Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
乾 | 乙+10 | 漧 𠄋 乹 亁 干 | gān qián ㄍㄢ ㄑㄧㄢˊ | dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male) | v1,p0056#10 | p.84#25 | p.56r2c02 |
坤 | 土+5 | 巛 𠔜 堃 | kūn ㄎㄨㄣ | earth; feminine, female | v1,p0431#07 | p.226#14 | p.317r6c05 |
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. | | | |
易 | 日+4 | 易 | yì ㄧˋ | change; easy | v2,p1494#01 | p.492#03 | p.633r6c01 |
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 |
縕 | 糸+10 | 韞 缊 | yūn yùn ㄩㄣ ㄩㄣˋ | tangled hemp, raveled silk; vague, confused | v5,p3437#02 | p.933#33 | p.1056r4c05 |
向 | 口+3 | 嚮 曏 | xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ | toward, direction, trend | v1,p0579#08 | p.176#04 | p.256r3c01 |
論 | 言+8 | 論 论 | lùn lún ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄌㄨㄣˊ | debate; discuss; discourse | v6,p3988#03 | p.1168#13 | p.1249r3c02 |
衣 | 衣+0 | 衤 | yī yì ㄧ ㄧˋ | clothes, clothing; cover, skin | v5,p3074#01 | p.1111#01 | p.1208r5c01 |
敝 | 攴+8 | | bì ㄅㄧˋ | break, destroy; broken, tattered | v2,p1461#04 | p.472#11 | p.605r2c04 |
袍 | 衣+5 | | páo bào ㄆㄠˊ ㄅㄠˋ | long gown, robe, cloak | v5,p3084#06 | p.1113#30 | p.1211r3c02 |
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 |
綿 | 糸+8 | 緜 绵 | mián ㄇㄧㄢˊ | cotton wad; wool; soft, downy | v5,p3416#02 | p.928#17 | p.1052r2c05 |
絮 | 糸+6 | | xù nǜ qù chù nà ㄒㄩˋ ㄋㄩˋ ㄑㄩˋ ㄔㄨˋ ㄋㄚˋ | waste cotton, raw silk or cotton | v5,p3400#07 | p.923#17 | p.1043r5c04 |
胎 | 肉+5 | | tāi ㄊㄞ | unborn child, embryo, fetus | v3,p2065#06 | p.978#02 | p.1092r3c01 |
今 | 人+2 | | jīn ㄐㄧㄣ | now, today, modern era | v1,p0105#05 | p.91#18 | p.83r5c02 |
看 | 目+4 | | kàn kān ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢ | look, see; examine, scrutinize | v4,p2474#03 | p.803#07 | p.947r6c02 |
此 | 止+2 | | cǐ ㄘˇ | This. / Like this. / Here. / Adverb: then. | v2,p1438#03 | p.574#10 | p.735r4c01 |
字 | 子+3 | 𡥜 𥤪 | zì ㄗˋ | letter, character, word | v2,p1010#02 | p.277#18 | p.398r1c03 |
正 | 止+1 | 㱏 𣥔 𤴓 𧾸 | zhèng ㄓㄥˋ | Straight, not at an angle. / Appropriate. / Normal. / Decent, upstanding. / Fix, determine. / Govern, rule. / Set punishments. / Formal, primary. / Pure, unadulterated. / Son by one's official wife. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Expresses continuation of an action or state. / Officer. / Only. / Government, state affairs. / Prove, verify. | v2,p1436#01 | p.574#02 | p.732r5c02 |
| | | zhēng ㄓㄥ | First month in the Chinese calander. / Centre of a target. / Attack, punitive expedition. | | | |
如 | 女+3 | | rú ㄖㄨˊ | Go to. / According to, in accordance with. / Like, similar to. / As good as, comparable to. / Should. / Or, alternatively. / If, should it be the case. / As for, as regards. / Adjectival suffix. | v2,p1025#09 | p.255#21 | p.378r5c02 |
取 | 又+6 | | qǔ ㄑㄩˇ | Cut off (the ears). / Catch, capture. / Take, exact. / Gain, take possession of. / Incur. / Achieve an easy victory. / Defeat in battle, conquer. / Extract from, come out of. / Take, choose, pick out. / Select, appoint. / Take a wife. / Adverb: expresses range, scope: merely. | v1,p0395#01 | p.166#04 | p.236r3c01 |
義 | 羊+7 | 义 | yì ㄧˋ | right conduct, righteousness | v5,p3133#02 | p.952#32 | p.1071r3c01 |
包 | 勹+3 | 勹 | bāo ㄅㄠ | wrap, pack, bundle; package | v1,p0257#06 | p.150#27 | p.200r5c04 |
著 | 艸+8 | 着 螫 | zhù zhuó chú zhāo zháo zhe ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄓㄠ ㄓㄠˊ ㄓㄜ· | manifest; (Cant.) to wear | v5,p3228#02 | p.1044#26 | p.1153r3c03 |
理 | 玉+7 | 理 | lǐ ㄌㄧˇ | reason, logic; manage | v2,p1115#13 | p.733#04 | p.895r5c01 |
即 | 卩+5 | 卽 | jí ㄐㄧˊ | promptly, quickly, immediately | v1,p0314#02 | p.159#18 | p.226r6c02 |
體 | 骨+13 | 𩪆 体 軆 | tǐ tī ㄊㄧˇ ㄊㄧ | body; group, class, body, unit | v7,p4419#03 | p.1451#06 | p.1513r5c01 |
骨 | 骨+0 | | gǔ gū gú ㄍㄨˇ ㄍㄨ ㄍㄨˊ | bone; skeleton; frame, framework | v7,p4406#01 | p.1447#25 | p.1512r1c02 |
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 |
㽦 | 田+10 | | xún ㄒㄩㄣˊ | reclaimed land; flat and in even level | v4,p2551#07 | p.765#19 | |
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 |
傑 | 人+10 | 杰 | jié ㄐㄧㄝˊ | hero; outstanding, remarkable | v1,p0204#05 | p.113#09 | p.121r2c07 |
錄 | 金+8 | 録 录 | lù ㄌㄨˋ | copy, write down, record | v6,p4227#09 | p.1309#11 | p.1383r2c04 |
云 | 二+2 | 員 雲 | yún ㄩㄣˊ | Old form of 雲。 / Say, speak. / To be. / Have, posess. / Socialize, interact with. / Move. / Thus, like this. / If. / Particle used at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence, no meaning. / Many. | v1,p0384#02 | p.86#08 | p.63r6c02 |
箇 | 竹+8 | 個 个 | gè gě ㄍㄜˋ ㄍㄜˇ | numerary adjunct, piece; single | v5,p2983#01 | p.886#36 | p.1015r1c02 |
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 |