Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
至 | 至+0 | 𦤳 𦤴 𦤵 𡊏 | zhì dié ㄓˋ ㄉㄧㄝˊ | reach, arrive; extremely, very | v4,p2814#01 | p.1001#11 | p.1111r3c04 |
后 | 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 |
魏 | 鬼+8 | 巍 | wèi wéi wēi ㄨㄟˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄨㄟ | kingdom of Wei; surname | v7,p4434#10 | p.1462#40 | p.1523r2c03 |
太 | 大+1 | | tài ㄊㄞˋ | very, too, much; big; extreme | v1,p0524#01 | p.248#10 | p.354r5c01 |
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 |
延 | 廴+4 | | yán ㄧㄢˊ | delay, postpone, defer | v1,p0404#01 | p.352#30 | p.495r6c05 |
中 | 丨+3 | 𠁧 𠁩 冢 | zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain | v1,p0028#10 | p.79#03 | p.37r4c02 |
遣 | 辵+10 | | qiǎn qiàn ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧㄢˋ | send, dispatch; send off, exile | v6,p3871#07 | p.1263#19 | p.1330r2c03 |
使 | 人+6 | 𡥐 𠭆 | shǐ ㄕˇ | Order, send (on a mission). / Cause, make. / Allocate, use. / Indulge in.. / Send as an envoy. / Envoy, messenger. / Connective: if, supposing. | v1,p0145#02 | p.101#05 | p.101r3c03 |
朝 | 月+8 | 晁 | zhāo ㄓㄠ | Morning. / Beginning. | v3,p2084#08 | p.506#03 | p.661r1c01 |
| | | cháo ㄔㄠˊ | Meet in court. / Call the ministers to court. / Court, place where ministers meet with the ruler. / Visit, go to see. / Meet together, gather. | | | |
贡 | 贝+3 | 贡 | gòng ㄍㄨㄥˋ | offer tribute; tribute, gifts | v6,p3624#05 | p.1205#01 | p.1269r6c01 |
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. | | | |
国 | 囗+8 | 圀 国 囗 囶 𢧌 䆐 囯 国 | guó ㄍㄨㄛˊ | nation, country, nation-state | v1,p0720#09 | p.219#16 | p.303r4c02 |
又 | 又+0 | | yòu ㄧㄡˋ | Hand. / Again, once more. / Moreover. / And, while. Expresses two situations happening at once or sequential action. / And yet. Expresses contrast. / Offer wine. / Forgive. | v1,p0390#01 | p.164#43 | p.233r4c03 |
称 | 禾+9 | 偁 穪 秤 称 | chēng chèng chèn ㄔㄥ ㄔㄥˋ ㄔㄣˋ | call; name, brand; address; say | v4,p2619#02 | p.856#24 | p.994r2c02 |
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. | | | |
舌 | 舌+0 | | shé guā ㄕㄜˊ ㄍㄨㄚ | tongue; clapper of bell; KangXi radical 135 | v5,p2941#01 | p.1006#22 | p.1115r3c01 |
史 | 口+2 | 㕜 | shǐ ㄕˇ | history, chronicle, annals | v1,p0571#02 | p.173#03 | p.245r1c01 |
云 | 二+2 | 员 云 | yún ㄩㄣˊ | Old form of 云。 / Say, speak. / To be. / Have, posess. / Socialize, interact with. / Move. / Thus, like this. / If. / Particle used at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence, no meaning. / Many. | v1,p0384#02 | p.86#08 | p.63r6c02 |
即 | 卩+5 | 卽 | jí ㄐㄧˊ | promptly, quickly, immediately | v1,p0314#02 | p.159#18 | p.226r6c02 |
汉 | 水+11 | 㵄 𣶔 汉 | hàn tān ㄏㄢˋ ㄊㄢ | the Chinese people, Chinese language | v3,p1713#09 | p.646#17 | p.826r5c01 |
康 | 广+8 | 𠭳 | kāng ㄎㄤ | peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy | v2,p0891#01 | p.347#27 | p.490r1c01 |
居 | 尸+5 | 㞐 㝒 | jū ㄐㄩ | Sit down. / Wait. / Live, dwell. / Dwelling, residence. / Tomb. / Rank, position occupied. / Person occupying the rank of ruler. / Live peacefully. / Usually, normally. / Located in. / Defend (a post), guard (a region). / Remain behind to handle matters. / Have, possess. / Employ, implement. / Stop, rest, remain. / Store, stockpile. / Raise, rear (livestock). / Used before times expressing time elapsed: after. | v2,p0968#04 | p.300#30 | p.448r1c02 |
| | | jǔ ㄐㄩˇ | Movement, action. | | | |
| | | jù ㄐㄩˋ | Arrogant. / Straight. / Saw. | | | |
| | | jī ㄐㄧ | Modal particle expressing exclamation or questioning. | | | |
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 |