Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
十年 | | | shí nián ㄕˊ ㄋㄧㄢˊ | 10th year of the reign of Duke Huan of Lu (魯桓公), 702 BC. | | | |
春 | 日+5 | 萅 𦸬 旾 𣈤 | chūn chǔn ㄔㄨㄣ ㄔㄨㄣˇ | spring; wanton | v2,p1496#10 | p.493#06 | p.636r3c02 |
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. | | | |
正 | 止+1 | 㱏 𣥔 𤴓 𧾸 | zhèng ㄓㄥˋ | Straight, not at an angle. / Appropriate. / Normal. / Decent, upstanding. / Fix, determine. / Govern, rule. / Set punishments. / Formal, primary. / Pure, unadulterated. / Son by one's official wife. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Expresses continuation of an action or state. / Officer. / Only. / Government, state affairs. / Prove, verify. | v2,p1436#01 | p.574#02 | p.732r5c02 |
| | | zhēng ㄓㄥ | First month in the Chinese calander. / Centre of a target. / Attack, punitive expedition. | | | |
月 | 月+0 | | yuè ㄩㄝˋ | moon; month; KangXi radical 74 | v3,p2041#01 | p.504#19 | p.655r4c05 |
庚 | 广+5 | | gēng ㄍㄥ | 7th heavenly stem | v2,p0879#06 | p.344#22 | p.487r3c03 |
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 |
曹 | 曰+7 | 曺 | cáo ㄘㄠˊ | ministry officials; surname | v2,p1511#06 | p.502#13 | p.651r4c01 |
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 |
終 | 糸+5 | 𣊂 𤽘 𣧩 𠔾 𡦿 𢍐 𣈩 𤽬 夊 终 | zhōng ㄓㄨㄥ | end; finally, in the end | v5,p3384#05 | p.921#01 | p.1039r4c06 |
生 | 生+0 | 𤯓 | shēng ㄕㄥ | life, living, lifetime; birth | v4,p2575#01 | p.754#26 | p.906r5c03 |
卒 | 十+6 | 卆 䘚 | zú ㄗㄨˊ | Footsoldier. / Unit of one hundred soldiers. / A [military] unit. / Unit of 30 states. / Unit of 300 families. / Labourer. / End, finish. / Die. / Adverb: finally. / Same as 「」 zú ㄗㄨˊ: High peaks. | v1,p0063#02 | p.156#28 | p.216r4c01 |
| | | cù ㄘㄨˋ | Same as 「」 cù ㄘㄨˋ: Adverb: suddenly. / Same as 「」 cuì ㄘㄨㄟˋ: Assistant. | | | |