Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
孔子 | 子+1 子+0 | 𡤿 㜽 𢀈 𢀉 𡐫 𣕓 只 | kǒng zǐ ㄎㄨㄥˇ ㄗˇ | 先秦思想家,名丘,字仲尼。 Confucius, a pre-Qin philosopher. | v2,p1008#04 v2,p1006#06 | p.277#09 p.277#01 | p.396r6c02 p.395r1c01 |
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 |
喪 | 口+9 | 𡂤 𡴧 𡂧 𦦦 𡚏 丧 | sàng ㄙㄤˋ | Lose, cease to have. / Die. / Destroy, lose. | v1,p0650#03 | p.200#12 | p.286r5c02 |
| | | sāng ㄙㄤ | Funeral rites, mourning. / Dismayed, dispirited. / Remains, body in a coffin. | | | |
公西赤 | 八+2 襾+0 赤+0 | 㒶 覀 𠧧 㢴 𤆍 烾 | gōng xī chì ㄍㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ ㄔˋ | Same as 「」 zǐ huá ㄗˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ: 公西赤,字子華,孔子的學生。 Gongxi Chi, styled Zihua, a student of Confucius. | v1,p0242#01 v4,p2805#02 v5,p3506#01 | p.126#28 p.1128#10 p.1213#22 | p.151r3c01 p.1221r6c03 p.1280r2c02 |
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. | | | |
志 | 心+3 | 誌 𢗍 志 | zhì ㄓˋ | purpose, will, determination; annals | v4,p2269#04 | p.376#21 | p.523r3c03 |
焉 | 火+7 | | yān ㄧㄢ | Same as 「」 zhī ㄓ: Demonstrative pronoun: this, these. / Same as 「」 zhī ㄓ: Third person pronoun: him, her, it. / Demonstrative pronoun and modal particle: than this. / Interrogative pronoun: how, where. / Interrogative pronoun: what. / Connective: and, then. / Preposition: in. / Modal particle. / Adjectival or adverbal suffix. | v3,p2206#14 | p.672#21 | p.847r5c01 |
飾 | 食+5 | 餙 饰 | shì chì ㄕˋ ㄔˋ | decorate, ornament, adorn; to deceive | v7,p4447#06 | p.1418#42 | p.1491r2c01 |
棺 | 木+8 | 𣑄 | guān guàn ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄢˋ | coffin | v2,p1238#09 | p.535#04 | p.704r5c04 |
墻 | 土+13 | 牆 廧 墙 | qiáng ㄑㄧㄤˊ | wall | v1,p0490#14 | p.239#30 | p.331r6c01 |
置 | 网+8 | 寘 𦌃 𦌤 𦋽 𦋲 | zhì ㄓˋ | Release, pardon. / Give up, abandon. / Place, put. / Establish, put in place. / Buy, purchase. / A post, a stage. / Coach, carriage. | v4,p2919#02 | p.948#20 | p.1065r3c01 |
翣 | 羽+8 | | shà ㄕㄚˋ | feathers used decorate coffin; large wooden fan | v5,p3351#02 | p.957#43 | p.1075r4c01 |
設 | 言+4 | 设 | shè ㄕㄜˋ | build; establish; display; particle of hypothesis, supposing | v6,p3950#05 | p.1151#09 | p.1239r2c04 |
披 | 手+5 | 翍 㓟 | pī ㄆㄧ | wear; split; crack | v3,p1861#01 | p.422#20 | p.565r6c03 |
周 | 口+5 | 週 𠱬 𠄗 | zhōu ㄓㄡ | Surround. / Cyclicly, repeatedly. / (Travel) widely. / Careful, detailed. / Firm, unshaken. / Measure word: number of times. / Friendly, approachable. / Suitable, appropriate (for). / Turning place, corner. / Most (superlative). / Assist financially. / The Zhou dynasty. | v1,p0606#03 | p.181#36 | |
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 |
崇 | 山+8 | 嵩 | chóng ㄔㄨㄥˊ | esteem, honor, revere, venerate | v1,p0782#14 | p.313#01 | p.457r5c01 |
殷 | 殳+6 | | yīn yān yǐn ㄧㄣ ㄧㄢ ㄧㄣˇ | many, great; abundant, flourishing | v3,p2156#04 | p.585#02 | p.742r6c03 |
綢 | 糸+8 | 紬 绸 | chóu tāo diào ㄔㄡˊ ㄊㄠ ㄉㄧㄠˋ | silk cloth, satin damask | v5,p3417#10 | p.926#32 | p.1049r2c01 |
練 | 糸+9 | 练 | liàn ㄌㄧㄢˋ | Heat raw silk to make it white and soft. / Dye. / Purify, make pure. / White, treated silk. / Practice, train. / Well-trained. / Choose, select. / Smelt metal. / Name of a memorial ritual held for ones parents. | v5,p3424#02 | p.932#04 | p.1054r5c03 |
旐 | 方+8 | | zhào ㄓㄠˋ | an embroidered pennant | v3,p2183#01 | p.484#12 | p.625r5c02 |
夏 | 夊+7 | 𡔰 𠍺 昰 𡕾 | xià jiǎ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ | summer; great, grand, big | v2,p0869#10 | p.245#12 | p.335r1c08 |