| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
|---|
| 因 | 囗+3 | 囙 𤇀 | yīn ㄧㄣ | cause, reason; by; because (of) | v1,p0711#09 | p.217#02 | |
| 君 | 口+4 | 𠱩 𠱭 | jūn ㄐㄩㄣ | The son of heaven. / The ruler of a state. / Dafu (title). / To be ruler. / To rule, to govern. | v1,p0595#06 | p.177#07 | p.256r6c08 |
| 照 | 火+9 | 照 | zhào ㄓㄠˋ | shine, illumine, reflect | v3,p2221#01 | p.677#36 | p.854r2c01 |
| 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 |
| 丹 | 丶+3 | 丹 𠁿 㣋 𠕑 | dān ㄉㄢ | cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) | v1,p0044#01 | p.80#16 | p.44r2c01 |
| 心 | 心+0 | 㣺 忄 | xīn ㄒㄧㄣ | heart; mind, intelligence; soul | v4,p2267#01 | p.375#01 | p.521r1c01 |
| 事 | 亅+7 | 亊 叓 𠭏 | shì ㄕˋ | Office, duty. / Job, career. / Things, affairs. / Accident, incident. / Engage (in), pursue. / Serve. | v1,p0023#03 | p.85#24 | p.58r3c02 |
| 减 | 水+9 | 减 | jiǎn ㄐㄧㄢˇ | decrease, subtract, diminish | v3,p1671#07 | p.633#42 | p.811r3c02 |
| 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 |
| 愁 | 心+9 | | chóu ㄔㄡˊ | anxiety; to worry about, be anxious | v4,p2322#08 | p.393#21 | p.536r5c06 |
| 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 |
| 一 | 一+0 | 弌 壹 | yī ㄧ | one; a, an; alone | v1,p0001#01 | p.75#01 | p.1r1c01 |
| 夕 | 夕+0 | | xī xì ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧˋ | evening, night, dusk; slanted | v2,p0859#01 | p.246#01 | p.336r4c01 |
