Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
小 | 小+0 | | xiǎo ㄒㄧㄠˇ | Small. / Make small. / View as small. / Thin. / Insufficient. / Short (time), fleeting. / Young. / Slightly, somewhat. / Low level. / A person of low rank. / A person of bad moral character. / Humble term for oneself. | v1,p0560#12 | p.296#18 | p.438r2c01 |
枝 | 木+4 | | zhī qí ㄓ ㄑㄧˊ | branches, limbs; branch off | v2,p1165#07 | p.516#12 | p.683r2c01 |
上 | 一+2 | 丄 𠄞 | shàng ㄕㄤˋ | top; superior, highest; go up, send up | v1,p0005#04 | p.76#07 | p.24r2c01 |
缭 | 糸+12 | 缭 | liáo rǎo ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄖㄠˇ | wind round, rap around, bind | v5,p3451#13 | p.939#09 | p.1059r6c04 |
为 | 火+5 | 爲 为 | wéi ㄨㄟˊ | Create, make. / Build, construct. / Do. / Plant, grow. / Govern. / Research, study. / Serve as. / Change into, become. / As, in the role of. / Count as, be considered as. / Called, named. / Expresses judgement: is. / Make, cause (to). / Have. / Take part in. / Write, author. / Connective: if. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to move forward the object. / Modal particle used at the end of a sentence to express a rhetorical question. | v3,p2198#11 | p.669#10 | p.844r4c03 |
| | | wèi ㄨㄟˋ | Help, assist. / Preposition: for, on behalf of. / Preposition: by (passive). / Preposition: because of, due to. / Preposition: with, together with. / Connective: because. / Say. / False, fake. | | | |
乔 | 口+9 | 乔 | qiáo ㄑㄧㄠˊ | tall, lofty; proud, stately | v1,p0656#12 | p.200#22 | p.284r4c02 |