| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
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| 亹 | 亠+19 | | wěi mén ㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄣˊ | progress; busy, untiring; exert | v1,p0294#12 | p.90#01 | p.80r1c02 |
| 申 | 田+0 | 𤰶 𠭙 | shēn ㄕㄣ | Extend. / Express, explain. / Clear. / Vindicate. / Report (to a superior). / Repeat, addition. / Restrict.. / Ninth of the twelve earthly branches. These were used to record time, shen being between the hours of three and five. / The state of Shen. | v4,p2526#01 | p.758#04 | p.911r4c01 |
| 伯 | 人+5 | | bó bǎi bà ㄅㄛˊ ㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄚˋ | older brother; father's elder brother; senior male 'sire'; feudal rank 'count' | v1,p0136#02 | p.96#16 | p.93r5c03 |
| 王 | 玉+0 | | wáng ㄨㄤˊ | King, title of supreme ruler of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. / Ruler of a vassal state in the warring states period. / Highest title in feudal China. / Meet with the emperor. / Respectful term for one's paternal grandparents. | v2,p1099#10 | p.727#02 | p.888r1c02 |
| | | | wàng ㄨㄤˋ | Rule as king, control all under heaven. / Enfeoff as king. / Flourish, abound. | | | |
| | | | wǎng ㄨㄤˇ | To, go to. | | | |
| 缵 | 糸+19 | 纉 缵 | zuǎn ㄗㄨㄢˇ | continue, carry on, succeed | v5,p3471#05 | p.944#07 | p.1063r4c04 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 于 | 二+1 | 扵 于 | 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 |
| 邑 | 邑+0 | 阝 | yì è ㄧˋ ㄜˋ | area, district, city, state | v6,p3753#01 | p.1267#42 | p.1335r4c01 |
| 谢 | 言+10 | 谢 | xiè ㄒㄧㄝˋ | thank; decline | v6,p4005#21 | p.1176#02 | p.1252r6c01 |
| 南 | 十+7 | 𡴖 𡴟 | nán nā ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄚ | south; southern part; southward | v1,p0065#02 | p.157#05 | p.217r3c01 |
| 国 | 囗+8 | 圀 国 囗 囶 𢧌 䆐 囯 国 | guó ㄍㄨㄛˊ | nation, country, nation-state | v1,p0720#09 | p.219#16 | p.303r4c02 |
| 是 | 日+5 | 昰 𣆞 | shì ㄕˋ | Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object. | v2,p1497#05 | p.493#26 | p.639r1c01 |
| 式 | 弋+3 | | shì ㄕˋ | style, system, formula, rule | v1,p0558#07 | p.355#06 | p.499r2c02 |
| 命 | 口+5 | | mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ | Order, command. / Written order, commandment. / Send (on a mission), dispatch. / A (diplomatic) mission. / Force, make do. / Instruct, tell. / Gift given by a ruler to his ministers by rank. / Will of heaven. / Fate. / Life, lifespan. / Call, name, assign a name to. / Know for certain. | v1,p0604#11 | p.183#18 | p.266r6c01 |
| 召 | 口+2 | | zhào shào ㄓㄠˋ ㄕㄠˋ | imperial decree; summon | v1,p0574#03 | p.172#07 | p.243r5c01 |
| 定 | 宀+5 | 㱏 | dìng ㄉㄧㄥˋ | decide, settle, fix | v2,p0918#02 | p.283#18 | p.414r5c01 |
| 宅 | 宀+3 | 宅 𡧪 㡯 | zhái ㄓㄞˊ | residence, dwelling, home; grave | v2,p0913#03 | p.281#20 | p.405r1c03 |
| 登 | 癶+7 | 𤼪 𤼷 豋 | dēng dé ㄉㄥ ㄉㄜˊ | rise, mount, board, climb | v4,p2760#11 | p.784#07 | p.924r5c05 |
| 邦 | 邑+4 | 𤰫 𨚚 邫 | bāng ㄅㄤ | nation, country, state | v6,p3756#14 | p.1269#05 | p.1336r4c01 |
| 世 | 一+4 | 丗 卋 | shì ㄕˋ | generation; world; era | v1,p0014#06 | p.77#11 | p.35r1c02 |
| 执 | 土+8 | 执 𠌷 | zhí ㄓˊ | hold in hand; keep; carry out | v1,p0457#05 | p.231#09 | p.321r1c02 |
| 其 | 八+6 | 丌 亓 | qí ㄑㄧˊ | Third-person possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their. / Demonstrative pronoun: that, those. / Adverb expressing estimation or guess. / Adverb expressing imperative. / Adverb expressing rhetorical question. / Adverb expressing future tense. / Connective expressing hypothesis: if, supposing. / Connective expressing choice: or. / Connective expressing concession: even if. / Particle used after an adjective. / Particle: of. / Particle used for emphasis after single-character adjectives or onomatopoeia. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to alter the tempo. | v1,p0245#01 | p.127#18 | p.162r5c01 |
| | | | jì ㄐㄧˋ | Particle used after bi and he. | | | |
| | | | jī ㄐㄧ | Modal particle expressing interrogative tone. / A year. | | | |
| 功 | 力+3 | | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | achievement, merit, good result | v1,p0365#08 | p.146#11 | p.192r3c03 |
