Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
世 | 一+4 | 丗 卋 | shì ㄕˋ | generation; world; era | v1,p0014#06 | p.77#11 | p.35r1c02 |
本 | 木+1 | 夲 楍 㮺 𡴡 | běn ㄅㄣˇ | root, origin, source; basis | v2,p1151#01 | p.509#07 | p.666r3c01 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
杼 | 木+4 | | zhù shù ㄓㄨˋ ㄕㄨˋ | shuttle of loom; narrow; long-headed; a scrub oak; thin | v2,p1176#04 | p.514#08 | p.679r5c02 |
作 | 人+5 | 胙 𢓓 | zuò ㄗㄨㄛˋ | Arise, stand up. / Grow, flourish. / Begin. / Create, make. / Work, effort. / Serve as, work as. / When, at such time as. | v1,p0134#06 | p.99#07 | p.99r3c01 |
甲 | 田+0 | 𠇚 𡴌 | jiǎ ㄐㄧㄚˇ | armor, shell; fingernails; 1st heavenly stem | v4,p2525#01 | p.758#01 | p.910r3c01 |
宋 | 宀+4 | | sòng ㄙㄨㄥˋ | Song dynasty; surname | v2,p0915#02 | p.282#12 | p.409r4c01 |
衷 | 衣+4 | | zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | heart, from bottom of one's heart | v5,p3076#10 | p.1112#28 | p.1210r3c02 |
少 | 小+1 | | shǎo shào ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ | few, less, inadequate | v1,p0561#02 | p.296#20 | p.442r4c01 |
康 | 广+8 | 𠭳 | kāng ㄎㄤ | peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy | v2,p0891#01 | p.347#27 | p.490r1c01 |
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 |
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 |
輿 | 車+10 | 轝 舆 | yú yù ㄩˊ ㄩˋ | cart, palanquin; public opinion | v5,p3549#09 | p.1247#17 | p.1305r6c02 |
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 |
鎧 | 金+10 | 铠 | kǎi ㄎㄞˇ | armor, chain mail | v6,p4241#02 | p.1318#05 | p.1390r5c02 |
墨 | 黑+3 | | mò ㄇㄛˋ | Black ink used in calligraphy and painting. / Black. / Dark expression. / Dirty. / Corrupt. / Punishment by tattooing the face. / [To wear] black mourning dress. / Fortune-telling by burning of tortoise shells. / Unit of length equal to five chi. / Silent. | v1,p0487#03 | p.238#40 | p.329r2c03 |
同 | 口+3 | 仝 衕 | tóng tòng ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ | same, similar; together with | v1,p0578#01 | p.175#06 | p.252r1c01 |