Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
大 | 大+0 | 𠘲 | dà ㄉㄚˋ | Large, great. / Exceed, be greater than. / Venerate, treat as being great. / Many. / Thick, coarse. / Elder. / Respectful term of address. / Adverb expressing high level or broad range. | v1,p0520#01 | p.248#01 | p.342r3c03 |
| | | tài ㄊㄞˋ | Most (superlative). / Too much. / Peaceful, tranquil. | | | |
唐 | 口+7 | 啺 𣉺 𡃯 | táng ㄊㄤˊ | Tang dynasty; Chinese | v1,p0633#05 | p.192#12 | p.273r3c01 |
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 |
制 | 刀+6 | 𠜔 𠝦 𠝁 𠛐 制 | zhì ㄓˋ | system; establish; overpower | v1,p0335#01 | p.139#02 | p.181r6c04 |
杖 | 木+3 | | zhàng ㄓㄤˋ | cane, walking stick | v2,p1159#02 | p.512#01 | p.673r2c03 |
绖 | 糸+6 | 绖 | dié ㄉㄧㄝˊ | white hempen cloth worn by mourners | v5,p3392#09 | p.923#19 | p.1043r6c02 |
升 | 十+2 | 升 | shēng ㄕㄥ | Unit of volume equivalent to one tenth of one dou. / Unit of measurement of alcohol. / Unit of fabric equivalent to 80 lu. / Ascend, go up. / Mature, ripe. / Offer as tribute. | v1,p0033#05 | p.156#03 | p.214r1c03 |
缕 | 糸+11 | 缕 | lǚ ㄌㄩˇ | thread; detailed, precise | v5,p3442#12 | p.936#10 | p.1057r4c02 |
皆 | 白+4 | | jiē ㄐㄧㄝ | all, every, everybody | v4,p2647#01 | p.786#12 | p.735r5c01 |
约 | 糸+3 | 约 | yuē yāo yào dì ㄩㄝ ㄧㄠ ㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧˋ | treaty, agreement, covenant | v5,p3364#15 | p.915#21 | p.1029r4c03 |
周 | 口+5 | 周 𠱬 𠄗 | zhōu ㄓㄡ | Surround. / Cyclicly, repeatedly. / (Travel) widely. / Careful, detailed. / Firm, unshaken. / Measure word: number of times. / Friendly, approachable. / Suitable, appropriate (for). / Turning place, corner. / Most (superlative). / Assist financially. / The Zhou dynasty. | v1,p0606#03 | p.181#36 | |
礼 | 示+13 | 禮 礼 𠃞 𤔑 礼 | lǐ ㄌㄧˇ | social custom; manners; courtesy; rites | v4,p2409#14 | p.847#07 | p.985r2c04 |
直 | 目+3 | 𣓟 𣖴 | zhí ㄓˊ | straight, erect, vertical | v1,p0061#07 | p.800#05 | |
书 | 曰+6 | 书 | shū ㄕㄨ | book, letter, document; writings | v2,p1509#09 | p.502#12 | p.650r3c02 |
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. | | | |
仪 | 人+13 | 仪 | yí ㄧˊ | ceremony, rites gifts; admire | v1,p0228#02 | p.118#21 | p.127r6c03 |
历 | 止+12 | 历 歴 𡿌 历 | lì ㄌㄧˋ | take place, past, history | v2,p1445#09 | p.577#14 | p.739r3c01 |
代 | 人+3 | | dài ㄉㄞˋ | replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation | v1,p0113#05 | p.93#11 | p.86r2c03 |
通 | 辵+7 | 𢓶 | tōng tòng ㄊㄨㄥ ㄊㄨㄥˋ | pass through, common, communicate | v6,p3845#08 | p.1258#04 | p.1317r2c02 |
儒 | 人+14 | | rú ㄖㄨˊ | Scholar and teacher of the traditional arts of the Zhou dynasty. / Scholars in general. / The Confucian school, Confucius and his followers. / Obedient, submissive. / Meek, cowardly. | v1,p0230#09 | p.119#30 | p.129r1c03 |
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. | | | |
著 | 草+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 |
述 | 辵+5 | | shù ㄕㄨˋ | narrate, state, express | v6,p3822#13 | p.1255#11 | p.1313r4c03 |
开 | 门+4 | 𨴂 𨵑 开 | kāi ㄎㄞ | open; initiate, begin, start | v7,p4286#02 | p.1331#05 | p.1405r4c01 |
元 | 儿+2 | | yuán ㄩㄢˊ | first; dollar; origin; head | v1,p0264#06 | p.123#06 | p.131r4c02 |
最 | 冂+10 | 𣤜 | zuì ㄗㄨㄟˋ | most, extremely, exceedingly | v2,p1516#08 | p.503#05 | p.653r5c01 |
为 | 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. | | | |
详 | 言+6 | 详 | xiáng yáng ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄧㄤˊ | detailed, complete, thorough | v6,p3971#03 | p.1158#17 | p.1244r2c03 |
备 | 人+10 | 𠈍 俻 备 | bèi ㄅㄟˋ | prepare, ready, perfect | v1,p0200#08 | p.113#21 | p.121r3c02 |