㄢˋ | Disaster. / Blame. / Censure, reject. / Resent. / Hate. / Doctrine, thesis. | | | |
| | | nǎn ㄋㄢˇ | Fear. | | | |
| | | nuó ㄋㄨㄛˊ | Luxuriant. / Ceremony to banish sprits thought responsible for contagion. / How, why. | | | |
不 | 一+3 | 不 𠀚 𠙐 | bù ㄅㄨˋ | Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...? | v1,p0011#06 | p.76#15 | p.30r1c01 |
| | | fǒu ㄈㄡˇ | Same as 「」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as 「」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question. | | | |
| | | fū ㄈㄨ | Sepal of a flower. | | | |
| | | pī ㄆㄧ | Same as 「」 pī ㄆㄧ: Large. | | | |
| | | bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | Show disdain for. | | | |
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 |
好 | 女+3 | 𡥆 𡚽 𩐔 | hǎo ㄏㄠˇ | Attractive appearance. / Wonderful, beautiful. / Healthy, fit. / Excellent. / Harmonious. / Complete. / In order to. / Adverb: very. / Adverb: many or long. | v2,p1028#01 | p.255#11 | p.378r1c03 |
| | | hào ㄏㄠˋ | Like, find pleasing. / Hole in a piece of jade or a coin.. | | | |
但 | 人+5 | | dàn ㄉㄢˋ | only; but, however, yet, still | v1,p0132#04 | p.97#21 | p.95r5c05 |
聖 | 耳+7 | 堊 𦕡 𠄵 圣 | shèng ㄕㄥˋ | holy, sacred; sage | v4,p2789#06 | p.967#22 | p.1082r6c06 |
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 |
方 | 方+0 | 𤙗 | fāng ㄈㄤ | Two boats in line. / Two boats travelling together. / Together, in a row. / Same, equivalent. / Comparison, metaphor. / Square. / Upright, honest. / Land, earth. / Vicinity, area around. / Place, area. / One side, one area. / Wooden board used for writing in ancient times. / (Medical) prescription. / Direction. / Convention. / Standard, rule. / The proper way. / Method, way. / Specialized techniques. / Occupy. / Disobey. / Preposition: just then. / Adverb: while. / Adverb: about to. / Adverb: just. / Criticism. | v3,p2172#01 | p.481#03 | p.619r4c01 |
| | | páng ㄆㄤˊ | Wide, universal. | | | |
要 | 襾+3 | 𡢗 𦥼 𠾅 | yāo ㄧㄠ | Waist. / Wear around the waist. / Restrict, constrain. / Intercept. / Invite, call upon. / Coerce, threaten. / Seek. / Seek to gain trust and favour. / End, put a stop to.
/ Confirm, verify.
| v4,p2805#08 | p.1128#16 | p.1226r2c01 |
| | | yào ㄧㄠˋ | The key, the main point. / The important. / Summarize. / Ultimately, in the end. / Need, require. / Will, shall. / Desire, wish. | | | |
| | | yǎo ㄧㄠˇ | Same as 「」 yǎo ㄧㄠˇ: See "騕褭". | | | |
恐 | 心+6 | 𢖶 𢙢 | kǒng ㄎㄨㄥˇ | fear; fearful, apprehensive | v4,p2289#08 | p.384#08 | p.529r3c03 |
一 | 一+0 | 弌 壹 | yī ㄧ | one; a, an; alone | v1,p0001#01 | p.75#01 | p.1r1c01 |
向 | 口+3 | 嚮 曏 | xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ | toward, direction, trend | v1,p0579#08 | p.176#04 | p.256r3c01 |
去 | 厶+3 | | qù ㄑㄩˋ | Leave, go away from. / Send away. / Remove, get rid of. / Banish, discard. / Lose, cease to possess. / Distance, separation. / Previous, past. / Later, after. | v1,p0384#08 | p.164#10 | p.232r1c04 |
| | | jǔ ㄐㄩˇ | Collect, keep. | | | |
| | | qū ㄑㄩ | Expel. | | | |
趨 | 走+10 | 趍 趋 | qū cù qù cǒu ㄑㄩ ㄘㄨˋ ㄑㄩˋ ㄘㄡˇ | hasten, hurry; be attracted to | v5,p3497#03 | p.1219#30 | p.1287r3c03 |
應 | 心+13 | 応 硬 应 | yīng yìng ㄧㄥ ㄧㄥˋ | should, ought to, must | v4,p2359#03 | p.405#21 | p.546r1c02 |
教 | 攴+7 | 敎 | jiào jiāo ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄠ | teach, class | v2,p1459#09 | p.472#05 | |
就 | 尢+9 | | jiù ㄐㄧㄡˋ | just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near | v1,p0555#11 | p.299#05 | p.445r1c05 |
害 | 宀+7 | | hài ㄏㄞˋ | Injure, kill. / Damage, obstruct. / Disaster. / Harm, harmful effect. / Fear. / Difficult path, dangerous area. / Jealous. | v2,p0929#05 | p.286#12 | p.419r5c01 |
| | | hé ㄏㄜˊ | What. / Why not. | | | |
| | | è ㄜˋ | Stop, prevent. | | | |
故 | 攴+5 | | gù ㄍㄨˋ | Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus. | v2,p1453#05 | p.469#25 | p.601r5c01 |
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 |
耳 | 耳+0 | | ěr ㄦˇ | Ear. / Handles on either side of an object. / Ear-shaped object. / Hear, hear it said. / Connective: and. / Modal particle: just, only. / Modal particle expressing affirmation. | v4,p2783#01 | p.965#05 | p.1081r3c03 |
蓋 | 艸+10 | 𤇁 盖 葢 | gài gě hé ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄜˇ ㄏㄜˊ | cover, hide, protect | v5,p3260#13 | p.1051#12 | p.1161r3c02 |
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. | | | |
義 | 羊+7 | 义 | yì ㄧˋ | right conduct, righteousness | v5,p3133#02 | p.952#32 | p.1071r3c01 |
和 | 口+5 | 龢 咊 惒 | hé huò huó hè ㄏㄜˊ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄏㄜˋ | harmony, peace; peaceful, calm | v1,p0602#01 | p.185#01 | p.267r3c01 |
處 | 虍+5 | 処 䖏 处 | chǔ ㄔㄨˇ | Stay, reside. / Settle. / Be in, located in. / Retire. / Appoint, serve in office. / Stop, rest. / Remain, stay. / Implement, carry out. / Handle, process. / Judge, form a judgement. / Decide, fix. / Distinguish, separate. / Standard, rule. | v4,p2822#12 | p.1073#25 | p.1183r5c02 |
| | | chù ㄔㄨˋ | Place, location. / Position, role. | | | |
便 | 人+7 | 便 | biàn pián ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄧㄢˊ | convenience, ease; expedient | v1,p0157#03 | p.103#32 | p.105r2c05 |
老 | 老+0 | 耂 𠄰 | lǎo ㄌㄠˇ | old, aged; experienced | v4,p2778#01 | p.960#25 | p.1077r3c03 |
蘇 | 艸+16 | 苏 | sū sù ㄙㄨ ㄙㄨˋ | revive, resurrect; a species of thyme; transliteration of 'Soviet' | v5,p3327#07 | p.1068#07 | p.1177r5c01 |
嘗 | 口+11 | 甞 𨡔 𠹉 尝 | cháng ㄔㄤˊ | taste; experience, experiment | v2,p1529#09 | p.206#09 | p.289r3c03 |
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 |
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. | | | |
剛 | 刀+8 | 𠜛 𠇝 𠇙 刚 | gāng ㄍㄤ | hard, tough, rigid, strong | v1,p0344#10 | p.141#11 | p.186r1c03 |
而 | 而+0 | | ér ㄦˊ | Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle. | v4,p2810#01 | p.961#18 | p.1080r2c03 |
| | | néng ㄋㄥˊ | Same as 「」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent. | | | |
惟 | 心+8 | 𢛧 | wéi ㄨㄟˊ | but, however, nevertheless; only | v4,p2316#03 | p.391#17 | p.534r6c02 |
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. | | | |
在 | 土+3 | | zài ㄗㄞˋ | Exist, be alive. / Be in a certain place. / Inquire after, pay one's respects to. / Preposition: due to, being that. / Preposition: specifies location or time of an action - in, at. | v1,p0418#07 | p.223#10 | p.312r2c07 |
其 | 八+6 | 丌 亓 | qí ㄑㄧˊ | Third-person possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their. / Demonstrative pronoun: that, those. / Adverb expressing estimation or guess. / Adverb expressing imperative. / Adverb expressing rhetorical question. / Adverb expressing future tense. / Connective expressing hypothesis: if, supposing. / Connective expressing choice: or. / Connective expressing concession: even if. / Particle used after an adjective. / Particle: of. / Particle used for emphasis after single-character adjectives or onomatopoeia. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to alter the tempo. | v1,p0245#01 | p.127#18 | p.162r5c01 |
| | | jì ㄐㄧˋ | Particle used after bi and he. | | | |
| | | jī ㄐㄧ | Modal particle expressing interrogative tone. / A year. | | | |
中 | 丨+3 | 𠁧 𠁩 塚 | zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain | v1,p0028#10 | p.79#03 | p.37r4c02 |
此 | 止+2 | | cǐ ㄘˇ | This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then. | v2,p1438#03 | p.574#10 | p.735r4c01 |
成 | 戈+2 | 𢦩 | chéng ㄔㄥˊ | completed, finished, fixed | v2,p1399#01 | p.411#11 | |
議 | 言+13 | 议 | yì ㄧˋ | consult, talk over, discuss | v6,p4026#01 | p.1183#24 | p.1256r3c02 |
論 | 言+8 | 論 论 | lùn lún ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ | debate; discuss; discourse | v6,p3988#03 | p.1168#13 | p.1249r3c02 |
即 | 卩+5 | 卽 | jí ㄐㄧˊ | promptly, quickly, immediately | v1,p0314#02 | p.159#18 | p.226r6c02 |
卻 | 卩+7 | 却 | què ㄑㄩㄝˋ | still, but; decline; retreat | v1,p0317#02 | p.159#28 | p.227r5c01 |
因 | 囗+3 | 囙 𤇀 | yīn ㄧㄣ | cause, reason; by; because (of) | v1,p0711#09 | p.217#02 | |
遂 | 辵+9 | 𨒉 𨔱 𨓸 𨔲 | suì ㄙㄨㄟˋ | Ditch between fields. / Waterway. / Pass through. / Succeed, go well. / Finished, past. / Grow up, bring up. / Favourable, as hoped. / Follow. / Not interfere with. / Advance. / Item used in archery. / Distant suburbs. / Adverb: finally, at last. / Adverb: and then, thereupon. / Part of a clock. / Distant, far off. / Name of a state in ancient China. | v6,p3862#03 | p.1260#32 | p.1328r5c01 |
| | | zhuì ㄓㄨㄟˋ | Fall. | | | |
用 | 用+0 | 𤰆 𠛁 | yòng ㄩㄥˋ | use, employ, apply, operate; use | v1,p0097#05 | p.755#24 | p.908r6c02 |
些 | 二+5 | | xiē suò sā ㄒㄧㄝ ㄙㄨㄛˋ ㄙㄚ | little, few; rather, somewhat | v2,p1441#08 | p.87#10 | p.73r1c03 |
小 | 小+0 | | xiǎo ㄒㄧㄠˇ | Small. / Make small. / View as small. / Thin. / Insufficient. / Short (time), fleeting. / Young. / Slightly, somewhat. / Low level. / A person of low rank. / A person of bad moral character. / Humble term for oneself. | v1,p0560#12 | p.296#18 | p.438r2c01 |
後 | 彳+6 | 𨒥 𢔏 后 | hòu ㄏㄡˋ | Behind, to the rear of. / To be left behind. / Later in time. / Future. / Descendents, offspring. | v2,p0822#03 | p.366#18 | p.511r2c01 |
來 | 人+6 | 來 来 徠 耒 | lái ㄌㄞˊ | Wheat. / Come, approach, draw near. / Return. / Incur, lead to. / Will, in the future. / Since, from some time until now. / Approximate number. / Particle: used when the object of a sentence is moved forward to emphasize the object. / Particle used to alter tempo. / Modal particle expressing suggestion or encouragement. | v1,p0141#08 | p.101#16 | p.102r1c01 |
| | | lài ㄌㄞˋ | See 勞來. | | | |
東 | 木+4 | 东 | dōng ㄉㄨㄥ | east, eastern, eastward | v2,p1165#04 | p.513#12 | p.675r6c02 |
坡 | 土+5 | | pō ㄆㄛ | slope, bank, hillside | v1,p0436#01 | p.226#11 | p.317r6c04 |
解 | 角+6 | 觧 | jiě jiè xiè ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄒㄧㄝˋ | loosen, unfasten, untie; explain | v6,p3925#10 | p.1142#01 | p.1234r3c02 |
易 | 日+4 | 易 | yì ㄧˋ | change; easy | v2,p1494#01 | p.492#03 | p.633r6c01 |
亦 | 亠+4 | 𠅃 | yì ㄧˋ | Original character for 腋. / Also. / Just, merely. / Again. / Modal particle at the beginning or middle of a sentence. / Accumulate. | v1,p0281#03 | p.88#09 | p.78r2c02 |
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. | | | |
更 | 曰+3 | 更 㪅 | gèng gēng ㄍㄥˋ ㄍㄥ | more, still further, much more | v1,p0020#02 | p.502#06 | p.649r5c02 |
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 |
時 | 日+6 | 旹 时 | shí ㄕˊ | Season. / Unit of time equal to two hours. / [The passage of] time. / Time, times. / Age, period, epoch. / Occasion, opportune moment. / On time. / Then, at that time. / Always, constantly. / Same as 「」 sì ㄙˋ: Wait until, wait for (a chance). | v2,p1505#05 | p.494#22 | p.639r3c04 |
舉 | 臼+10 | 擧 㪯 举 | jǔ ㄐㄩˇ | raise, lift up; recommend | v5,p3041#08 | p.1005#15 | p.1114r3c01 |