Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
廖 | 广+11 | | liào ㄌㄧㄠˋ | surname; name of an ancient state | v2,p0900#07 | p.350#05 | p.492r4c02 |
姓 | 女+5 | 𤯧 𤯣 | xìng ㄒㄧㄥˋ | one's family name; clan, people | v2,p1037#12 | p.259#05 | p.381r6c02 |
周文王 | 口+5 文+0 玉+0 | 週 𠱬 𠄗 㒚 穩
| zhōu wén wáng ㄓㄡ ㄨㄣˊ ㄨㄤˊ | 商末周部落首領。姓姬名昌,季歷之子。 King Wen of Zhou, founder of the Zhou dynasty. | v1,p0606#03 v3,p2169#01 v2,p1099#10 | p.181#36 p.477#01 p.727#02 | p.608r4c02 p.888r1c02 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
後 | 彳+6 | 𨒥 𢔏 后 | hòu ㄏㄡˋ | Behind, to the rear of. / To be left behind. / Later in time. / Future. / Descendents, offspring. | v2,p0822#03 | p.366#18 | p.511r2c01 |
漢 | 水+11 | 㵄 𣶔 汉 | hàn tān ㄏㄢˋ ㄊㄢ | the Chinese people, Chinese language | v3,p1713#09 | p.646#17 | p.826r5c01 |
有 | 月+2 | | yǒu ㄧㄡˇ | Have, possess. / Store, collect. / Occupy. / Hold on to, retain. / Have in abundance. / Good harvest. / Obtain. / Only. / Be, exist. / Occur, happen. / Make. / Particle used before a noun with no meaning. / Particle used before a monosyllabic adjective with no meaning. / Particle used before a verb with no meaning. / Still, yet. / Some people. / Region. | v3,p2041#05 | p.504#20 | p.656r5c01 |
| | | yòu ㄧㄡˋ | Help, assist. / Same as 「」 yòu ㄧㄡˋ: Moreover. | | | |
湛 | 水+9 | 㴴 | zhàn chén dān jiān tán jìn ㄓㄢˋ ㄔㄣˊ ㄉㄢ ㄐㄧㄢ ㄊㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | deep; profound; clear; tranquil, placid | v3,p1667#06 | p.637#16 | p.816r1c01 |