| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
|---|
| 詩 | 言+6 | 𧥳 诗 | shī ㄕ | poetry; poem, verse, ode | v6,p3961#05 | p.1157#15 | p.1242r5c03 |
| 云 | 二+2 | 員 雲 | yún ㄩㄣˊ | (2) 說。 Say, speak. | v1,p0384#02 | p.86#08 | p.63r6c02 |
| 相 | 目+4 | | xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ | Mutual. / In succession. / Together. | v4,p2470#13 | p.800#18 | p.945r1c01 |
| | | | xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ | Watch. / Appearance. / Fortune-telling by appearance. / Help, assist. / Guide for the blind. / Prime minister, most senior minister. / Ceremonial officer. | | | |
| 在 | 土+3 | | zài ㄗㄞˋ | Exist, be alive. / Be in a certain place. / Inquire after, pay one's respects to. / Preposition: due to, being that. / Preposition: specifies location or time of an action - in, at. | v1,p0418#07 | p.223#10 | p.312r2c07 |
| 爾 | 爻+10 | 尒 尔 | ěr ㄦˇ | Second person pronoun: you. / Luxuriant growth of flowers. / Close, near. / Simple, easily understood. / Like this, in this way. / This, that. / Modal particle: merely. / Modal particle expressing statement. / Modal particle expressing affirmation. / Modal particle expressing questioning. / Suffix. | v1,p0027#01 | p.691#04 | p.864r6c01 |
| 室 | 宀+6 | | shì ㄕˋ | room, home, house, chamber | v2,p0925#03 | p.285#02 | p.416r6c01 |
| 尚 | 小+5 | 尙 | shàng cháng ㄕㄤˋ ㄔㄤˊ | still, yet; even; fairly, rather | v1,p0563#05 | p.297#11 | |
| 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. | | | |
| 愧 | 心+10 | 媿 | kuì ㄎㄨㄟˋ | ashamed, conscience-stricken | v4,p2329#11 | p.396#08 | p.540r2c05 |
| 于 | 二+1 | 扵 於 | yú ㄩˊ | Go to, go towards. / Take. / Rim of the mouth of a bell. / A type of plant. / [Onomatopoeia] / Same as 「」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: in. / Same as 「」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: from or to. / Same as 「」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: compared to. / Same as 「」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: to, for, towards. / Same as 「」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: by (indicating passive tense). / Same as 「」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: with, using. / Same as 「」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: due to, because of. / Same as 「」 yú ㄩˊ: Preposition: by, according to. / Preposition: for, in place of. / Connective: and. / Auxiliary word: used in a sentence for aesthetic purpose only, no meaning. / Auxiliary word: used in at the end of a sentence to express questioning. | v1,p0004#05 | p.86#06 | p.63r3c02 |
| 屋 | 尸+6 | 𦤿 | wū ㄨ | house; room; building, shelter | v2,p0972#01 | p.301#19 | p.449r2c03 |
| 漏 | 水+11 | 漏 | lòu lóu ㄌㄡˋ ㄌㄡˊ | leak, drip; funnel; hour glass | v3,p1731#11 | p.645#13 | p.825r6c02 |
| 故 | 攴+5 | | gù ㄍㄨˋ | Cause. / State of affairs. / Event, incident. / Plot. / Old. / Past, original. / Death. / On purpose. / Originally. / Hence, thus. | v2,p1453#05 | p.469#25 | p.601r5c01 |
| 君子 | 口+4
子+0 | 𠱩 𠱭
㜽 𢀈 𢀉 𡐫 𣕓 只 | jūnzǐ ㄐㄩㄣㄗˇ | (2) 有道德的人。 A moral man. | v1,p0595#06
v2,p1006#06 | p.177#07
p.277#01 | p.256r6c08
p.395r1c01 |
| 動 | 力+9 | 㣫 𨔝 动 | dòng ㄉㄨㄥˋ | move, happen; movement, action | v1,p0375#06 | p.148#14 | p.196r4c02 |
| 而 | 而+0 | | ér ㄦˊ | Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle. | v4,p2810#01 | p.961#18 | p.1080r2c03 |
| | | | néng ㄋㄥˊ | Same as 「」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent. | | | |
| 敬 | 攴+9 | 𣀖 𢿩 | jìng ㄐㄧㄥˋ | respect, honor; respectfully | v2,p1466#02 | p.473#35 | p.606r5c02 |
| 言 | 言+0 | 訁 𢍗 𢍬 | yán ㄧㄢˊ | Speak, say. / Discuss, debate. / Tell. / Doctrine, theory, words. / One word. / Sentence. / Particle, no meaning. | v6,p3936#01 | p.1146#01 | p.1236r5c03 |
| 信 | 人+7 | 伩 㐰 䚱 | xìn ㄒㄧㄣˋ | True, words fitting the truth. / As expected. / Really, actually. / Trust, trustworthy. / Reliable, orderly. / Believe, have confidence in. / Clarify, determine. / Clear, clear-cut. / Certificate, (object of) proof. / Sealed letter, written proof. / Envoy, messenger. / Freely, as one wishes. / Stay for two nights in succession. | v1,p0165#01 | p.105#25 | p.109r2c01 |
| | | | shēn ㄕㄣ | Straight, linear. / Uphold, promote. | | | |
