| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
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| 唯 | 口+8 | | wéi ㄨㄟˊ | Only, exclusively. / Connective: although, even though. / Connective: because. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence to express hope or desire. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence to express confirmation. / Particle, no meaning. | v1,p0642#05 | p.193#17 | p.277r1c02 |
| | | | wěi ㄨㄟˇ | Sound of affirmation. / Affirm. | | | |
| 我 | 戈+3 | 𠨂 𢦓 𢦠 | wǒ ㄨㄛˇ | First-person pronoun: I. / One's own side in general. / Expresses closeness. / Egoism, self-involvement. | v2,p1401#02 | p.412#01 | p.552r1c01 |
| 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. | | | |
| 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. | | | |
| 无 | 火+8 | 𣟒 𣚨 𠘩 无 无 | wú ㄨˊ | Not have. / Philosophical category referring to absence, non-existence, or vacuity. / Adverb expressing negation: not. / Adverb expressing questioning: or not. / Connective: regardless of. / Connective: even if. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence, no meaning. / Do not. / Barren, uncultivated. | v3,p2211#15 | p.673#26 | p.848r2c04 |
| 卖 | 贝+8 | 売 𧷨 卖 | mài ㄇㄞˋ | sell; betray; show off | v6,p3645#07 | p.1209#32 | p.1277r1c01 |
| 处 | 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. | | | |
| 笔 | 竹+6 | 笔 | bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | writing brush; write; stroke | v5,p2970#09 | p.882#19 | p.1011r2c02 |
| 锋 | 金+7 | 锋 | fēng ㄈㄥ | point of spear, sharp point | v6,p4210#08 | p.1307#12 | p.1381r6c04 |
| 销 | 金+7 | 销 | xiāo ㄒㄧㄠ | melt, fuse; market, sell; to pass time, finish, cancel | v6,p4206#10 | p.1306#09 | |
| 尽 | 皿+9 | 𥁞 尽 | jìn ㄐㄧㄣˋ | Finished, all gone. / Finish, end. / Die. / Until. / Exert oneself to the utmost. / Exhaust. / Limit, extreme. / (Spoken) clearly and unambiguously. / Fully, completely. / Most (superlative). / Advance, move forward. / Expense. | v4,p2567#05 | p.795#22 | p.940r3c05 |
| 墨 | 黑+3 | | mò ㄇㄛˋ | Black ink used in calligraphy and painting. / Black. / Dark expression. / Dirty. / Corrupt. / Punishment by tattooing the face. / [To wear] black mourning dress. / Fortune-telling by burning of tortoise shells. / Unit of length equal to five chi. / Silent. | v1,p0487#03 | p.238#40 | p.329r2c03 |
| 池 | 水+3 | | chí tuó chè ㄔˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄜˋ | pool, pond; moat; cistern | v3,p1555#03 | p.606#05 | p.766r6c01 |
| 荒 | 草+6 | 𠃤 𠯚 | huāng huǎng kāng ㄏㄨㄤ ㄏㄨㄤˇ ㄎㄤ | wasteland, desert; uncultivated | v5,p3209#02 | p.1031#08 | p.1138r3c02 |
