Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
文 | 文+0 | 㒚 穩 | wén ㄨㄣˊ | Mixture of colours. / Decorative design. / Portray in words or pictures. / Adornment, embellishment. / External appearance. / Characters, words. / Books, works. / Confucian doctrine. / Civilian, non-military. / Drum (musical instrument). / Measure word for money. | v3,p2169#01 | p.477#01 | p.608r4c02 |
| | | wèn ㄨㄣˋ | Adorn, embellish. / Conceal, gloss over. | | | |
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 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
九 | 乙+1 | 玖 | jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ | nine | v1,p0048#05 | p.83#19 | p.48r6c01 |
夷 | 大+3 | 𡰥 | yí ㄧˊ | ancient barbarian tribes | v1,p0527#05 | p.249#15 | p.369r1c02 |
八 | 八+0 | 捌 | bā ㄅㄚ | eight; all around, all sides | v1,p0241#03 | p.126#26 | p.147r4c03 |
狄 | 犬+4 | | dí tì ㄉㄧˊ ㄊㄧˋ | tribe from northern china; surnam | v2,p1337#01 | p.707#24 | p.874r2c02 |
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 |
哭 | 口+7 | | kū ㄎㄨ | weep, cry, wail | v1,p0629#02 | p.190#25 | p.276r1c03 |
異 | 田+6 | 異 𢄖 异 | yì ㄧˋ | different, unusual, strange | v4,p2540#05 | p.763#18 | p.916r1c02 |
聲 | 耳+11 | 殸 声 | shēng ㄕㄥ | sound, voice, noise; tone; music | v4,p2794#04 | p.969#18 | p.1085r3c01 |
而 | 而+0 | | ér ㄦˊ | Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle. | v4,p2810#01 | p.961#18 | p.1080r2c03 |
| | | néng ㄋㄥˊ | Same as 「」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent. | | | |
皆 | 白+4 | | jiē ㄐㄧㄝ | all, every, everybody | v4,p2647#01 | p.786#12 | p.735r5c01 |
哀 | 口+6 | | āi ㄞ | sad, mournful, pitiful; pity | v1,p0620#10 | p.188#11 | p.270r4c01 |