Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
華 | 艸+8 | 崋 䔢 蕐 华 | huá huā huà ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄏㄨㄚˋ | flowery; illustrious; Chinese | v5,p3213#01 | p.1039#14 | p.1144r1c02 |
陽 | 阜+9 | 昜 阦 氜 阳 𨹈 𨼘 𨽐 𣆄 | yáng ㄧㄤˊ | 'male' principle; light; sun | v6,p4144#03 | p.1355#15 | p.1429r3c02 |
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 |
志 | 心+3 | 誌 𢗍 志 | zhì ㄓˋ | purpose, will, determination; annals | v4,p2269#04 | p.376#21 | p.523r3c03 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
任 | 人+4 | 仼 | rèn rén ㄖㄣˋ ㄖㄣˊ | trust to, rely on, appoint; to bear, duty, office; allow | v1,p0122#06 | p.94#24 | p.88r6c05 |
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. | | | |
公 | 八+2 | 㒶 | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | fair, equitable; public; duke | v1,p0242#01 | p.126#28 | p.151r3c01 |
聞 | 耳+8 | 𦕁 䎽 䎹 𦖫 𥹢 闻 | wén ㄨㄣˊ | Hear. / Make hear. / Have heard, become aware of. / Knowledge, experience. / Rumour, saying. / Renowned, well-known. / Spread, disseminate. | v7,p4294#12 | p.968#11 | p.1084r3c01 |
| | | wèn ㄨㄣˋ | Reputation, fame. / Same as 「」 wèn ㄨㄣˋ: Inquire after, give regards to. | | | |
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 |
檐 | 木+13 | 簷 | yán dān ㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄢ | eaves of house; brim, rim | v2,p1304#04 | p.556#27 | p.724r4c03 |
石 | 石+0 | 𥐘 | shí dàn ㄕˊ ㄉㄢˋ | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | v4,p2416#01 | p.827#01 | p.957r5c03 |
折 | 手+4 | 翼 拃 | zhé shé zhē ㄓㄜˊ ㄕㄜˊ ㄓㄜ | break off, snap; bend | v3,p1838#07 | p.422#04 | p.564r2c01 |
噫 | 口+13 | 𢤏 | yī ㄧ | belch; alas | v1,p0694#01 | p.210#08 | p.291r5c01 |
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. | | | |
智 | 日+8 | 𥏼 | zhì zhī ㄓˋ ㄓ | wisdom, knowledge, intelligence | v2,p1518#15 | p.497#15 | p.644r3c02 |
者 | 老+4 | | zhě ㄓㄜˇ | Pronoun used after verbs, adjectives, etc. in place of a person or thing. / Pronoun used after numbers in place of a thing. / Pronoun used after time or negation to express "when" or "if". / Expressive particle used in a declarative sentence after the subject. / Expressive particle used in a sentence after the subject to express cause or explanation. | v4,p2780#05 | p.961#01 | p.1080r1c01 |
| | | zhuó ㄓㄨㄛˊ | In, located in. | | | |
死 | 歹+2 | 𠑾 𣥴 | sǐ ㄙˇ | die; dead; death | v2,p1380#06 | p.578#22 | p.740r6c06 |
吾 | 口+4 | 𠮣 | wú ㄨˊ | First person pronoun: I, we. / Defend, resist. | v1,p0585#13 | p.180#03 | p.260r5c01 |
| | | yú ㄩˊ | See 吾吾. | | | |
| | | yá ㄧㄚˊ | Yunyu, an ancient district. | | | |
其 | 八+6 | 丌 亓 | qí ㄑㄧˊ | Third-person possessive pronoun: his, her, its, their. / Demonstrative pronoun: that, those. / Adverb expressing estimation or guess. / Adverb expressing imperative. / Adverb expressing rhetorical question. / Adverb expressing future tense. / Connective expressing hypothesis: if, supposing. / Connective expressing choice: or. / Connective expressing concession: even if. / Particle used after an adjective. / Particle: of. / Particle used for emphasis after single-character adjectives or onomatopoeia. / Particle used in the middle of a sentence to alter the tempo. | v1,p0245#01 | p.127#18 | p.162r5c01 |
| | | jì ㄐㄧˋ | Particle used after bi and he. | | | |
| | | jī ㄐㄧ | Modal particle expressing interrogative tone. / A year. | | | |
應 | 心+13 | 応 硬 应 | yīng yìng ㄧㄥ ㄧㄥˋ | should, ought to, must | v4,p2359#03 | p.405#21 | p.546r1c02 |
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 |
遂 | 辵+9 | 𨒉 𨔱 𨓸 𨔲 | suì ㄙㄨㄟˋ | Ditch between fields. / Waterway. / Pass through. / Succeed, go well. / Finished, past. / Grow up, bring up. / Favourable, as hoped. / Follow. / Not interfere with. / Advance. / Item used in archery. / Distant suburbs. / Adverb: finally, at last. / Adverb: and then, thereupon. / Part of a clock. / Distant, far off. / Name of a state in ancient China. | v6,p3862#03 | p.1260#32 | p.1328r5c01 |
| | | zhuì ㄓㄨㄟˋ | Fall. | | | |
卒 | 十+6 | 卆 䘚 | zú ㄗㄨˊ | Footsoldier. / Unit of one hundred soldiers. / A [military] unit. / Unit of 30 states. / Unit of 300 families. / Labourer. / End, finish. / Die. / Adverb: finally. / Same as 「」 zú ㄗㄨˊ: High peaks. | v1,p0063#02 | p.156#28 | p.216r4c01 |
| | | cù ㄘㄨˋ | Same as 「」 cù ㄘㄨˋ: Adverb: suddenly. / Same as 「」 cuì ㄘㄨㄟˋ: Assistant. | | | |
益 | 皿+5 | 益 𠍳 | yì ㄧˋ | profit, benefit; advantage | v4,p2560#06 | p.793#18 | |
部 | 邑+8 | 卩 | bù pǒu ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄡˇ | part, division, section | v6,p3780#09 | p.1272#17 | p.1340r1c06 |
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. | | | |
謠 | 言+10 | 谣 | yáo ㄧㄠˊ | sing; folksong, ballad; rumor | v6,p4007#13 | p.1176#07 | p.1253r4c03 |
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 |
雙 | 隹+10 | 𩀝 双 | shuāng ㄕㄨㄤ | set of two, pair, couple; both | v6,p4104#10 | p.1368#34 | p.1441r1c03 |