Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
燕 | 火+12 | 鷰 | yàn yān ㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄢ | swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy | v3,p2239#06 | p.683#16 | p.859r2c01 |
丹 | 丶+3 | 丹 𠁿 㣋 𠕑 | dān ㄉㄢ | cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) | v1,p0044#01 | p.80#16 | p.44r2c01 |
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 |
太 | 大+1 | | tài ㄊㄞˋ | very, too, much; big; extreme | v1,p0524#01 | p.248#10 | p.354r5c01 |
自 | 自+0 | 𦣹 鼻 | zì ㄗˋ | Oneself. / Begin, beginning. / From. / Originally. / Natural, naturally. / Supposing, if. / Even, even if. | v5,p3046#01 | p.1000#07 | p.1108r3c01 |
喜 | 口+9 | 憙 憘 𢐭 歖 | xǐ ㄒㄧˇ | like, love, enjoy; joyful thing | v1,p0649#02 | p.199#05 | p.283r6c03 |
得 | 彳+8 | 𢔶 䙷 𢔨 | dé ㄉㄜˊ | Get, obtain. / Plunder. / Covet. / Success. / Fitting, appropriate. / Compatible. / Satisfied, pleased. / Possible, can. / Same as 「」 dé ㄉㄜˊ: Morals, morality. / Same as 「」 dé ㄉㄜˊ: Reward kindness, thank. | v2,p0828#03 | p.367#31 | p.513r6c02 |
荊 | 艸+6 | 荆 | jīng ㄐㄧㄥ | thorns; brambles; my wife; cane | v1,p0339#02 | p.1030#38 | p.1148r3c01 |
軻 | 車+5 | 轲 | kē ㄎㄜ | axle; personal name of mencius | v5,p3520#02 | p.1242#18 | p.1300r3c02 |
永 | 水+1 | | yǒng ㄩㄥˇ | long, perpetual, eternal, forever | v3,p1546#03 | p.603#04 | p.761r2c01 |
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 |
憂 | 心+11 | 𠪍 𨗫 懮 忧 | yōu ㄧㄡ | sad, grieved; grief, melancholy | v4,p2341#14 | p.401#26 | p.543r1c06 |
秦 | 禾+5 | 𣜈 | qín ㄑㄧㄣˊ | feudal state of Qin; the Qin dynasty (from which the name 'China' comes) | v4,p2597#05 | p.851#30 | p.990r6c05 |
後 | 彳+6 | 𨒥 𢔏 后 | hòu ㄏㄡˋ | Behind, to the rear of. / To be left behind. / Later in time. / Future. / Descendents, offspring. | v2,p0822#03 | p.366#18 | p.511r2c01 |
日 | 日+0 | 𡆸 | rì mì ㄖˋ ㄇㄧˋ | sun; day; daytime | v2,p1482#01 | p.489#01 | p.627r1c01 |
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. | | | |
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 |
東 | 木+4 | 东 | dōng ㄉㄨㄥ | east, eastern, eastward | v2,p1165#04 | p.513#12 | p.675r6c02 |
宮 | 宀+7 | 宫 | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | palace, temple, dwelling, enclose | v2,p0936#04 | p.285#16 | p.418r5c04 |
臨 | 臣+11 | 臨 𦣷 临 | lín lìn ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄧㄣˋ | draw near, approach; descend | v4,p2802#19 | p.999#24 | p.1106r5c01 |
池 | 水+3 | | chí tuó chè ㄔˊ ㄊㄨㄛˊ ㄔㄜˋ | pool, pond; moat; cistern | v3,p1555#03 | p.606#05 | p.766r6c01 |
而 | 而+0 | | ér ㄦˊ | Whiskers. / Like, similar to. / Pronoun: you. / Pronoun: this, like this. / Connective: and, with. / Connective: and, then. / Connective: if, supposing. / Connective: yet, however. / Connective: therefore, hence. / Connective: expresses method or state. / Particle: of. / Expressive particle. | v4,p2810#01 | p.961#18 | p.1080r2c03 |
| | | néng ㄋㄥˊ | Same as 「」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Able to, competent. / Same as 「」 néng ㄋㄥˊ: Ability, talent. | | | |
觀 | 見+18 | 覌 𥍊 𥸑 𥷯 观 | guān guàn ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄢˋ | see, observe, view; appearance | v6,p3677#05 | p.1138#14 | p.1231r6c04 |
拾 | 手+6 | 十 | shí jiè shè ㄕˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄕㄜˋ | pick up, collect, tidy up; accounting form of the numeral ten | v3,p1872#01 | p.428#24 | p.572r6c05 |
瓦 | 瓦+0 | | wǎ wà ㄨㄚˇ ㄨㄚˋ | tile; earthenware pottery; girl | v2,p1421#03 | p.747#36 | p.903r2c02 |
投 | 手+4 | 𢫹 | tóu ㄊㄡˊ | throw, cast, fling, pitch; jump | v3,p1842#03 | p.421#13 | p.563r3c01 |
蛙 | 虫+6 | 鼃 䵷 | wā jué ㄨㄚ ㄐㄩㄝˊ | frog | v4,p2847#03 | p.1081#25 | p.1189r2c02 |
令 | 人+3 | 令 | lìng ㄌㄧㄥˋ | Order, decree / Drinking game. / Give an order, issue a command. / Cause, make. / Seasons. / Official title: top administrative official in a district. / Official title: central or local official in charge of a particular function. / Good, good looking. / Respectful term for another's family. / A short form of writing. / Words said out of politeness or diplomacy. | v1,p0111#10 | p.93#12 | p.87r2c01 |
| | | líng ㄌㄧㄥˊ | If. / Wagtail. | | | |
| | | lián ㄌㄧㄢˊ | Same as 「」 lián jū ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩ: [Name of a place] | | | |
人 | 人+0 | 𠔽 亻 | rén ㄖㄣˊ | Man, person. / Others, other people. / The people, ordinary men. / Talent, material. / [A man's] character. / Affairs of men, world of man. / Benevolence. | v1,p0101#10 | p.91#01 | p.80r2c01 |
奉 | 大+5 | 𠬻 𢱵 | fèng ㄈㄥˋ | offer; receive; serve; respect | v1,p0531#05 | p.251#02 | p.370r3c01 |
盤 | 皿+10 | 鎜 柈 盘 | pán xuán ㄆㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄢˊ | tray, plate, dish; examine | v4,p2568#03 | p.796#09 | p.941r3c01 |
金 | 金+0 | 钅 𨤾 𨥄 釒 | jīn jìn ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | gold; metals in general; money | v6,p4167#01 | p.1295#01 | p.1363r1c01 |
用 | 用+0 | 𤰆 𠛁 | yòng ㄩㄥˋ | use, employ, apply, operate; use | v1,p0097#05 | p.755#24 | p.908r6c02 |
祇 | 示+4 | 只 | qí chí zhī zhǐ ㄑㄧˊ ㄔˊ ㄓ ㄓˇ | the spirit of the earth; (used for U+53EA 只) only, merely, but | v4,p2389#01 | p.840#08 | p.977r1c03 |
賜 | 貝+8 | 赐 | cì ㄘˋ | Bestow, give. / A favour or gift. / Exhaust, use up. | v6,p3648#02 | p.1209#15 | p.1276r3c04 |
復 | 彳+9 | 覆 𢕛 𠣸 复 | fù fòu ㄈㄨˋ ㄈㄡˋ | return; repeat; repeatedly | v2,p0834#02 | p.369#22 | p.516r2c04 |
進 | 辵+8 | 𨙟 𨗃 进 | jìn ㄐㄧㄣˋ | advance, make progress, enter | v6,p3851#05 | p.1259#30 | p.1322r2c03 |
非 | 非+0 | | fēi ㄈㄟ | Violate, go against (a rule). / Wrong, bad. / Not real, untrue. / Oppose, object to. / Slander, condemn. / Sarcasm, irony. / Absence of, not have. / Adverb: not, is not. | v6,p4086#01 | p.1382#11 | p.1463r6c02 |
| | | fěi ㄈㄟˇ | Same as 「」 fěi ㄈㄟˇ: Slander. | | | |
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. | | | |
愛 | 心+9 | 𤔤 𢟪 𢛭 爱 | ài ㄞˋ | love, be fond of, like | v4,p2323#01 | p.395#13 | p.538r1c01 |
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 |
但 | 人+5 | | dàn ㄉㄢˋ | only; but, however, yet, still | v1,p0132#04 | p.97#21 | p.95r5c05 |
臂 | 肉+13 | | bì bei bèi ㄅㄧˋ ㄅㄟ· ㄅㄟˋ | arm | v3,p2119#08 | p.996#09 | p.1104r6c03 |
痛 | 疒+7 | | tòng ㄊㄨㄥˋ | pain, ache; sorry, sad; bitter | v4,p2677#09 | p.773#28 | p.921r3c08 |
耳 | 耳+0 | | ěr ㄦˇ | Ear. / Handles on either side of an object. / Ear-shaped object. / Hear, hear it said. / Connective: and. / Modal particle: just, only. / Modal particle expressing affirmation. | v4,p2783#01 | p.965#05 | p.1081r3c03 |