| Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
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| 闵 | 门+4 | 闵 | mǐn mín ㄇㄧㄣˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ | mourn, grieve; urge on, incite | v7,p4290#02 | p.1333#03 | p.1408r4c01 |
| 予 | 亅+3 | 豫 余 | yǔ ㄩˇ | Give, bestow. / Praise, admire. / Preposition: with. | v1,p0052#02 | p.85#16 | p.58r2c03 |
| | | | yú ㄩˊ | First-person pronoun: I, me. | | | |
| 小 | 小+0 | | xiǎo ㄒㄧㄠˇ | Small. / Make small. / View as small. / Thin. / Insufficient. / Short (time), fleeting. / Young. / Slightly, somewhat. / Low level. / A person of low rank. / A person of bad moral character. / Humble term for oneself. | v1,p0560#12 | p.296#18 | p.438r2c01 |
| 子 | 子+0 | 㜽 𢀈 𢀉 𡐫 𣕓 只 | zǐ ㄗˇ | Child, heir. Refers to both sons and daughters. / Love, charity. / Respectful term for a man. / People in general. / Fourth of the five levels of nobility. / First of the twelve earthly branches of the zodiac. | v2,p1006#06 | p.277#01 | p.395r1c01 |
| 遭 | 辵+11 | 糟 | zāo ㄗㄠ | come across, meet with, encounter | v6,p3875#04 | p.1264#06 | p.1330r6c02 |
| 家 | 宀+7 | 家 宊 𠖔 𡩅 𡧚 | jiā jie gū ㄐㄧㄚ ㄐㄧㄝ· ㄍㄨ | house, home, residence; family | v2,p0930#15 | p.286#17 | p.420r1c02 |
| 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. | | | |
| 造 | 辵+7 | 艁 𨕡 | zào cào cāo ㄗㄠˋ ㄘㄠˋ ㄘㄠ | construct, build, make, begin; prepare | v6,p3841#06 | p.1258#12 | p.1319r4c01 |
| 嬛 | 女+13 | | huán qióng yuān ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄩㄢ | apt, clever; sycophant, flatterer | v2,p1083#24 | p.272#17 | p.392r1c03 |
| 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 |
| 疚 | 疒+3 | | jiù ㄐㄧㄡˋ | chronic disease, chronic illness; sorrow | v4,p2661#02 | p.769#13 | p.920r1c06 |
| 于 | 方+4 | 乌 𣱏 𤕘 于 亏 扵 | yú ㄩˊ | Be (copula). / Be, exist. / Preposition: in. / Preposition: from or to. / Preposition: compared to. / Preposition: to, for, towards. / Preposition: by (indicating passive tense). / Preposition: with, using. / Preposition: due to, because of. / Preposition: by, according to. / Connective: just as. / Auxiliary word, no meaning. | v3,p2175#02 | p.481#11 | p.622r2c03 |
| 乎 | 丿+4 | 宓 | hū ㄏㄨ | Modal particle expressing questioning or a rhetorical question. / Modal particle expressing admiration or exclamation. / Modal particle expressing estimation. / Modal particle expressing request or order. / Modal particle expressing calling. / Modal particle expressing consideration. / Modal particle expressing affirmation. / Particle used after adjectives. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. / Preposition: in, from, to. | v1,p0036#08 | p.82#07 | p.47r3c03 |
| 皇 | 白+4 | 𦤍 𦤐 𤽙 𤽚 𤽧 | huáng wǎng ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄨㄤˇ | royal, imperial; ruler, superior | v4,p2645#01 | p.786#14 | p.735r5c02 |
| 考 | 老+0 | 考 𦒱 | kǎo ㄎㄠˇ | examine, test; investigate | v4,p2779#02 | p.960#27 | p.1079r1c01 |
| 永 | 水+1 | | yǒng ㄩㄥˇ | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | v3,p1546#03 | p.603#04 | p.761r2c01 |
| 世 | 一+4 | 丗 卋 | shì ㄕˋ | generation; world; era | v1,p0014#06 | p.77#11 | p.35r1c02 |
| 克 | 儿+5 | 𠧳 𡱀 𠅔 𠅡 𠧻 克 | kè ㄎㄜˋ | gram; overcome; transliteration | v1,p0269#04 | p.124#15 | p.137r4c01 |
| 孝 | 子+4 | | xiào ㄒㄧㄠˋ | filial piety, obedience; mourning | v2,p1011#04 | p.278#11 | p.398r5c03 |
| 念 | 心+4 | 念 | niàn ㄋㄧㄢˋ | think of, recall, study | v4,p2274#04 | p.378#21 | p.524r5c03 |
| 兹 | 草+6 | 兹 兹 𦱳 茊 | zī cī ㄗ ㄘ | now, here; this; time, year | v5,p3212#16 | p.1028#29 | p.1135r4c01 |
| 祖 | 示+5 | 𥘲 | zǔ jiē ㄗㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄝ | ancestor, forefather; grandfather | v4,p2391#04 | p.841#18 | |
| 陟 | 阜+7 | 𠌹 | zhì dé ㄓˋ ㄉㄜˊ | climb, scale, ascend; proceed | v6,p4131#01 | p.1351#16 | p.1422r2c02 |
| 降 | 阜+6 | 降 夅 | jiàng xiáng xiàng ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄤˋ | descend, fall, drop; lower, down | v6,p4126#18 | p.1349#12 | p.1421r2c02 |
| 庭 | 广+7 | | tíng tìng ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄥˋ | courtyard; spacious hall or yard | v2,p0882#11 | p.346#21 | p.489r3c02 |
| 止 | 止+0 | 只 | zhǐ ㄓˇ | stop, halt, desist; detain | v2,p1435#03 | p.573#24 | p.732r3c02 |
| 维 | 糸+8 | 维 | wéi yí ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˊ | maintain, preserve, safeguard | v5,p3415#05 | p.927#15 | p.1049r4c05 |
| 夙 | 夕+3 | 宿 𠈇 𠉦 𣦽 | sù ㄙㄨˋ | early in morning, dawn; previous | v2,p0861#07 | p.246#07 | p.339r3c02 |
| 夜 | 夕+5 | 亱 𡖍 𠙑 𠙇 | yè ㄧㄝˋ | night, dark; in night; by night | v1,p0285#01 | p.246#18 | p.341r4c01 |
| 敬 | 攴+9 | 𣀖 𢿩 | jìng ㄐㄧㄥˋ | respect, honor; respectfully | v2,p1466#02 | p.473#35 | p.606r5c02 |
| 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. | | | |
| 继 | 糸+14 | 继 | jì ㄐㄧˋ | continue, maintain, carry on | v5,p3464#13 | p.941#34 | p.1061r5c07 |
| 序 | 广+4 | | xù ㄒㄩˋ | series, serial order, sequence | v2,p0875#18 | p.343#35 | p.487r1c02 |
| 思 | 心+5 | 恖 𠂺 𡴓 𢍄 | sī sì sāi ㄙ ㄙˋ ㄙㄞ | think, consider, ponder; final particle | v4,p2280#04 | p.381#04 | p.526r1c02 |
| 忘 | 心+3 | | wàng wáng ㄨㄤˋ ㄨㄤˊ | forget; neglect; miss, omit | v4,p2270#09 | p.376#24 | |
