Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
說 | 言+7 | 説 说 | shuō ㄕㄨㄛ | Explain. / Tell. / Advocate. / Oath. / A type of writing expounding upon a canon. | v6,p3979#03 | p.1164#08 | p.1246r4c02 |
| | | shuì ㄕㄨㄟˋ | Recommend, persuade. / Stop. | | | |
| | | yuè ㄩㄝˋ | Same as 「」 yuè ㄩㄝˋ: Happy, pleased, like. / To please. | | | |
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. | | | |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
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 |
豆 | 豆+0 | 𣅋 𤽋 𣅣 荳 | dòu ㄉㄡˋ | beans, peas; bean-shaped | v6,p3565#01 | p.1191#14 | p.1260r4c05 |
菽 | 艸+8 | | shú shū jiāo ㄕㄨˊ ㄕㄨ ㄐㄧㄠ | beans and peas, collectively | v5,p3232#09 | p.1040#14 | p.1146r3c04 |
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 |
箕 | 竹+8 | 𠀠 𠴩 䇧 𦋊 𥫶 𠷛 𠔋 𥫚 𠔛 𡿸 | jī ㄐㄧ | sieve; dust pan, garbage bag | v5,p2979#04 | p.887#25 | p.1015r2c07 |
莖 | 艸+7 | 茎 | jīng yīng ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄥ | stem, stalk | v5,p3217#07 | p.1034#09 | p.1140r5c03 |
藿 | 艸+16 | | huò hé ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ | lophanthus rugosus, betony | v5,p3325#01 | p.1067#16 | p.1177r2c01 |
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 |
少 | 小+1 | | shǎo shào ㄕㄠˇ ㄕㄠˋ | few, less, inadequate | v1,p0561#02 | p.296#20 | p.442r4c01 |