Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
宋 | 宀+4 | | sòng ㄙㄨㄥˋ | Song dynasty; surname | v2,p0915#02 | p.282#12 | p.409r4c01 |
書 | 曰+6 | 书 | shū ㄕㄨ | book, letter, document; writings | v2,p1509#09 | p.502#12 | p.650r3c02 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
謝 | 言+10 | 谢 | xiè ㄒㄧㄝˋ | thank; decline | v6,p4005#21 | p.1176#02 | p.1252r6c01 |
方 | 方+0 | 𤙗 | fāng ㄈㄤ | Two boats in line. / Two boats travelling together. / Together, in a row. / Same, equivalent. / Comparison, metaphor. / Square. / Upright, honest. / Land, earth. / Vicinity, area around. / Place, area. / One side, one area. / Wooden board used for writing in ancient times. / (Medical) prescription. / Direction. / Convention. / Standard, rule. / The proper way. / Method, way. / Specialized techniques. / Occupy. / Disobey. / Preposition: just then. / Adverb: while. / Adverb: about to. / Adverb: just. / Criticism. | v3,p2172#01 | p.481#03 | p.619r4c01 |
| | | páng ㄆㄤˊ | Wide, universal. | | | |
明 | 日+4 | 朙 | míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Bright, brilliant. / Daytime. / Clear, obvious. / Clarify, make clear. / Understand. / Straightforwardly, clearly. / Clear, clean. / Wise. / Make wise. / Spirit, god. / Respect. / Eyesight. / Good eyesight. / See clearly. / The following (day, month, year, etc.). | v2,p1491#08 | p.491#12 | p.631r3c01 |
為 | 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. | | | |
桓 | 木+6 | | huán ㄏㄨㄢˊ | variety of tree; surname | v2,p1195#06 | p.526#05 | p.696r3c01 |
玄 | 玄+0 | 𤣥 伭 | xuán xuàn ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄢˋ | deep, profound, abstruse; KangXi radical 95 | v1,p0280#03 | p.725#01 | p.883r1c01 |
著 | 艸+8 | 着 螫 | zhù zhuó chú zhāo zháo zhe ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄨˊ ㄓㄠ ㄓㄠˊ ㄓㄜ· | manifest; (Cant.) to wear | v5,p3228#02 | p.1044#26 | p.1153r3c03 |
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 |
佐 | 人+5 | | zuǒ ㄗㄨㄛˇ | assist, aid, second; subordinate | v1,p0130#06 | p.98#10 | p.96r5c01 |
郎 | 邑+6 | 郞 | láng làng ㄌㄤˊ ㄌㄤˋ | gentleman, young man; husband | v6,p3770#08 | p.1271#12 | |
后 | 口+3 | 后 後 | hòu ㄏㄡˋ | queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after | v1,p0580#01 | p.176#01 | p.255r4c01 |
從 | 彳+8 | 従 从 | cóng ㄘㄨㄥˊ | Follow, accompany. / Cause to follow, make go along with. / Pursue, chase after. / Die with, bury along with the dead. / Listen to, do as required. / Eloquent. / Obedient, submissive. / Route to peaceful society, correct order. / Perform, participate in. / Blood relation through the male line. / Secondary, sub- (of official titles). / Preposition: from. / Preposition: towards. / Preposition: because of, due to. / Addition, also. | v2,p0829#12 | p.368#18 | p.514r5c01 |
| | | zòng ㄗㄨㄥˋ | North-south. / Alliance of states opposed to the Qin alliance. / Straight, upright. / Indulge, allow to. / Connective: even if. | | | |
| | | zōng ㄗㄨㄥ | Trace, vestige. | | | |
| | | sǒng ㄙㄨㄥˇ | See 從容。 | | | |
兄 | 儿+3 | | xiōng ㄒㄩㄥ | elder brother | v1,p0266#04 | p.123#09 | p.133r5c02 |
景 | 日+8 | | jǐng yǐng ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄧㄥˇ | scenery, view; conditions | v2,p1520#03 | p.496#30 | p.643r2c01 |
仁 | 人+2 | 忈 忎 𡰥 | rén ㄖㄣˊ | humaneness, benevolence, kindness | v1,p0107#01 | p.91#07 | |
舉 | 臼+10 | 擧 㪯 举 | jǔ ㄐㄩˇ | raise, lift up; recommend | v5,p3041#08 | p.1005#15 | p.1114r3c01 |
武 | 止+4 | | wǔ ㄨˇ | Military, combative. / Powerful, formidable. / Moral principles to be honoured during warfare. / Military achievement. / Soldier. / Footprint, trail. / Successor. / Name of a piece of music comemmorating King Wu of Zhou. / A metal percussion instrument. / Unit of length equal to three chi, or half a pace. / Tie of a cap. / Dance. | v2,p1439#05 | p.575#09 | p.736r4c01 |
中 | 丨+3 | 𠁧 𠁩 塚 | zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain | v1,p0028#10 | p.79#03 | p.37r4c02 |
軍 | 車+2 | 𡗽 军 | jūn ㄐㄩㄣ | army, military; soldiers, troops | v5,p3513#02 | p.1239#11 | p.1297r3c01 |
主 | 丶+4 | 丶 宔 | zhǔ ㄓㄨˇ | master, chief owner; host; lord | v1,p0044#03 | p.80#20 | p.45r2c01 |
簿 | 竹+13 | | bù bó ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄛˊ | register, account book, notebook | v5,p3023#06 | p.902#11 | p.1022r5c03 |
知 | 矢+3 | 𢇻 𥎿 | zhī ㄓ | Know, understand. / Perception. / Recognize. / Knowledge. / Know about, make sense of. / Be friendly with. / Control, get on top of. | v4,p2581#02 | p.824#01 | p.955r5c02 |
| | | zhì ㄓˋ | Wisdom. | | | |
無 | 火+8 | 𣟒 𣚨 𠘩 无 橆 | wú ㄨˊ | Not have. / Philosophical category referring to absence, non-existence, or vacuity. / Adverb expressing negation: not. / Adverb expressing questioning: or not. / Connective: regardless of. / Connective: even if. / Particle used at the beginning of a sentence, no meaning. / Do not. / Barren, uncultivated. | v3,p2211#15 | p.673#26 | p.848r2c04 |
不 | 一+3 | 不 𠀚 𠙐 | bù ㄅㄨˋ | Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...? | v1,p0011#06 | p.76#15 | p.30r1c01 |
| | | fǒu ㄈㄡˇ | Same as 「」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as 「」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question. | | | |
| | | fū ㄈㄨ | Sepal of a flower. | | | |
| | | pī ㄆㄧ | Same as 「」 pī ㄆㄧ: Large. | | | |
| | | bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | Show disdain for. | | | |
帝 | 巾+6 | 𢂇 𠫦 | dì ㄉㄧˋ | supreme ruler, emperor; god | v1,p0738#02 | p.330#14 | p.474r5c07 |
謂 | 言+9 | 谓 | wèi ㄨㄟˋ | To (when speaking to someone). / Say, speak. / Call, name. / Meaning, what is meant. / Discuss, comment on (a person). / How? / Same as 「」 wèi ㄨㄟˋ: Preposition: because of, due to. | v6,p3997#06 | p.1173#12 | p.1251r6c01 |
| | | wéi ㄨㄟˊ | Same as 「」 wéi ㄨㄟˊ: Count as, be considered as. | | | |
愧 | 心+10 | 媿 | kuì ㄎㄨㄟˋ | ashamed, conscience-stricken | v4,p2329#11 | p.396#08 | p.540r2c05 |
未 | 木+1 | | wèi ㄨㄟˋ | not yet; 8th terrestrial branch | v2,p1150#01 | p.509#05 | p.665r4c01 |
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. | | | |
瓜 | 瓜+0 | | guā ㄍㄨㄚ | melon, gourd, cucumber; rad. 97 | v4,p2654#01 | p.746#01 | p.902r3c01 |
衍 | 行+3 | | yǎn yán ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˊ | overflow, spill over, spread out | v2,p0820#04 | p.1108#35 | p.1206r2c01 |
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 |
賞 | 貝+8 | 赏 | shǎng ㄕㄤˇ | reward, grant, bestow; appreciate | v6,p3647#07 | p.1209#19 | p.1276r4c01 |
且 | 一+4 | 𠀇 𠀃 | qiě ㄑㄧㄝˇ | This. / Connective: both, also. / Connective: and. / Connective: not only that, furthermore. / Connective: or. / Connective: not only, even. / Connective: if. / Adverb: will. / Adverb: briefly. / Adverb: almost. / Particle used at the start of a sentence. | v1,p0015#05 | p.77#07 | p.34r6c02 |
| | | jū ㄐㄩ | Appearance of a great many. / Exclamation. / Alternative name for the sixth month. | | | |
| | | cú ㄘㄨˊ | Go. | | | |
當 | 田+8 | 𤱭 儅 当 | dāng ㄉㄤ | Suit, match. / Comply, conform to. / Administer, be in charge of. / Take charge of. / Resist, oppose. / Equal to, equivalent. / Face towards. / Should, must. / At, of (some place or time). / Cast sentence. / Will. | v4,p2546#06 | p.764#18 | p.917r3c03 |
| | | dàng ㄉㄤˋ | Suitable, appropriate. / As, for the purpose of, in the capacity of. / Give as security. / Bottom, base. | | | |
| | | tǎng ㄊㄤˇ | If, supposing. | | | |
| | | cháng ㄔㄤˊ | Once, previously. | | | |
與 | 臼+8 | 与 𢌱 𦦲 𠔔 | yǔ ㄩˇ | Give. / Follow, go along with. / Comrade, ally. / Association, contact. / Oppose. / Engage [an enemy]. / Approve, consent to. / Help. / Wait. / Preposition indicating passive tense. / Preposition: to, with. / Preposition: with. / Preposition: as. / Preposition: in, on. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: with its ... / Connective: or. | v1,p0251#04 | p.1004#13 | p.1113r2c03 |
| | | yù ㄩˋ | Participate, take part in. | | | |
| | | yǔ ㄩˇ | Interfere in. | | | |
| | | yú ㄩˊ | Auxiliary word: used at the end of a sentence to express questioning , exclamation, or a rhetorical question. / Auxiliary word: used in the middle of a sentence to express a pause. | | | |
卿 | 卩+9 | | qīng ㄑㄧㄥ | noble, high officer | v1,p0318#03 | p.160#08 | p.228r2c01 |
共 | 八+4 | 𦱹 | gòng ㄍㄨㄥˋ | Occupy or accept together. / Together. / Total, in all. / Preposition: together with. | v1,p0243#02 | p.127#05 | p.160r5c02 |
| | | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | Provide. / Respectful. | | | |
| | | gǒng ㄍㄨㄥˇ | Cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting。 / Rotate, turn around. | | | |
豫 | 豕+9 | 予 𠄛 預 | yù xù ㄩˋ ㄒㄩˋ | relaxed, comfortable, at ease | v6,p3617#07 | p.1197#20 | p.1264r4c01 |
章 | 音+2 | | zhāng zhàng ㄓㄤ ㄓㄤˋ | composition; chapter, section | v4,p2709#04 | p.871#08 | p.1003r5c03 |
國 | 囗+8 | 圀 國 囗 囶 𢧌 䆐 囯 国 | guó ㄍㄨㄛˊ | nation, country, nation-state | v1,p0720#09 | p.219#16 | p.303r4c02 |
祿 | 示+8 | 祿 禄 | lù ㄌㄨˋ | blessing, happiness, prosperity | v4,p2402#08 | p.844#08 | p.982r4c04 |
屢 | 尸+11 | 屢 𡜸 屡 | lǚ ㄌㄩˇ | frequently, often, again and again | v2,p0979#14 | p.303#30 | p.450r5c03 |
加 | 力+3 | | jiā ㄐㄧㄚ | add to, increase, augment | v1,p0366#01 | p.146#13 | p.193r1c01 |
賜 | 貝+8 | 赐 | cì ㄘˋ | Bestow, give. / A favour or gift. / Exhaust, use up. | v6,p3648#02 | p.1209#15 | p.1276r3c04 |