Character | Composition | Variants | Reading | Meaning | Hanyu | Kangxi | Cihai |
東 | 木+4 | 东 | dōng ㄉㄨㄥ | east, eastern, eastward | v2,p1165#04 | p.513#12 | p.675r6c02 |
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. | | | |
朔 | 月+6 | 𣍮 | shuò ㄕㄨㄛˋ | first day of lunar month; the north | v3,p2072#02 | p.505#16 | p.659r4c04 |
十 | 十+0 | 拾 拾 | shí ㄕˊ | ten, tenth; complete; perfect | v1,p0058#09 | p.155#17 | p.207r5c02 |
洲 | 水+6 | | zhōu ㄓㄡ | continent; island; islet | v3,p1616#06 | p.622#09 | p.790r1c01 |
記 | 言+3 | 记 | jì ㄐㄧˋ | record; keep in mind, remember | v6,p3943#03 | p.1149#02 | p.1238r3c01 |
曰 | 曰+0 | | yuē ㄩㄝ | Say, speak. / Call, name. / Particle. | v2,p1482#02 | p.502#01 | p.648r3c03 |
丈 | 一+2 | | zhàng ㄓㄤˋ | Unit of length equal to ten chi. / Gauge, measure. / Respectful term of address for the elderly. | v1,p0009#02 | p.76#04 | p.10r6c05 |
在 | 土+3 | | zài ㄗㄞˋ | Exist, be alive. / Be in a certain place. / Inquire after, pay one's respects to. / Preposition: due to, being that. / Preposition: specifies location or time of an action - in, at. | v1,p0418#07 | p.223#10 | p.312r2c07 |
海 | 水+7 | | hǎi ㄏㄞˇ | sea, ocean; maritime | v3,p1627#01 | p.625#14 | p.795r4c04 |
中 | 丨+3 | 𠁧 𠁩 塚 | zhōng zhòng ㄓㄨㄥ ㄓㄨㄥˋ | central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain | v1,p0028#10 | p.79#03 | p.37r4c02 |
央 | 大+2 | | yāng ㄧㄤ | center, conclude, run out; beg | v1,p0524#06 | p.249#05 | p.368r2c03 |
西 | 襾+0 | 覀 𠧧 㢴 | xī ㄒㄧ | west(ern); westward, occident | v4,p2805#02 | p.1128#10 | p.1221r6c03 |
南 | 十+7 | 𡴖 𡴟 | nán nā ㄋㄢˊ ㄋㄚ | south; southern part; southward | v1,p0065#02 | p.157#05 | p.217r3c01 |
北 | 匕+3 | 北 𧉥 | běi ㄅㄟˇ | North. / Go northwards. / Flee in defeat. / Retreating army. | v1,p0262#04 | p.152#25 | p.203r2c02 |
| | | bèi ㄅㄟˋ | Deviate, depart from. | | | |
岸 | 山+5 | | àn ㄢˋ | bank, shore; beach, coast | v1,p0766#04 | p.310#03 | p.456r3c03 |
相 | 目+4 | | xiāng ㄒㄧㄤ | Mutual. / In succession. / Together. | v4,p2470#13 | p.800#18 | p.945r1c01 |
| | | xiàng ㄒㄧㄤˋ | Watch. / Appearance. / Fortune-telling by appearance. / Help, assist. / Guide for the blind. / Prime minister, most senior minister. / Ceremonial officer. | | | |
去 | 厶+3 | | qù ㄑㄩˋ | Leave, go away from. / Send away. / Remove, get rid of. / Banish, discard. / Lose, cease to possess. / Distance, separation. / Previous, past. / Later, after. | v1,p0384#08 | p.164#10 | p.232r1c04 |
| | | jǔ ㄐㄩˇ | Collect, keep. | | | |
| | | qū ㄑㄩ | Expel. | | | |
正 | 止+1 | 㱏 𣥔 𤴓 𧾸 | zhèng ㄓㄥˋ | Straight, not at an angle. / Appropriate. / Normal. / Decent, upstanding. / Fix, determine. / Govern, rule. / Set punishments. / Formal, primary. / Pure, unadulterated. / Son by one's official wife. / Luckily, fortuitously. / Expresses continuation of an action or state. / Officer. / Only. / Government, state affairs. / Prove, verify. | v2,p1436#01 | p.574#02 | p.732r5c02 |
| | | zhēng ㄓㄥ | First month in the Chinese calander. / Centre of a target. / Attack, punitive expedition. | | | |
等 | 竹+6 | 朩 寸 | děng ㄉㄥˇ | rank, grade; wait; equal; 'etc.' | v5,p2962#01 | p.882#24 | p.1011r5c03 |
面 | 面+0 | 麵 | miàn ㄇㄧㄢˋ | face; surface; plane; side, dimension | v7,p4398#01 | p.1383#07 | p.1465r2c01 |
各 | 口+3 | | gè ㄍㄜˋ | each, individually, every, all | v1,p0583#01 | p.174#18 | p.248r6c03 |
五 | 二+2 | 伍 𠄡 㐅 | wǔ ㄨˇ | five; surname | v1,p0011#03 | p.86#11 | p.64r3c01 |
千 | 十+1 | 仟 | qiān ㄑㄧㄢ | thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler | v1,p0059#01 | p.155#19 | p.212r5c01 |
里 | 里+0 | 裏 裡 | lǐ ㄌㄧˇ | unit of distance; village; lane | v6,p3680#01 | p.1291#02 | p.1357r4c01 |
上 | 一+2 | 丄 𠄞 | shàng ㄕㄤˋ | top; superior, highest; go up, send up | v1,p0005#04 | p.76#07 | p.24r2c01 |
專 | 寸+8 | 耑 𠧡 𠧢 𡴁 专 | zhuān ㄓㄨㄢ | monopolize, take sole possession | v1,p0507#01 | p.295#01 | p.434r6c01 |
是 | 日+5 | 昰 𣆞 | shì ㄕˋ | Straight. / Right, correct. / Believe accurate, affirm. / Demonstrative pronoun: this. / Be (copula). / Auxiliary word, used after moving forward the object. | v2,p1497#05 | p.493#26 | p.639r1c01 |
羣 | 羊+7 | 群 | qún ㄑㄩㄣˊ | (same as U+7FA4 群) group, crowd, multitude, mob | v5,p3134#13 | p.952#25 | p.1070r6c01 |
龍 | 龍+0 | 竜 𦱉 𢅛 𠊋 㰍 𥫈 龒 䰱 龙 | lóng ㄌㄨㄥˊ | Dragon, mythical creature which could control the clouds and rain. / The emperor. / An outstanding man. / A large and tall horse. / Name of a constellation: the Canglong (Azure Dragon) constellation. / Name of a star: (now known to be a planet) Jupiter. / Favour, affection. / A city in the state of Lu, south-east of Tai-an in present-day Shandong. | v7,p4803#01 | p.1536#33 | p.1572r6c01 |
| | | lǒng ㄌㄨㄥˇ | See 龍斷. | | | |
| | | máng ㄇㄤˊ | Multi-coloured. | | | |
所 | 戶+4 | 𢨷 | suǒ ㄙㄨㄛˇ | Place. / Location. / A suitable place or location. / Measure word, used for counting buldings. / Used before a verb, creates a noun-like phrase. / If. Mainly used in oaths and curses. / Used together with 為 to indicate the passive tense. / Indicates an approximate number. / Number, number of times. / Meaning. | v3,p2259#01 | p.415#16 | p.556r1c01 |
聚 | 耳+8 | | jù ㄐㄩˋ | assemble, meet together, collect | v4,p2791#18 | p.967#41 | p.1084r1c01 |
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. | | | |
金 | 金+0 | 钅 𨤾 𨥄 釒 | jīn jìn ㄐㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄣˋ | gold; metals in general; money | v6,p4167#01 | p.1295#01 | p.1363r1c01 |
玉 | 玉+0 | 𤣪 | yù ㄩˋ | jade, precious stone, gem | v2,p1100#01 | p.726#04 | p.884r5c02 |
琉 | 玉+6 | 琉 瑠 | liú ㄌㄧㄡˊ | sparkling stone; glazed, opaque | v2,p1118#09 | p.733#08 | p.894r2c01 |
璃 | 玉+11 | 瓈 | lí li ㄌㄧˊ ㄌㄧ· | glass | v2,p1132#05 | p.740#26 | p.900r1c01 |
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 |
宮 | 宀+7 | 宫 | gōng ㄍㄨㄥ | palace, temple, dwelling, enclose | v2,p0936#04 | p.285#16 | p.418r5c04 |
三 | 一+2 | 叁 弎 | sān sàn ㄙㄢ ㄙㄢˋ | three | v1,p0004#03 | p.76#05 | p.11r2c01 |
天 | 大+1 | 𠀡 𠀘 𦴞 兲 靝 𠕹 | tiān ㄊㄧㄢ | sky, heaven; god, celestial | v1,p0522#01 | p.248#04 | p.358r4c01 |
司 | 口+2 | 𤔲 | sī ㄙ | take charge of, control, manage; officer | v1,p0572#08 | p.174#03 | p.246r4c03 |
命 | 口+5 | | mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ | Order, command. / Written order, commandment. / Send (on a mission), dispatch. / A (diplomatic) mission. / Force, make do. / Instruct, tell. / Gift given by a ruler to his ministers by rank. / Will of heaven. / Fate. / Life, lifespan. / Call, name, assign a name to. / Know for certain. | v1,p0604#11 | p.183#18 | p.266r6c01 |
治 | 水+5 | 乿 | zhì ㄓˋ | Rule, administer. / Well ruled, peaceful and orderly. / Punish, execute. / Cure, treat (an illness). / Prepare. / Construct. / Research, study. | v3,p1599#06 | p.614#07 | p.776r5c02 |
處 | 虍+5 | 処 䖏 处 | chǔ ㄔㄨˇ | Stay, reside. / Settle. / Be in, located in. / Retire. / Appoint, serve in office. / Stop, rest. / Remain, stay. / Implement, carry out. / Handle, process. / Judge, form a judgement. / Decide, fix. / Distinguish, separate. / Standard, rule. | v4,p2822#12 | p.1073#25 | p.1183r5c02 |
| | | chù ㄔㄨˋ | Place, location. / Position, role. | | | |
仙 | 人+3 | 僊 | xiān ㄒㄧㄢ | Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal | v1,p0114#03 | p.92#13 | p.85r4c01 |
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. | | | |
欲 | 欠+7 | 慾 | yù ㄩˋ | desire, want, long for; intend | v3,p2140#07 | p.567#36 | p.729r4c02 |
升 | 十+2 | 昇 | 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 |
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. | | | |
皆 | 白+4 | | jiē ㄐㄧㄝ | all, every, everybody | v4,p2647#01 | p.786#12 | p.735r5c01 |
往 | 彳+5 | 徃 𢔎 𨓹 | wǎng wàng ㄨㄤˇ ㄨㄤˋ | go, depart; past, formerly | v2,p0817#06 | p.365#32 | p.509r6c03 |
來 | 人+6 | 來 来 徠 耒 | lái ㄌㄞˊ | Wheat. / Come, approach, draw near. / Return. / Incur, lead to. / Will, in the future. / Since, from some time until now. / Approximate number. / Particle: used when the object of a sentence is moved forward to emphasize the object. / Particle used to alter tempo. / Modal particle expressing suggestion or encouragement. | v1,p0141#08 | p.101#16 | p.102r1c01 |
| | | lài ㄌㄞˋ | See 勞來. | | | |
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 |