Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
某 | 木+5 | 梅 厶 | mǒu ㄇㄡˇ | certain thing or person | v2,p1177#04 | p.519#01 | p.686r1c01 |
旧 | 臼+12 | 旧 | jiù ㄐㄧㄡˋ | old, ancient; former, past | v5,p3043#18 | p.1006#01 | p.1114r6c01 |
时 | 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 |
看 | 目+4 | | kàn kān ㄎㄢˋ ㄎㄢ | look, see; examine, scrutinize | v4,p2474#03 | p.803#07 | p.947r6c02 |
文 | 文+0 | 㒚 稳 | wén ㄨㄣˊ | Mixture of colours. / Decorative design. / Portray in words or pictures. / Adornment, embellishment. / External appearance. / Characters, words. / Books, works. / Confucian doctrine. / Civilian, non-military. / Drum (musical instrument). / Measure word for money. | v3,p2169#01 | p.477#01 | p.608r4c02 |
| | | wèn ㄨㄣˋ | Adorn, embellish. / Conceal, gloss over. | | | |
字 | 子+3 | 𡥜 𥤪 | zì ㄗˋ | letter, character, word | v2,p1010#02 | p.277#18 | p.398r1c03 |
一 | 一+0 | 弌 壹 | yī ㄧ | one; a, an; alone | v1,p0001#01 | p.75#01 | p.1r1c01 |
向 | 口+3 | 向 向 | 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. | | | |
数 | 攴+11 | 数 | shù shǔ cù shuò ㄕㄨˋ ㄕㄨˇ ㄘㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄛˋ | number; several; count; fate | v2,p1474#01 | p.475#04 | p.607r4c01 |
卷 | 卩+6 | 卷 | juàn quán ㄐㄩㄢˋ ㄑㄩㄢˊ | scroll; curl; make a comeback | v1,p0315#03 | p.159#23 | p.226r6c04 |
全 | 入+4 | 𠓴 㒰 | quán ㄑㄩㄢˊ | maintain, keep whole or intact | v1,p0115#08 | p.126#05 | p.144r6c01 |
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. | | | |
曾 | 曰+8 | 曽 | céng zēng ㄘㄥˊ ㄗㄥ | already; sign of past | v2,p1521#03 | p.503#03 | p.653r1c01 |
得 | 彳+8 | 𢔶 䙷 𢔨 | dé ㄉㄜˊ | Get, obtain. / Plunder. / Covet. / Success. / Fitting, appropriate. / Compatible. / Satisfied, pleased. / Possible, can. / Same as “” dé ㄉㄜˊ: Morals, morality. / Same as “” dé ㄉㄜˊ: Reward kindness, thank. | v2,p0828#03 | p.367#31 | p.513r6c02 |
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 |
细 | 糸+5 | 细 | xì ㄒㄧˋ | fine, tiny; slender, thin | v5,p3380#05 | p.919#36 | p.1038r4c01 |
于 | 方+4 | 乌 𣱏 𤕘 于 亏 扵 | yú ㄩˊ | Be (copula). / Be, exist. / Preposition: in. / Preposition: from or to. / Preposition: compared to. / Preposition: to, for, towards. / Preposition: by (indicating passive tense). / Preposition: with, using. / Preposition: due to, because of. / Preposition: by, according to. / Connective: just as. / Auxiliary word, no meaning. | v3,p2175#02 | p.481#11 | p.622r2c03 |
义 | 羊+7 | 义 | yì ㄧˋ | right conduct, righteousness | v5,p3133#02 | p.952#32 | p.1071r3c01 |
理 | 玉+7 | 理 | lǐ ㄌㄧˇ | reason, logic; manage | v2,p1115#13 | p.733#04 | p.895r5c01 |
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 |
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 |
然 | 火+8 | 燃 𤓉 | rán ㄖㄢˊ | Burn. / Demonstrative pronoun: like this, like that. / Expresses affirmation: true, indeed so. / Believe correct, affirm. / Adverb: actually, thus. / Connective: but, however, yet. / Particle used at the end of a sentence to express comparison. Like, as if. / Particle used after an adjective or adverb to express state. / Particle used at the end of a sentence to express affirmative mode. | v3,p2213#05 | p.675#12 | p.852r5c01 |
极 | 木+9 | 极 | jí ㄐㄧˊ | extreme, utmost, furthest, final | v2,p1240#10 | p.542#02 | p.710r4c03 |
为 | 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. | | | |
病 | 疒+5 | | bìng ㄅㄧㄥˋ | illness, sickness, disease | v4,p2664#13 | p.772#06 | p.920r5c02 |
今 | 人+2 | | jīn ㄐㄧㄣ | now, today, modern era | v1,p0105#05 | p.91#18 | p.83r5c02 |
日 | 日+0 | 𡆸 | rì mì ㄖˋ ㄇㄧˋ | sun; day; daytime | v2,p1482#01 | p.489#01 | p.627r1c01 |
中 | 丨+3 | 𠁧 𠁩 冢 | zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain | v1,p0028#10 | p.79#03 | p.37r4c02 |
庸 | 广+8 | 㐯 𠆌 | yōng yóng ㄩㄥ ㄩㄥˊ | usual, common, ordinary, mediocre | v2,p0890#05 | p.347#30 | p.490r6c01 |
只 | 口+2 | 止 子 只 只 | zhǐ zhī ㄓˇ ㄓ | only, just, simply | v1,p0570#03 | p.172#05 | p.243r4c01 |
段 | 殳+5 | 𠩻 | duàn ㄉㄨㄢˋ | section, piece, division | v3,p2155#10 | p.584#22 | p.742r5c01 |
扬 | 手+9 | 敭 𠭲 扬 | yáng ㄧㄤˊ | scatter, spread; praise | v3,p1914#11 | p.442#08 | p.584r6c03 |