Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
列 | 刀+4 | 列 𠜺 | liè ㄌㄧㄝˋ | a line; to arrange in order, classify | v1,p0325#05 | p.137#26 | p.177r5c03 |
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 |
老 | 老+0 | 耂 𠄰 | lǎo ㄌㄠˇ | old, aged; experienced | v4,p2778#01 | p.960#25 | p.1077r3c03 |
韭 | 韭+0 | 艽 韮 | jiǔ ㄐㄧㄡˇ | scallion, leek; radical 179 | v7,p4404#01 | p.1396#04 | p.1473r2c06 |
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. | | | |
莧 | 艸+7 | 苋 | xiàn huán wàn ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄨㄢˋ | edible greens; amaranth | v5,p3218#03 | p.1035#09 | p.1141r1c04 |
羭 | 羊+9 | | yú ㄩˊ | good | v5,p3136#13 | p.953#25 | p.1072r5c04 |
猿 | 犬+10 | 猨 蝯 | yuán ㄩㄢˊ | ape | v2,p1361#15 | p.716#19 | p.878r5c05 |