Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
好 | 女+3 | 𡥆 𡚽 𩐔 | hǎo ㄏㄠˇ | Attractive appearance. / Wonderful, beautiful. / Healthy, fit. / Excellent. / Harmonious. / Complete. / In order to. / Adverb: very. / Adverb: many or long. | v2,p1028#01 | p.255#11 | p.378r1c03 |
| | | hào ㄏㄠˋ | Like, find pleasing. / Hole in a piece of jade or a coin.. | | | |
美 | 羊+3 | 羙 | měi ㄇㄟˇ | beautiful, pretty; pleasing | v5,p3126#05 | p.951#10 | p.1069r5c01 |
也 | 乙+2 | 𠃟 匜 | yě ㄧㄝˇ | Modal particle used at the end of a sentence, expressing assertion and affirmation. / Modal particle used at the end of a question for emphasis. / Modal particle used at the end of a cause-effect sentence to express explanation. / Modal particle used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. | v1,p0050#05 | p.84#04 | p.55r1c01 |
从 | 人+2 | 从 | cóng zòng zōng cōng ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄗㄨㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄘㄨㄥ | from, by, since, whence, through | v1,p0105#03 | p.92#03 | p.85r1c03 |
女 | 女+0 | 女 𠨰 | nǚ ㄋㄩˇ | Woman, female. / Unmarried woman. / Weak and small. | v2,p1023#23 | p.254#22 | p.376r1c02 |
| | | nǜ ㄋㄩˋ | Marry off. | | | |
| | | rǔ ㄖㄨˇ | Same as “” rǔ ㄖㄨˇ: Second person pronoun: you. | | | |
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 |