Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
明 | 日+4 | 朙 | míng ㄇㄧㄥˊ | Bright, brilliant. / Daytime. / Clear, obvious. / Clarify, make clear. / Understand. / Straightforwardly, clearly. / Clear, clean. / Wise. / Make wise. / Spirit, god. / Respect. / Eyesight. / Good eyesight. / See clearly. / The following (day, month, year, etc.). | v2,p1491#08 | p.491#12 | p.631r3c01 |
刑 | 刀+4 | | xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ | Punish. / Kill, put to death. / Harm, disaster. / Law, rules of punishment. / Rule by law. / A die used in casting. / A model, an example. / To emulate, imitate. / Achieve, establish. / Same as 「」 xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Porcelain soup bowl. / Same as 「」 xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Body, thing with form. / Same as 「」 xíng ㄒㄧㄥˊ: Exhibit, show. | v1,p0324#15 | p.137#11 | p.178r4c02 |
審 | 宀+12 | 宷 审 | shěn ㄕㄣˇ | Detailed, thorough. / Investigate thoroughly, research. / Interrogation, trial. / Clear, unambiguous. / Cautious, prudent, take seriously. / True, reliable. | v2,p0954#05 | p.291#22 | p.429r6c03 |
| | | pán ㄆㄢˊ | Place where water swirls about. | | | |
法 | 水+5 | 佱 灋 𣳴 | fǎ ㄈㄚˇ | Law, penal code. / Principle, system. / Standard. / Method, way of doing. / Follow, imitate. / Adhere to the rules. / The Legalist school. | v3,p1579#04 | p.616#11 | p.778r4c01 |
憐 | 心+12 | 憐 㥕 怜 | lián ㄌㄧㄢˊ | pity, sympathize | v4,p2356#07 | p.402#12 | p.544r2c04 |
民 | 氏+1 | 𠘽 | mín ㄇㄧㄣˊ | people, subjects, citizens | v3,p2131#01 | p.598#01 | p.750r3c01 |
惠 | 心+8 | 恵 𦻇 𢡘 𢞯 ① 僡 | huì ㄏㄨㄟˋ | favor, benefit, confer kindness | v4,p2309#10 | p.391#19 | p.535r1c01 |
下 | 一+2 | 丅 厥 𠄟 | xià ㄒㄧㄚˋ | under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down | v1,p0007#01 | p.76#10 | p.28r1c01 |
生 | 生+0 | 𤯓 | shēng ㄕㄥ | life, living, lifetime; birth | v4,p2575#01 | p.754#26 | p.906r5c03 |
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. | | | |
不 | 一+3 | 不 𠀚 𠙐 | bù ㄅㄨˋ | Not have. / To not be. / Negational adverb, used before verbs, adjectives, etc. to indicate negation. / Negational adverb expressing prohibition: do not. / Negational adverb expressing rhetorical question: is not...? | v1,p0011#06 | p.76#15 | p.30r1c01 |
| | | fǒu ㄈㄡˇ | Same as 「」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used together with an affirmative word, expressing its negative or opposite. / Same as 「」 fǒu ㄈㄡˇ: Adverb used at the end of a question to form a yes-no question. | | | |
| | | fū ㄈㄨ | Sepal of a flower. | | | |
| | | pī ㄆㄧ | Same as 「」 pī ㄆㄧ: Large. | | | |
| | | bǐ ㄅㄧˇ | Show disdain for. | | | |
怨 | 心+5 | 𢘖 𠨝 𢛪 𢘔 𢘈 | yuàn ㄩㄢˋ | hatred, enmity, resentment | v4,p2281#07 | p.382#01 | p.527r4c01 |
死 | 歹+2 | 𠑾 𣥴 | sǐ ㄙˇ | die; dead; death | v2,p1380#06 | p.578#22 | p.740r6c06 |
恨 | 心+6 | | hèn ㄏㄣˋ | hatred, dislike; resent, hate | v4,p2299#03 | p.385#09 | p.529r6c03 |
諺 | 言+9 | 𠷗 谚 | yàn ㄧㄢˋ | proverb, maxim | v6,p4001#02 | p.1172#09 | p.1251r3c01 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
政 | 攴+4 | | zhèng zhēng ㄓㄥˋ ㄓㄥ | government, political affairs | v2,p1453#03 | p.469#06 | p.601r2c01 |
如 | 女+3 | | rú ㄖㄨˊ | Go to. / According to, in accordance with. / Like, similar to. / As good as, comparable to. / Should. / Or, alternatively. / If, should it be the case. / As for, as regards. / Adjectival suffix. | v2,p1025#09 | p.255#21 | p.378r5c02 |
冰 | 冫+4 | 氷 冫 𣲝 | bīng níng ㄅㄧㄥ ㄋㄧㄥˊ | ice; ice-cold | v1,p0295#09 | p.131#24 | p.167r4c01 |
霜 | 雨+9 | 孀 | shuāng ㄕㄨㄤ | frost; crystallized; candied | v6,p4070#02 | p.1376#29 | p.1456r1c04 |
姦 | 女+6 | 𢙶 奸 | jiān ㄐㄧㄢ | adultery, debauchery; debauch | v2,p1048#10 | p.260#10 | p.384r1c07 |
宄 | 宀+2 | 𡧫 𡧌 𠬚 | guǐ ㄍㄨㄟˇ | a traitor; a villain | v2,p0910#04 | p.281#15 | p.405r1c02 |
消 | 水+7 | 㴅 | xiāo ㄒㄧㄠ | vanish, die out; melt away | v3,p1622#02 | p.626#11 | p.800r4c01 |
亡 | 亠+1 | 亾 兦 | wáng wú ㄨㄤˊ ㄨˊ | death, destroyed; lose, perish | v1,p0279#05 | p.88#03 | p.75r6c04 |
威 | 女+6 | 𤰴 𤱫 | wēi ㄨㄟ | pomp, power; powerful; dominate | v2,p1404#01 | p.261#24 | p.384r6c01 |
雷 | 雨+5 | 雷 𤴐 𩂩 𩇓 𤳳 䨓 𩄣 靁 㗊 𤴑 | léi lèi ㄌㄟˊ ㄌㄟˋ | thunder | v6,p4060#02 | p.1372#14 | p.1449r5c01 |
霆 | 雨+7 | | tíng ㄊㄧㄥˊ | a sudden peal of thunder | v6,p4062#10 | p.1374#20 | p.1454r5c01 |
寇 | 宀+8 | 𡨥 宼 | kòu ㄎㄡˋ | bandits, thieves; enemy; invade | v2,p0936#07 | p.288#15 | p.424r6c01 |
賊 | 貝+6 | 戝 贼 | zéi zé ㄗㄟˊ ㄗㄜˊ | thief, traitor | v6,p3637#01 | p.1208#14 | p.1275r4c01 |