A crack on an oracle bone; compare 卜 |
⺊ |
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Compare 廩 |
㐭 |
granary; to stockpile, to supply |
To weights 入 balanced on a scale 巾 |
㒼 |
average; equivalent |
Water flowing through a gorge 谷 |
㕡 |
gully, pool; a ditch carved by a torrential rain |
A hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦 |
㝵 |
to obtain, to get, to acquire; ancient form of 得 |
An unbroken thread 纟 from the top to the bottom |
㡭 |
to continue; to carry on; to succeed, to inherit |
A house 广 in a village 里 |
㢆 |
store, shop, living space |
A foot 止 strolling down the road 廴 |
㢟 |
to walk slowly; to stroll; to ramble |
Seeds 彡 falling off a ripe 白 plant 小 |
㣎 |
fine, delicate |
To surround 匝 something with a hand 扌 |
㧜 |
to grasp, to hold, to pull at |
Tiny 幺 motes of dust 灬 in a sunbeam 日 |
㬎 |
motes in a sunbeam; illustrious, bright |
Several melons 瓜 growing |
㼌 |
melon patch; weary, feeble |
A spool 言 bound by thread 糹 |
䜌 |
chaos, distraction; to manage, to tie together |
Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1 |
一 |
one; a, an; alone |
One stroke on top of another; variant of 上 |
丄 |
above |
Three parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 二 (two) |
三 |
three |
One stroke on top of another; compare 下 (below) |
上 |
above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous |
One stroke under another; compare 上 (above) |
下 |
below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next |
A bird flying toward the sky 一 |
不 |
no, not, un-; negative prefix |
Simplified form of 絲, two threads |
丝 |
silk, fine thread; wire; strings |
A lost 厶 jade 玉 |
丢 |
to lose; to discard |
Two people 从 together in a cart |
两 |
two, both, pair, couple; ounce |
Two people sitting side-by-side; compare 竝 |
並 |
to combine, to annex; also, what's more |
A tally 丨 of people 人 |
个 |
this, that; single; measure word for individuals |
A forked line 丨 |
丫 |
forked; bifurcation |
A line 丨 through the center of a box 口 |
中 |
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese |
Two objects 口 strung 丨 together |
串 |
string; relatives; to conspire |
A red pellet 丶 from a mine 井 |
丹 |
cinnabar, red, vermilion; pellet, powder |
Simplified form of 麗; the antlers of a deer 鹿 |
丽 |
beautiful, elegant, magnificent |
Shears, for cultivating a garden |
乂 |
to govern; to control; to nurture |
A pregnant woman; compare 孕 |
乃 |
then; really, indeed, after all |
A foot meaning "to follow"; cursive version of 止 |
之 |
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to |
A foot 之 running into a wall or barrier 丿 |
乏 |
poor; short, lacking; tired |
Simplified form of 樂, a musical instrument with wood 木, strings 幺, and a pick 白 |
乐 |
cheerful, happy, laughing; music |
A ball bouncing back and forth; compare 乓 |
乒 |
used with pong for ping pong |
A ball bouncing back and forth; compare 乒 |
乓 |
used with ping for ping pong |
A person 夭 on stilts |
乔 |
tall, lofty; proud, stately |
Two feet 北 climbing a beanstalk 禾 |
乘 |
ride, mount; to make use of; to ascend; to multiply |
A mark made by a pen ⺺ |
书 |
book, letter, document; writing |
Heat 乚from the sun 龺; 龺 also provides the pronunciation |
乹 |
to clean; to dry up |
Rays 十 emanating from the 日; 乞 provides the pronunciation |
乾 |
arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male) |
A kneeling person 乚 using their hands 爫 to unravel a knot |
亂 |
anarchy, chaos; revolt |
Simplified form of 爭, two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅 |
争 |
to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive |
Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three) |
二 |
two; twice |
Two hooks hooking eachother |
互 |
mutually, reciprocally |
Five elements (the cross with the extra stroke) between heaven 一 and earth 一 |
五 |
five; surname |
Stretching from heaven 一 to earth 一 |
亘 |
to extend across, through; from |
A bridge laid across a river 二 |
亙 |
through; to extend across; to, from |
A man 人 in a coffin; see 亾 |
亡 |
death, destruction; to lose; to perish |
A person with crossed (intersecting) legs |
交 |
to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix |
A man standing with arrows pointing to his armpits |
亦 |
also, too; likewise |
Children 子 living and eating 口 in the house 亠 |
享 |
to share; to enjoy; to benefit from |
A tree 木 bearing fruit 立 |
亲 |
relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree |
Hands grasping 执 and tearing apart a dress 衣 |
亵 |
dirty, ragged; slight, insult, disrespect |
Visual abbreviation of 人 |
亻 |
man, person; people |
A man 人 in a coffin |
亾 |
death, destruction; to lose, to perish |
A file of ten 十 people 亻 |
什 |
what? mixed, miscellaneous |
A caring relationship between two 二 people 亻 |
仁 |
benevolent, humane, kind |
A man 人 taking shelter in a lean-to 厂 |
仄 |
slanting, oblique; oblique tones |
A mouth 亼 talking about things |
今 |
modern, current; today, now |
A border 八 dividing people 人 |
介 |
agent, go-between, intermediary; to introduce; shell, armor |
Old variant of 冰 ("ice-water") |
仌 |
frozen; ice-cold |
One person 人 following another |
从 |
from, by, since, whence, through |
Simplified form of 倉; grains 食 kept in storage 口 |
仓 |
granary, barn; cabin, berth |
A person 亻 keeping watch over a child 子; 子 also provides the pronunciation |
仔 |
small thing, child; young animal |
An additional, "also" 也 person 亻 |
他 |
other, another; he, she, it |
To hand 寸 something over to someone 亻 |
付 |
give, deliver, pay, hand over; entrust |
A man 亻 caught 弋 by the passing of time |
代 |
era, generation; to substitute for, to replace |
A person kneeling before a master 人 |
令 |
command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause |
To exalt 卬 a person 亻 |
仰 |
raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire |
The middle 中 person 亻; 中 also provides the pronunciation |
仲 |
middle brother; go between, mediator; surname |
A man 亻 dividing up a cow 牛 |
件 |
item, matter; component, part; measure word for events |
The lot or portion 分 allotted to a man 亻 |
份 |
job, part, role; duty |
A man 人 on his feet 止; 止 also provides the pronunciation |
企 |
to plan a project; to stand on tiptoe |
Five 五 people 亻; 五 also provides the pronunciation |
伍 |
five, company of five; troops |
A man 亻 who can support 支 someone |
伎 |
talent, skill, craft, ability |
A person 亻 acting like a dog 犬 |
伏 |
to crouch, to crawl, to lie hidden, to conceal |
A person 亻 attacked 戈 |
伐 |
cut down, subjugate, attack |
A person 亻 leaning against a tree 木 |
休 |
to rest; to stop; to retire |
A working 夫 man 亻; 夫 also provides the pronunciation |
伕 |
manual laborer |
Three people 人 representing a crowd |
众 |
multitude, crowd; masses, public |
People 人 speaking 云 |
会 |
to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group |
A person 亻 forced into a box 区 |
伛 |
humpback; stoop |
The logical order 仑 of human 亻 society; 仑 also provides the pronunciation |
伦 |
human relationships; society |
A person 亻 from the farm 仓; 仓 also provides the pronunciation |
伧 |
vulgar person, country man |
To extend your confidence 申 to another person 亻; 申 also provides the pronunciation
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伸 |
to extend, to stretch out, to open up; to trust |
One person 亻 resembles another |
似 |
resembling, similar to; as if, to seem |
A great 丕 man 亻; 丕 also provides the pronunciation |
伾 |
mighty |
A person 亻 on the farm 田; 田 also provides the pronunciation |
佃 |
tenant farmer; to be a tenant farmer |
A calm 宁 person 亻 |
佇 |
to wait; to look towards; to turn one's back on |
A person 亻 making an announcement 布; 布 also provides the pronunciation |
佈 |
to spread, to publicize, to announce |
The place where a person 亻 stands 立 |
位 |
seat, throne; rank, status; position, location |
A person 亻 who hosts 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation |
住 |
to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop |
Another 它 person 亻; see 他 and 她 for modern variants |
佗 |
other, he; surname; a load |
To lose 失 a person 亻 |
佚 |
to indulge in pleasures; to flee |
A person 亻 making something for the first time 乍; 乍 also provides the pronunciation |
作 |
to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform |
Kindness 仁 toward a woman 女 |
佞 |
flattery; glib |
Pronoun 尔 for a person 亻 |
你 |
you, second person pronoun |
An employed 用 person 亻; 用 also provides the pronunciation |
佣 |
to hire, to employ; commission; servant |
Many people gathered 亼 under one roof |
佥 |
all, together, unanimous |
Common 凡 cloth 巾 ornaments worn by people 亻 |
佩 |
belt ornament, pendant; wear at waist, tie to the belt; respect |
An old 老 person 亻; 老 also provides the pronunciation |
佬 |
elder; mature |
One hundred 百 people 亻; 百 also provides the pronunciation |
佰 |
hundred |
A second 耳 person 亻; 耳 also provides the pronunciation |
佴 |
a second, an assistant |
A conqueror 亻 taking land 并; 并 also provides the pronunciation |
併 |
to combine, to annex; also, what's more |
A person 亻 working for the government 吏 |
使 |
cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador |
As trustworthy 㐰 as spring-water 川 |
侃 |
upright and strong; amiable |
A wheat plant that has just borne fruit; compare 来 |
來 |
to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on |
A person 亻 with more than they need 多 |
侈 |
luxurious, extravagant |
To assemble 亼 a book 冊; to prepare an argument |
侖 |
logical reasons, logical order |
A person 亻 making an offering with both hands 共; 共 also provides the pronunciation |
供 |
to supply, to provide for; to offer in worship |
A person 亻 who organizes a meeting 会 |
侩 |
go-between, broker, proxy |
Someone 亻 who connects 系 people; 系 also provides the pronunciation |
係 |
system; line, link, connection |
Someone 亻 on your heels 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation |
促 |
to urge, to rush, to hurry; hasty; near, close |
A similar 肖 person 亻; 肖 also provides the pronunciation |
俏 |
to resemble; similar, alike; pretty |
A trusted 甹 person 亻; 甹 also provides the pronunciation |
俜 |
to trust to; send a message |
A person 亻 waiting for something to finish 矣; 矣 also provides the pronunciation |
俟 |
wait for, wait until, as soon as |
Someone 亻 who supports 夾 others; 夾 also provides the pronunciation |
俠 |
chivalrous person; knight-errant |
Someone 亻 with you all your life 寿; 寿 also provides the pronunciation |
俦 |
companion, mate, colleague |
A couple 寿; 寿 also provides the pronunciation |
俩 |
two, a pair, a couple |
Wages offered 奉 to a person 亻; 奉 also provides the pronunciation |
俸 |
wages, salary, official emolument |
A couple 兩; 兩 also provides the pronunciation |
倆 |
two, a pair, a couple |
A granary with a roof 人, door 户, and foundation 口 |
倉 |
granary, barn; cabin, berth |
Someone 亻 who does not bend 屈; 屈 also provides the pronunciation |
倔 |
stubborn, obstinate, intransigent; firm |
A lucky 幸 person 亻; 幸 also provides the pronunciation |
倖 |
lucky, fortunate; to spoil, to dote on |
Someone 亻 living in the capital 京; 京 also provides the pronunciation |
倞 |
far |
Someone 亻 who lights the way 昌; 昌 also provides the pronunciation |
倡 |
guide, leader; lead, introduce |
A curled-up 卷 person 亻; 卷 also provides the pronunciation |
倦 |
tired, weary |
A young 青 person 亻; 青 also provides the pronunciation |
倩 |
beautiful, lovely; son-in-law |
A young child 兒 |
倪 |
feeble, tiny, young and weak |
The logical order 侖 of human 亻 society; 侖 also provides the pronunciation |
倫 |
human relationships; society |
A person's 亻 duty 责; 责 also provides the pronunciation |
债 |
debt, loan, liability |
A false 叚 person 亻; 叚 also provides the pronunciation |
假 |
fake, false, deceitful; vacation |
To cling to someone 亻 in fear 畏; 畏 also provides the pronunciation |
偎 |
to cling to, to cuddle, to embrace, to fondle |
Someone 亻 who causes things to happen 故; 故 also provides the pronuncation |
做 |
to work, to make; to act |
Someone 亻 who can build 建 things; 建 also provides the pronunciation |
健 |
strong, robust, healthy; strength |
Someone 亻 in a rush 怱; 怱 also provides the pronunciation |
偬 |
busy, hurried; urgent |
Someone 亻 who lectures 尃; 尃 also provides the pronunciation |
傅 |
tutor, teacher; to assist; surname |
Someone 亻 by your side 旁; 旁 also provides the pronunciation |
傍 |
beside, close, nearby; to depend on |
A person 亻 from the farm 倉; 倉 also provides the pronunciation |
傖 |
vulgar person, country man |
People 人 huddling under an umbrella |
傘 |
umbrella, parasol, parachute |
To effect 效 another person 亻; 效 also provides the pronunciation |
傚 |
to mimic, to imitate |
Someone 亻 who hosts guests 宾; 宾 also provides the pronunciation |
傧 |
to entertain guests |
Someone 亻 in a rush 悤; 悤 also provides the pronunciation |
傯 |
busy, hurried; urgent |
A person's 亻 duty 責; 責 also provides the pronunciation |
債 |
debt, loan, liability |
A man 亻 being hit 夂 on the head 囟 |
傻 |
foolish, silly, stupid; an imbecile |
Many people 从 talking 口 under one roof 亼 |
僉 |
all, together, unanimous |
Someone 亻 in love 喜; 喜 also provides the pronunciation |
僖 |
joy, gladness, delight; surname |
A servant boy 童; 童 also provides the pronunciation |
僮 |
page, servant boy |
To hire 雇 someone 亻; 雇 also provides the pronunciation |
僱 |
to hire, to employ |
A merchant 亻賈; 賈 also provides the pronunciation |
價 |
price, value |
A person 亻 who organizes a meeting 會 |
儈 |
go-between, broker, proxy |
Cutting 一 off the feet 儿 |
兀 |
weak; lame |
Older brother 儿 speaking 口 to younger ones |
兄 |
elder brother |
A container 凵 of wickedness 乂 |
兇 |
atrocious, brutal, ferocious |
Someone stepping 止 in front of another person 儿 |
先 |
first, former, previous |
A person 儿 carrying a torch 火 |
光 |
light; bright, brilliant; only, merely |
A weapon 十 used to subdue a beast 兄 |
克 |
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations |
A beast 兄 with two horns 丷 |
兌 |
cash, check; to exchange |
A beast 兄 with two horns 丷 |
兑 |
cash, check; to exchange |
A man wearing a helmet, now meaning "pouch" |
兜 |
pouch |
Two people 先 marching; 先 also provides the pronunciation |
兟 |
to advance |
An arrow indicating "enter" |
入 |
to enter, to come in; to join |
A man 入 entering a door 冂 |
內 |
inside |
Jade 玉 put away 入 for safe-keeping |
全 |
whole, entire, complete; to preserve |
Two people 入 together in a cart |
兩 |
two, both, pair, couple; ounce |
Two bent lines meaning "to divide" |
八 |
eight; all around, all sides |
To divide 八 what is private 厶 |
公 |
fair, equitable; public; duke |
Two hands 八 holding one object 廾 |
共 |
all, total; together; to share |
Two hands 八 holding an axe 丘 |
兵 |
soldier; troops, an army; warlike |
Two hands 八 writing on a tablet 目 |
具 |
tool, implement; to draw up, to write |
Two hands 八 holding a book 冊 |
典 |
law, canon; scripture, classic; documentation |
A hand holding two sheafs of grain 禾 |
兼 |
both, and; at the same time; to unite, to combine |
An animal with horns 丷, eyes 田, nose 一, and mouth 口 |
兽 |
beast, animal; bestial |
When an individual 单 opens up 展; 展 also provides the pronunciation |
冁 |
smile |
A man 人 entering a door 冂 |
内 |
inside |
Bamboo strips 冂 tied together to form a book; compare 册 |
冊 |
book, volume, register, list |
A plot of land 口 surrounded by a border 冂; 冂 also provides the pronunciation |
冋 |
desert; border |
Archaic form of 炯 |
冏 |
bright, brilliant; clear; hot |
A man ⺼ wearing a helmet 由 |
冑 |
helmet |
A cover-cloth 冖 on a table 几 |
冗 |
excessive; superfluous |
Soldiers 冖 (distorted 力) in a cart 车 |
军 |
army, military; soldiers, troops |
A man 元 puts on a cap 冖 with his hand 寸 |
冠 |
cap, crown, headgear |
The sun 日, covered 冖, with 六 providing the pronunciation |
冥 |
dark, gloomy, night; deep |
A cover 冖 cloth 幕; 冖 also provides the pronunciation |
冪 |
cover-cloth; exponent, power |
A man walking 夂 on ice ⺀ |
冬 |
winter, 11th lunar month |
Ice-cold冫 water 水 |
冰 |
ice; ice-cold |
A plate or flat dish; an everyday item |
凡 |
any, every, all; common, ordinary |
Leaning on (trusting) 任 a table 几 |
凭 |
to lean on; to rely on |
A container 凵 of wickedness 乂 |
凶 |
culprit; murder; bad, sad |
A rectangle with a bulge |
凸 |
to protrude, to bulge out; convex |
A rectangle with a hollow |
凹 |
concave, hollow; depressed; pass, valley |
A sprout 屮 growing out of a container 凵 |
出 |
to go out, to send out; stand; produce |
Simplified form of 擊; 手 provides the meaning |
击 |
to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight |
Water 水 in a container 凵 |
凼 |
ditch; pool |
Letters placed in a container 凵 |
函 |
correspondence; a case, a box |
A drill 丵 making a hole 凵 |
凿 |
chisel; to bore, to pierce |
A knife 刀 sharp enough to draw blood 丶 |
刃 |
edged tool, cutlery, knife edge |
Pieces 八 being further subdivided with a knife 刀 |
分 |
to divide, to allocate; fraction; small unit of time or other quantity |
A man 刂 in jail 开 |
刑 |
punishment, penalty; law |
Laws inscribed 刂 on a slate 贝 |
则 |
rule, law, regulation; grades |
Cutting 刀 the cloth 衤 is the first step in making clothes |
初 |
beginning, initial, primary |
To cut 刂 out passages from a book 册 |
删 |
to delete; to cut; to censor |
To draw boundaries 刂 between classes 另 |
別 |
to separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave; other; do not, must not |
Harvesting 刂 grain 禾 |
利 |
gains, advantage, profit, merit |
To cut 刂 out passages from a book 冊 |
刪 |
to delete; to cut; to censor |
To draw boundaries 刂 between classes 另 |
别 |
to separate, to distinguish, to classify; to leave; other; do not, must not |
A person bent over 尸 with a towel 巾 |
刷 |
brush; to clean, to scrub |
Laws inscribed 刂 on a slate 貝 |
則 |
rule, law, regulation; grades |
A weapon 刂 used to subdue 十 a beast 兄 |
剋 |
to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations |
To cut 刂 the nose 鼻; 鼻 also provides the pronunciation |
劓 |
to cut off the nose |
A plow's head representing strength |
力 |
strength, power; capability, influence |
The power 力 beside 又 the throne |
劝 |
to recommend, to advise; to urge, to exhort |
Results produced by capable 力 labor 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation |
功 |
achievement, good work; merit; service |
Supporting a cause with the strength 力 of one's words 口 |
加 |
to add to, to increase, to augment |
Many people working 力 together |
劦 |
to cooperate, to work together; joint labor |
A man lifting 力 a load 冖 of grass 艹 |
劳 |
to labor, to toil; to do manual work |
A man lifting 力 a load 冖 of grass 炏 |
勞 |
to labor, to toil; to do manual work |
A spoon 勹 with something in it 丶 |
勺 |
spoon, ladle; unit of volume |
Using a spoon 勹 to measure out two equal parts 二 |
勻 |
equal; even, uniform |
A knife 勹 cutting fragments 丿 off |
勿 |
must not, do not; without, never |
Using a spoon 勹 to measure out two equal parts 冫 |
匀 |
equal; even, uniform |
To swaddle 勹 a baby 巳; 勹 also provides the pronunciation |
包 |
wrap, pack, bundle; package |
A handful of rice 米 in a bowl 勹 |
匊 |
handful |
A place 匸 under a lord's control 乂 |
区 |
area, district, region, ward; surname |
A board 扁 made of bamboo 匸; 扁 also provides the pronunciation |
匾 |
a board, sign, or tablet made from bamboo |
A place 匸 where many mouths 品 live |
區 |
area, district, region, ward; surname |
Two tens 十 side by side |
卄 |
twenty, twentieth |
Three tally marks; compare ten 十 and twenty 廿 |
卅 |
thirty, thirtieth |
Ten 十 different types of grass 艹 |
卉 |
general term for plants; myriads |
A cow 牛 splitting 丷 wood in half |
半 |
half; semi-, incomplete |
Four tally marks; compare ten 十, twenty 廿, and thirty 卅 |
卌 |
forty, fortieth |
A hand 又(altered) holding an empty shell 甲 (altered) |
卑 |
humble, low, inferior; to despise |
To foresee ⺊ the dawn 早 coming; 早 also provides the pronunciation |
卓 |
profound, lofty, brilliant |
To speak 口 of the future 卜; 卜 also provides the pronunciation |
卟 |
a chemical compound; divination; to consider |
To speak 口 omens ⺊ |
占 |
to divine; to observe; to versify |
A card squeezed between 上 and 下 |
卡 |
card, punch card; calorie |
A person 卜 (altered form of 人) laying in bed 臣 |
卧 |
to crouch; to lie down |
A person kneeling 卩 before a person (a king) sitting 匕 |
卬 |
lofty; high; to raise; high-priced, expensive |
A hand 爪 stamping a seal 卩 |
印 |
print; mark; seal, stamp |
A person 㔾 at the edge of a cliff 厃; 厃 also provides the pronunciation |
危 |
dangerous, precarious; high |
A hungry person卩 kneeling over food 皀; compare 既 |
即 |
promptly, quickly, immediately |
A curled up scroll 㔾 |
卷 |
book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll |
A person 㔾 being crushed under pressure 厂 |
厄 |
adversity, difficulty, distress |
Soil 土 crushed under pressure 厂 |
压 |
press; oppress; crush; pressure |
A cliff 厂 formed of earth 土 |
厓 |
precipice; river bank, shore; surname |
A bitter 辛 mineral 厂 |
厗 |
stone, mineral; antimony |
Sunlight 日 and children 子 in a building 厂 |
厚 |
generous; substantial; deep (as a friendship) |
A building 厂 containing the past 昔 |
厝 |
to bury; grave, tombstone; to cut, to engrave |
Three 三 with accents to prevent forgery |
叁 |
three (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |
A hand 又 grasping an object 丶 |
叉 |
fork; prong; cross, intersect |
Two hands 又 joined, representing friendship; 又 also provides the pronunciation |
友 |
friend, companion; fraternity |
Two hands 又 side-by-side |
双 |
pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs |
A hand 又 held up against a cliff 厂 |
反 |
reverse, opposite; contrary, anti- |
Three hands 又 joined, representing unity |
叒 |
obedient; united |
The smaller 小 brother |
叔 |
uncle; father's younger brother |
Many hooks 又 forming a net |
叕 |
to connect |
A hand 又 taking the ear 耳 of a fallen enemy |
取 |
to take, to receive, to obtain; to select |
Something 冖 passed from one hand 爫 to another 又 |
受 |
to receive, to get, to accept; to bear |
A hand 又 holding up a candle, representing failing vision |
叟 |
old man; elder |
Clothes 叒 stacked on top of a drawer 冝 |
叠 |
pile; layer; to fold up; to repeat, to duplicate |
Words passing through ten 十 mouths 口 |
古 |
old, classic, ancient |
A phrase 勹 from the mouth 口 |
句 |
sentence, clause, phrase, paragraph; stanza |
Simple words 八 coming from the mouth 口 |
只 |
only, merely, just |
A hand 乂 using a pen to record a history |
史 |
history, chronicle, annals |
A person speaking orders 口 and raising their arm |
司 |
to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer |
A mouth 口 exhaling 又 |
叹 |
to sigh, to admire |
Walking 夂 and talking 口 |
各 |
individual; each, every; all |
The words 口 of a scholar 士 |
吉 |
lucky, propitious, good |
A foreign 口 inch 寸; 寸 also provides the pronunciation |
吋 |
English inch (unlike 寸, which could be the English or the Chinese inch) |
Sharing a common 凡 tongue 口 |
同 |
same, similar; together with, alike |
A name called out 口 to hail someone at night 夕 |
名 |
name; position, rank, title |
Two mouths 口 in harmony |
吕 |
a musical note; surname |
A leader 尹 giving orders 口 |
君 |
sovereign, ruler, prince, monarch, chief |
The sound a dog 犬 makes with their mouth 口 |
吠 |
to bark |
Words 口 reaching an ear 斤 |
听 |
to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey |
A door 户 being opened 口 |
启 |
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain |
To stretch 引 the mouth 口; 引 also provides the pronunciation |
吲 |
to smile at; to sneer at |
One with wooden 木 speech 口 |
呆 |
dull, simple, stupid |
To speak 口 before a king 王 |
呈 |
to petition, to submit; to appear, to show |
To speak 口 with the force of an ox 牛 |
告 |
to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse |
Words 内 coming from a mouth 口 |
呙 |
to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth |
Border 冂 around land 土 with a well 口 |
周 |
Zhou dynasty; circumference |
To divine 占 with one's tongue 口 |
呫 |
to taste, to sip, to lick; to whisper; petty |
An order 令 given by mouth 口 |
命 |
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction |
To whisper 口 in someone's ear 耳 |
咠 |
to whisper, to slander, to blame |
The sound a sheep 羊 makes with its mouth 口 |
咩 |
the bleating of sheep |
One 一 voice 口 surrounded by conflict 戈 |
咸 |
all, together, united; salted |
A jaw 口 bone 冎 |
咼 |
to chat, to gossip, to jaw, to talk; mouth |
Something that everyone is talking 口 about |
品 |
article, good, product; commodity; quality, character |
One person talking 可 over another 可 |
哥 |
elder brother |
To shed a tear from your eyes 口 over a person 犬 |
哭 |
to weep, to cry, to wail |
To hold 含 in the mouth 口; 含 also provides the pronunciation |
唅 |
to swallow; to grunt, to grumble |
Children learning how to read 口 and write 肀 in school 广 |
唐 |
the Tang dynasty; Chinese; empty, exaggerated; surname |
A mouth 口 blowing ⺌ through a conch 贝 |
唢 |
a flute-like musical instrument |
A street vendor talks 口 incessantly, like a bird 隹 |
售 |
to sell |
To knock 攵 at the door 户 |
啓 |
to open; to explain; to begin |
To knock 攵 on a door 启; 启 also provides the pronunciation |
啟 |
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain |
The sound 口 of ripples in the water 波; 波 also provides the pronunciation |
啵 |
onomatopoetic, the sound of a brook bubbling |
To give someone food 羊 and conversation 口 |
善 |
good, virtuous, charitable, kind |
Extremely lucky 吉; 吉 also provides the pronunciation |
喆 |
sage; wise, sagacious |
A hedgehog's 彖 mouth 口 |
喙 |
beak, bill, snout; to pant |
Singing 口 and beating drums 壴 |
喜 |
to love; to enjoy, to be happy; joyful, glad |
A thousandth 厘 of a meal 口; 厘 also provides the pronunciation |
喱 |
gram; the weight of one grain |
Several birds 品 chirping in a tree 木 |
喿 |
the sound of birds chirping |
To taste 口 an odor 臭; 臭 also provides the pronunciation |
嗅 |
to sniff, to smell, to scent |
To laugh 蚩 out loud 口; 蚩 also provides the pronunciation |
嗤 |
to laugh at, to ridicule, to sneer at; to snort |
A mouth 口 blowing ⺌ through a conch 貝 |
嗩 |
a flute-like musical instrument |
A happy 喜 sound 口; 喜 also provides the pronunciation |
嘻 |
happy, giggling, laughing; an interjection |
Forbidden 禁 to speak 口; 禁 also provides the pronunciation |
噤 |
close; quiet, silent |
Four cooking vessels 口 guarded by a dog 犬 |
器 |
device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel |
A jade statue 王 with four holes made in it 口 |
噩 |
bad, ill-omened, unlucky |
The sound 口 of birds chirping 喿; 喿 also provides the pronunciation |
噪 |
to be noisy; to chirp loudly |
Towards 向 the country 鄉; 鄉 also provides the pronunciation |
嚮 |
to direct, to guide; to favor, to incline towards |
A person 人 in a cell 囗 |
囚 |
prisoner, convict; to confine |
A child 儿 in a room with four walls 囗 |
四 |
four |
A baby 子 in a crib 囗 |
囝 |
baby, infant |
Originally, a spiral signifying return |
回 |
to return, to turn around; a time |
A skull from above, with 乂 marking the fontanelle |
囟 |
top of the head; skull |
A girl 女 in a crib 囗 |
囡 |
child, daughter |
A lot of talent 才 gathered in one place 囗 |
团 |
sphere, circle, ball; mass, lump; group, regiment; to gather |
A fire burning and giving off smoke |
囪 |
chimney |
A fence 囗 built around a tree 木 |
困 |
to surround; to besiege; surrounded, in distress; poor; tired, sleepy |
A fire 夂 burning and giving off smoke |
囱 |
chimney |
A bin 囗 for storing grain 禾 |
囷 |
a round bin for storing grain |
Treasure 玉 within a country's borders 囗 |
国 |
country, nation, state; national |
Simplified form of 圖; a map of a district's 啚 borders 囗 |
图 |
diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan |
A pig 豕 in a pen 囗 |
圂 |
pig-sty; privy |
Treasure 或 within a country's borders 囗 |
國 |
country, nation, state; national |
A map of a district's 啚 borders 囗 |
圖 |
diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan |
A lot of talent 專 gathered in one place 囗 |
團 |
sphere, circle, ball; mass, lump; group, regiment; to gather |
A round 睘 fence 囗 |
圜 |
circle; to surround, to encircle |
Simplified form of 聖; a king 王 of listening 耳 and speaking口 |
圣 |
holy, sacred; sage, saint |
A stack of tablets |
圭 |
jade tablet |
A furrow cut in the earth 土 by a stream 川; 川 also provides the pronunciation |
圳 |
a furrow in a field; a small drainage ditch |
Two people 从 sitting on the ground 土 |
坐 |
seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by |
Comparing 比 pottery 土; 比 also provides the pronunciation |
坒 |
to compare, to equal, to match |
Soil 土 heaped 八 on the earth 土 |
坴 |
a clod of earth; land |
A cottage 卢 with earthen walls 土; 卢 also provides the pronunciation |
垆 |
clay; hut, shop |
A mound 土 of clay 土 |
垚 |
mound, lump, round mass |
An earthen 土 roadblock 延 |
埏 |
boundary, limit |
Clay 坴 formed into a ball 丸 |
埶 |
art |
A hand 幸 clutching a pebble 丸 |
執 |
to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain |
To sweep 帚 away dirt 土 |
埽 |
broom; to sweep, to clear away |
A stern 臤 fortification 土; 臤 also provides the pronunciation |
堅 |
hard, strong; firm, resolute |
Yellow 黄 earth 土 |
堇 |
yellow loam; clay; season; few |
A flat 枼 earthen 土 |
堞 |
battlement; plate |
Earthen 土 walls built for defense 保; 保 also provides the meaning |
堡 |
fort, fortress; town, village |
One with a considerable amount 甚 of land 土 |
堪 |
to endure; adequate, capable, worthy |
A mound 垚 borne by a man 兀; 垚 also provides the pronunciation |
堯 |
a legendary ancient emperor-sage |
A hand 幸 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing |
報 |
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge |
Grass 炏 covering a buried 土 casket 冖 |
塋 |
grave, tomb, cemetary |
Dust 土 kicked up by a fleeing deer 鹿 |
塵 |
cinders, ashes, dust, dirt |
Chalk made from black 黑 earth 土 |
墨 |
ink; writing; Mexico |
A ditch 㕡 carved in the earth 土; 㕡 also provides the pronunciation |
壑 |
gully, pool; a ditch carved by a torrential rain |
Soil 土 crushed under pressure 厭; 厭 also provides the pronunciation |
壓 |
press; oppress; crush; pressure |
Simplified form of 聲; see that character for the etymology |
声 |
sound, noise; voice, tone, music |
A shell discarded 冗 by a soldier 士 |
壳 |
casing, husk, shell |
Ancient form of 老 |
壽 |
old age, longevity; lifespan |
To go somewhere 夂 and put down a flag 卜 |
处 |
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department |
To go 夂 to the farm 田 to prepare for a harvest |
备 |
to prepare; to get ready, to equip; ready; perfect |
A person 亻 who goes somewhere 夂 every day 日 |
复 |
again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return |
A monster with a face, a nose 自, and one foot 夊 |
夔 |
one-legged monster; walrus |
Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign |
外 |
out, outside, external; foreign; in addition |
A person 㔾 curled up at night 夕 |
夗 |
to turn over when asleep |
Two nights 夕, suggesting many |
多 |
much, many, multi-; more than, over |
A person 亻 sneaking by under cover 亠 of night 夕 |
夜 |
night, dark; under cover of night |
Two eyes 艹 shut 罒 at night 夕 |
夢 |
dream |
A man 人 with outstretched arms |
大 |
big, great, vast, high, deep |
The heavens 一 above a man 大 |
天 |
sky, heaven; god, celestial |
A giant 大 with a normal-sized man 丶 for scale |
太 |
very, too much; big; extreme |
A man 大 wearing a coming-of-age hairpin 一 |
夫 |
man, husband; worker; those |
A load that takes great 大 strength 力 |
夯 |
burden, load; to lift up; to tamp down |
Something 丿 falling from a hand 夫 |
失 |
to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect |
A man 大 armed with a bow 弓 |
夷 |
ancient barbarian tribes |
A person 夫 stuck between two others 丷 |
夹 |
to support; to be wedged between |
A man 大 grasping something 寸 |
夺 |
to rob, to snatch, to take by force |
A great 大 river bed 川 |
夼 |
depression, hollow, low ground |
Two people 从 supporting someone 大 from either side |
夾 |
to support; to be wedged between |
A man 大 packing a suitcase 区 |
奁 |
lady's vanity case; trousseau |
A person 大 riding a horse 可 |
奇 |
strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult |
A man 大 with spirit 示 |
奈 |
but, how; to bear, to stand, to endure |
A man 大 working on the farm 田 |
奋 |
to strive, to exert effort; to arouse |
A report about (above) the emperor 天 |
奏 |
to play; to memorialize; to report |
A contract signed by cutting 刀 notches 丰 in wood 木 (now changed to 大) |
契 |
deed, bond, contract; to engrave |
Excessive 多 largess 大 |
奓 |
extravagant |
A man 大 running through a field of grass 卉 |
奔 |
to rush about; to run, to flee |
A man 大 wrapped in a long 镸 cloth |
套 |
case, cover, envelope, wrapper |
A man 大 lifting up an offering of wine 酋 |
奠 |
to found, to settle; to pay respects; a libation for the dead |
A person 大 discovering a house 宀 full of rice 米 |
奥 |
mysterious, obscure, profound; used in transliterations |
A person 大 discovering a house full of rice 釆 |
奧 |
mysterious, obscure, profound; used in transliterations |
A man 大 packing a suitcase 區 |
奩 |
lady's vanity case; trousseau |
A man 大 grasping 寸 a bird 隹 |
奪 |
to rob, to snatch, to take by force |
A man 大 working on the farm 田 |
奮 |
to strive, to exert effort; to arouse |
A woman 女 standing by her master's right hand 又; 女 also provides the pronunciation
|
奴 |
slave, servant |
A woman 女 beside you 也 |
她 |
she, her |
A woman 女 with a son 子 |
好 |
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well |
A wife 女 following her husband's words 口 |
如 |
as, as if, like, such as, supposing |
One's own 己 woman 女 |
妃 |
wife, spouse; imperial concubine |
Simplified form of 婦; a woman 女 with a broom 彐 |
妇 |
married woman; wife |
A woman 女 who appears forward or open 开 |
妍 |
beautiful, handsome; seductive |
A working 支 woman 女; 支 also provides the pronunciation |
妓 |
prostitute |
A woman 女 cooking food 日 for a 宀 banquet; compare 宴 |
妟 |
banquet, feast; to entertain |
A hand 爫 over a woman 女, representing control |
妥 |
secure, sound; satisfactory, appropriate |
A woman 女 watching over her ward 区 |
妪 |
old woman, hag; to protect; to brood over |
You 尔 (female) 女 |
妳 |
you (female) |
A woman 女 holding a broom 十 in her hand 彐 |
妻 |
wife |
A woman 女 branded 辛 as a slave |
妾 |
concubine |
An older 古 woman 女; 古 also provides the pronunciation |
姑 |
father's sister; husband's mother |
An affair 并 with a woman 女; 并 also provides the pronunciation |
姘 |
mistress, lover; an affair |
Simplified form of 薑; grass 艹 provides the meaning while 畺 provides the pronunciation |
姜 |
ginger; surname |
An older 老 woman 女; 老 also provides the pronunciation |
姥 |
maternal grandmother; midwife |
Someone who flirts with many women 女 |
姦 |
crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery |
A minister's 臣 consort 女 |
姫 |
beauty; imperial concubine |
An official 臣 woman 女 |
姬 |
beauty; imperial concubine |
A woman 女 related by 因 marriage |
姻 |
relatives by marriage |
Dominating a woman 女 by force of arms 戈 |
威 |
might, power, prestige; to dominate |
A girl 女 made of beautiful jade 圭 |
娃 |
baby; doll; pretty girl |
A woman 女 looking up at a star 米 |
娄 |
a constellation; to wear; surname |
Like 亦 a woman 女 |
娈 |
lovely, beautiful; docile, obedient |
To take 取 a wife 女; 取 also provides the pronunciation |
娶 |
to marry, to take a wife |
A daughter 女 looking up at her mother 母 |
婁 |
a constellation; to wear; surname |
A humble 卑 woman 女; 卑 also provides the pronunciation |
婢 |
servant girl; maidservant |
A woman 女 with a broom 帚 |
婦 |
married woman; wife |
Like a young 青 woman 女; 青 also provides the pronunciation |
婧 |
modest; supple |
To know a woman's 女 secret 冓; 冓 also provides the pronunciation |
媾 |
to marry; to be intimate with |
An envious 疾 woman 女; 疾 also provides the pronunciation |
嫉 |
jealous, envious |
A woman 女 watching over her ward 區 |
嫗 |
old woman, hag; to protect; to brood over |
To stare 睘 after a woman 女; 睘 also provides the pronunciation |
嬛 |
apt, clever; flatterer, sycophant |
A woman 女 flirting with two men 男 |
嬲 |
to tease, to play, to flirt; to frolic |
The mouth 乚 of a crying baby 子 |
孔 |
opening, hole, orifice; great |
A woman delivering 乃 a child 子 |
孕 |
pregnant; pregnancy |
A child 子 in a house 宀; 子 also provides the pronunciation |
字 |
character, letter, symbol, word |
Simplified form of 孫; a chain 系 of descent 子 |
孙 |
grandchild, descendent; surname |
A bird clutching 爫 its eggs 子 |
孚 |
to brood over eggs; to have confidence |
A young man 子 carrying an older man 耂 |
孝 |
filial piety, obedience; mourning |
A child 子 sitting on a throne 皿 |
孟 |
first in a series; great, eminent |
The time for planting seeds 子 of grain 禾 |
季 |
a quarter-year, a season; surname |
A building 冖 where children 子 study; ⺍ provides the pronunciation |
学 |
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology |
Many abandoned children 子 representing an orphanage |
孨 |
cautious, cowardly, weak; an orphan |
Giving birth to a second 亦 child 子 |
孪 |
twins |
A chain 系 of descent 子 |
孫 |
grandchild, descendent; surname |
Not 不 good 好 |
孬 |
bad, cowardly, useless; rogue, scoundrel |
Weak 孨 in body 尸 |
孱 |
feeble, frail, weak; unfit |
To brood 孚 over eggs 卵 |
孵 |
to brood over eggs, to incubate, to hatch |
A building 冖 where children 子 study |
學 |
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology |
Keeping something 寸 within one's walls 宀 |
守 |
to defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to wait |
A woman 女 safe in a house 宀 |
安 |
peaceful, tranquil, quiet |
A building 宀 made out of wood 木 |
宋 |
the Song dynasty; surname |
A tunnel 宀 made in stone 石 |
宕 |
quarry; cave dwelling; to put someone off |
An altar 示 to the ancestor spirits found in one's home 宀 |
宗 |
ancestry, clan, family, lineage; religion, sect |
A person 疋 settling under a roof 宀 |
定 |
to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure |
A memorial service 且 held in a house 宀 |
宜 |
fitting, proper, right; what one should do |
Jade 玉 kept in one's house 宀 |
宝 |
treasure, jewel; rare, precious |
A person 各 welcomed under one's roof 宀; 各 also provides the pronunciation |
客 |
guest, traveller; customer |
A minister 臣 in a statehouse 宀 |
宦 |
government official |
A barracks 宀 where slaves 辛 live |
宰 |
to slaughter, to butcher; to govern, to rule |
A woman 女 cooking food 日 for a house 宀 banquet |
宴 |
banquet, feast; to entertain |
A solider 兵 quartered under one's roof 宀 |
宾 |
guest, visitor; surname; submit |
A person 亻 sleeping in a bed 百 under a roof 宀 |
宿 |
to stop, to rest, to lodge; constellation |
A silent 宓 mountain 山; 宓 also provides the pronunciation |
密 |
secret, confidential; intimate, close; dense, thick |
Bandits mugging 攴 a person 元 in his home 宀 |
寇 |
bandit, thief; enemy; to invade |
A bed 爿 in a house 宀; 未 provides the pronunciation |
寐 |
sleep; asleep |
A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 丬 in their home 宀 |
寝 |
to sleep, to rest; bedroom |
A person 彐冖又 lying down on a bed 爿 in their home 宀 |
寢 |
to sleep, to rest; bedroom |
A fortress 宀 with walls made of wood 木 |
寨 |
stockade, stronghold, outpost; brothel |
Valuables 貝 kept in one's house 宀; 珤 also provides the pronunciation |
寶 |
treasure, jewel; rare, precious |
A hand with a dot indicating where the pulse can be felt, about an inch up the wrist |
寸 |
inch; small, tiny |
A pair 又 of hands 寸 |
对 |
correct, right; facing, opposed |
An offering 土 in your hand 寸 |
寺 |
court, office; temple, monastery |
A hand 寸 pointing the way to someplace 巳 |
导 |
to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct |
A small object 寸 clutched in one's hand 爫 |
寽 |
a handful; a pinch |
Altered form of 老 |
寿 |
old age, longevity; lifespan |
To seal 寸 something with a handful of mortar 土 |
封 |
envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal |
Going to bed 丬 at night 夕, a predictable future |
将 |
the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general |
Going to bed 爿 at night 夕, a predictable future |
將 |
the future, what will be; ready, prepared; a general |
A hand 寸 making an offering of wine 酋 |
尊 |
to honor, to respect, to venerate |
A hand 彐 looking 工 for an item 口; 寸 provides the pronunciation |
尋 |
to seek; to search for, to look for; ancient |
A hand 寸 holding a lit 业 candelabrum 羊 |
對 |
correct, right; facing, opposed |
A hand 寸 pointing the way to someplace 道 |
導 |
to direct, to guide, to lead, to conduct |
Dividing 八 by a line 亅 |
小 |
small, tiny, insignificant |
A point, small 小 over big 大 |
尖 |
sharp, pointed, acute; keen, shrewd |
The smaller 小 of two brothers |
尗 |
younger brother; father's younger brother |
Small 小 flakes of earth 土 |
尘 |
cinders, ashes, dust, dirt |
A diamond: small 小 to big 大 to small 小 |
尜 |
a child's toy |
Cutting 一 off the feet 儿; compare 兀 |
尢 |
weak, lame |
A person with damaged 八 feet 儿 |
尣 |
weak, lame |
A hairy 彡 dog 犬 |
尨 |
shaggy dog; striped, variegated |
Picture of a man measuring by pacing |
尺 |
ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft. |
A furry 毛 tail behind a body 尸 |
尾 |
tail; extremity, end; back, rear |
A person, crouched 尸 passing water 水 |
尿 |
urine; to urinate |
A place where measures 尺 are discussed 口 |
局 |
bureau, office; circumstance, game, situation |
Simplified form of 層; 曾 provides the pronunciation |
层 |
layer, floor, story, stratum |
Simplified form of 屭; a strong 贔 body 尸 |
屃 |
legendary hero; Herculean strength |
A hole 穴 in a woman's body 尸 |
屄 |
vagina; to press up to; to force |
To stop 至 under a roof 尸 (variant of 厂) |
屋 |
building, house, shelter; room |
Something hanging 吊 from the body 尸; 吊 also provides the pronunciation |
屌 |
penis; to fuck |
A dead 死 body 尸; 尸 also provides the pronunciation |
屍 |
body, corpse |
A person, crouched 尸 defecating 米; 米 also provides the pronunciation |
屎 |
stool, feces, dung |
Laying out clothes 㠭 for sale in a market 尸; compare 㠭 |
展 |
to open, to unfold; to extend, to stretch |
A person 尸 walking 彳; 徙 also provides the pronunciation |
屣 |
sandals, slippers |
A person 尸 walking 彳; 復 also provides the pronunciation |
履 |
shoes; to walk, to tread |
A strong 贔 body 尸 |
屭 |
legendary hero; Herculean strength |
Two mountains 山; 山 also provides the pronunciation |
屾 |
mountain range |
A road being split 分 by a mountain 山 |
岔 |
to diverge, to branch; junction, fork in the road |
A mountain 山 that affords a good view 见; 见 also provides the pronunciation |
岘 |
steep hill; a mountain in Hubei |
Wind 风 blowing off the mountain 山 |
岚 |
mountain mist, mountain haze |
A bird 鸟 perched atop a mountain 山 |
岛 |
island |
The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山 |
岩 |
cliff; rocks; mountain |
A mountain 山 range surrounded by hills 丘 |
岳 |
mountain peak; surname |
A mountain 山 cliff 厂; 干 provides the pronunciation |
岸 |
beach, coast, shore |
The space between 夹 two mountains 山; 夹 also provides the pronunciation |
峡 |
gorge, ravine, strait; isthmus |
A tall 乔 mountain 山; 乔 also provides the pronunciation |
峤 |
tall pointed mountain |
A mountain 山 by a valley 谷; 谷 also provides the pronunciation |
峪 |
valley, ravine |
A mountain 山 that affords a good view 見; 見 also provides the pronunciation |
峴 |
steep hill; a mountain in Hubei |
A bird 烏 perched atop a mountain 山 |
島 |
island |
The space between 夾 two mountains 山; 夾 also provides the pronunciation |
峽 |
gorge, ravine, strait; isthmus |
A bird 隹 faced with a mountain 山 |
崔 |
high, lofty, towering; surname |
A mountain 山 precipice 厓; 厓 also provides the pronunciation |
崖 |
cliff, precipice; precipitous |
Wind 風 blowing off the mountain 山 |
嵐 |
mountain mist, mountain haze |
A tall 高 mountain 山 |
嵩 |
high, lofty; one of the five peaks in Hunan |
The spine 脊 of a mountain 山 range; 脊 also provides the pronunciation |
嵴 |
ridge, crest, apex |
A road that climbs 登 a mountain 山; 登 also provides the pronunciation |
嶝 |
mountain path |
The top 颠 of a mountain 山; 颠 also provides the pronunciation |
巅 |
mountain peak, mountain top |
The top 顛 of a mountain 山; 顛 also provides the pronunciation |
巔 |
mountain peak, mountain top |
A river's flow; compare 巛 |
川 |
stream, river |
Islands within a river 川 |
州 |
state, province, prefecture |
To walk 辶 by the river 巛; 巛 also provides the pronunciation |
巡 |
to cruise, to inspect, to patrol |
A nest 巛田 built in a tree 木 |
巢 |
nest, living quarters in tree |
A mouse's 鼠 whiskers 巛 |
巤 |
a mouse's whiskers; a horse's mane; a fish's dorsal fin |
A hand holding a large carpenter's square 工 |
巨 |
large, huge, gigantic; chief |
Work 工 done by a sheep 羊; incompetence |
差 |
difference, gap; almost, nearly; in error; an officer |
A belt 一 made of cloth 巾 |
巿 |
to revolve, to turn, to make a circuit |
Bills written on silk 巾 |
币 |
currency, coins, legal tender |
Cloth 巾 held in a hand |
布 |
cotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare; to spread |
An army officer carrying a weapon 刂 and a flag 巾 |
帅 |
commander; commander-in-chief; handsome, smart |
To skillfully wield 帀 a knife 刂 |
师 |
teacher, professional, master |
Records kept on cloth 巾 by servants 奴 |
帑 |
treasury; public funds |
A scarf 巾 used to maintain a girl's purity 巾 |
帕 |
scarf, turban, veil, wrap |
Writing on a cloth 巾 |
帖 |
card, invite, notice; to fit snugly |
A curtain 巾 at the entrance to a cave 穴 |
帘 |
the flag-sign of a tavern |
An army officer carrying a weapon 㠯 and a flag 巾 |
帥 |
commander; commander-in-chief; handsome, smart |
A belt, creasing one's robe above 卅 but not below 巾 |
带 |
belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear |
To skillfully wield 帀 a knife 㠯 |
師 |
teacher, professional, master |
A cloth 巾 or straw 艹 mat in the house 广 |
席 |
seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat |
A nation's 邦 flag 巾; 邦 also provides the pronunciation |
帮 |
to help, to assist; to support, to defend; party; gang |
A belt, creasing one's robe above 卌 but not below 巾 |
帶 |
belt, strap; band, ribbon; area, zone; to carry, to raise, to wear |
A cover 冖 cloth 巾; 冖 also provides the pronunciation |
幂 |
cover-cloth; exponent, power |
A room 屋 made of cloth 巾; 屋 also provides the pronunciation |
幄 |
tent; mosquito net |
A roll 畐 of cloth 巾; 畐 also provides the pronunciation |
幅 |
piece, roll, strip; breadth, width; measure word for textiles |
Writing 章 on cloth 巾; 章 also provides the pronunciation |
幛 |
a cloth or silken hanging scroll |
A feudal 封 flag 帛; 封 also provides the pronunciation |
幫 |
to help, to assist; to support, to defend; party; gang |
A man 干 carrying grain, representing the annual harvest |
年 |
year; anniversary; a person's age |
Simplified form of 並; two men standing side-by-side |
并 |
to combine, to annex; also, what's more |
Two men, one alive 土 and one dead 干; the living one is lucky |
幸 |
favor, fortune, luck; surname |
An inversion of 予, "to give" |
幻 |
fantasy, illusion, mirage; imaginary |
One with little 幺 strength 力; 幺 also provides the pronunciation |
幼 |
infant, young child; immature |
Small niches 幺 in the mountainside 山; 幺 also provides the pronunciation |
幽 |
quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark |
A lean-to 厂, suggesting a building |
广 |
broad, vast, wide; building, house |
A great 大 celebration in a house 广 |
庆 |
to congratulate, to celebrate |
A house 广 made out of wood 木; 广 also provides the pronunciation |
床 |
bed, couch; framework, chassis |
A house 广 with an open door 户; 户 also provides the pronunciation |
庐 |
hut, cottage; the name of a mountain |
A stable 广 where carriages 车 are parked |
库 |
armory, treasury, warehouse |
A building 广 containing an altar 由 |
庙 |
temple, shrine; imperial court |
A dragon 龙 inside a house 广 |
庞 |
disorderly, messy; huge, big |
Twenty 廿 people 又 meeting inside a building 广 to deliberate |
度 |
degree, system; manner; to consider |
A wide 广 seat 坐; 坐 also provides the pronunciation |
座 |
seat; stand, base |
A stable 广 where carriages 車 are parked |
庫 |
armory, treasury, warehouse |
A wide 广 couryard 廷; 廷 also provides the pronunciation |
庭 |
court; courtyard; spacious hall or yard |
A low 卑 house 广 |
庳 |
a low-built house |
A building 广 where people remain 奄; 奄 also provides the pronunciation |
庵 |
Buddhist monastery or nunnery |
Many people 灬 (twenty or more 廿) in a house 广 |
庶 |
numerous, various; multitude |
A home 广 with a servant 隶 |
康 |
health; peace, quiet |
The wind 翏 blowing over a vast, empty plain 广 |
廖 |
deserted, empty, few; surname |
A building 广 containing an altar 朝 |
廟 |
temple, shrine; imperial court |
A building 广 where food is stored 會; 會 also provides the pronunciation |
廥 |
granary, barn |
A foot on the road 㢟 stopped in its tracks 丿 |
延 |
to defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to prolong; surname |
Two hands 十 side by side |
廾 |
two hands |
Two tens 十 side by side |
廿 |
twenty, twentieth |
Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door |
开 |
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin |
Simplified form of 異; a person 共 with a scary face田 |
异 |
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising |
Two hands 廾 discarding a dead, swaddled baby 亠厶 |
弃 |
to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget |
Two hands 廾 playing with a piece of jade 玉; 廾 also provides the pronunciation |
弄 |
to do; to mock, to tease; to play with |
Two hands 廾 breaking something 敝; 敝 also provides the pronunciation |
弊 |
evil, bad, wrong; fraud, harm |
A craftsman using an awl 弋 and a measuring square 工 |
式 |
formula, pattern, rule, style, system |
A corpse 弓 hanged on a rope 丨 |
弔 |
to suspend, to hang; to pity, to condole |
To pull back a bow's 弓 drawstring 丨 |
引 |
to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract |
Two arrows 丨 pulled across a bow |
弗 |
not, negative |
Like 亦 a bow 弓 |
弯 |
bend, curve, turn |
Two shoots 弓 dying to frost 冫 |
弱 |
weak, fragile, delicate |
Simplified form of 歸; a wife 帚 returning home; 追 provides the pronunciation |
归 |
to return, to go back; to return to, to revert |
A pig 豕 with a long snout 彑 |
彖 |
hog, hedgehog, porcupine |
A hand 彐 holding a bamboo broom 丰 |
彗 |
comet; broomstick |
To gather 彑 fruit 果 |
彙 |
to gather, to collect; confluence |
Sunlight 彡 streaming through a window 开 |
形 |
form, shape; to appear; to describe; to look |
A tiger's 虎 stripes 彡 |
彪 |
tiger; a tiger's stripes; like a tiger |
The sound 彡 of drums 壴 |
彭 |
name of an ancient country; surname |
A person walking over 彳 with food in hand 殳 |
役 |
servant, laborer; service; to serve |
To welcome someone arriving 彳 at the royal court 寺 |
待 |
to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait |
To pace 彳 back and forth 回; 回 also provides the pronunciation |
徊 |
to linger, to pace; irresolute |
To walk 彳 as required by law 聿 |
律 |
statute, principle, regulation |
One step 彳 coming behind another 夂; 幺 provides the pronunciation |
後 |
after; behind, rear; descendants |
To walk 走 in someone's footsteps 彳 |
徒 |
disciple, follower; only, merely; in vain |
A hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦 |
得 |
to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready |
To step 彳 out on a long journey 歨 |
徙 |
to move, to shift; to migrate |
Older form of 复; see that character for the etymology |
復 |
again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return |
To march 彳 on the king's 王 orders 攵 |
徴 |
to summon |
A knife 刃 piercing the heart 心; 刃 also provides the pronunciation |
忍 |
to endure, to bear, to suffer, to tolerate |
A weight on 上 the heart 心 |
忐 |
nervous, timorous |
A weight under 下 the heart 心 |
忑 |
fearful, nervous, timid |
The mind 心 of a scholar 士; 士 also provides the pronunciation |
志 |
determination, will; mark, sign; to record, to write |
A heart 忄 faced with death 亡; 亡 also provides the pronunciation |
忙 |
busy, hurried, pressed for time |
A decisive 夬 will 忄; 夬 also provides the pronunciation |
快 |
speedy, rapid, quick; soon |
To keep the present 今 in mind 心 |
念 |
to think of, to recall; to study |
A heart 忄 full of anger 气; 气 also provides the pronunciation |
忾 |
anger, wrath, hatred, enmity |
Weighing something with your mind 囟 (altered) and heart 心 |
思 |
to think, to ponder, to consider; final particle |
Many mouths 口 speaking with one mind 心 |
总 |
to gather, to collect; overall, altogether |
A constant 亙 heart 忄; 亙 also provides the pronunciation |
恆 |
constant, persistent, regular |
A constant 亘 heart 忄; 亘 also provides the pronunciation |
恒 |
constant, persistent, regular |
To breathe (life, 心) through one's nose 自; 心 also provides the pronunciation |
息 |
to end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath, rest; news |
Moving 动 and sad 忄; 动 also provides the pronunciation |
恸 |
sadness, grief; to mourn, to be moved |
To plan 忄 for a battle 军; 军 also provides the pronunciation |
恽 |
to devise, to plan; to deliberate, to consult |
Fraternal 弟 respect 忄; 弟 also provides the pronunciation |
悌 |
respectful, brotherly |
One with a sharp 刂 wit 忄; 利 also provides the pronunciation |
悧 |
active; clever, sharp; smooth |
You 你 said with affection 心 |
您 |
honorific for 'you' |
Pride 心 in one's country 县, expressed by a flag; 县 also provides the
pronunciation |
悬 |
to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung |
Having a hard 坚 heart 忄; 坚 also provides the pronunciation |
悭 |
miserly, stingy, thrifty |
An uncertain 或 heart 心; 或 also provides the pronunciation |
惑 |
to confuse, to mislead; to doubt |
To neglect 忽 the mind 忄; 忽 also provides the pronunciation |
惚 |
confused, absent-minded |
Night falling 昏 on the mind 忄; 昏 also provides the pronunciation |
惛 |
confused, forgetful; senile; stupid |
To feel 忄 for the past 昔; 昔 also provides the pronunciation |
惜 |
pity, regret; to rue; to begrudge |
A brilliant 星 mind 忄; 星 also provides the pronunciation |
惺 |
intelligent, clever, astute |
To persist 复 in error 忄; 复 also provides the pronunciation |
愎 |
stubborn, obstinate, headstrong |
To bring a lover 心 into one's house 冖 |
愛 |
to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection |
Two hearts 心 beating together 咸 |
感 |
to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense |
With a pure 素 heart 忄; 素 also provides the pronunciation |
愫 |
sincere, honest, guileless |
A heart 忄 full of anger 氣; 氣 also provides the pronunciation |
愾 |
anger, wrath, hatred, enmity |
A tree 木 bearing nuts 覀; compare 果 |
慄 |
chestnut tree; chestnuts; surname |
To hide 匿 evil in one's heart 心 |
慝 |
an evil thought; sin, vice |
Moving 動 and sad 忄; 動 also provides the pronunciation |
慟 |
sadness, grief; to mourn, to be moved |
A tiger 虍 striking fear into the heart 思 |
慮 |
anxious, concerned, worried |
Having a hard 堅 heart 忄; 堅 also provides the pronunciation |
慳 |
miserly, stingy, thrifty |
To go to 夂 a celebration 心 in a house 广 |
慶 |
to congratulate, to celebrate |
Grieving 心 for a dead brother 戚; 戚 also provides the pronunciation |
慼 |
grief, mourning; relative; related to |
The heart's 心 desire 欲; 欲 also provides the pronunciation |
慾 |
passion, desire, lust; appetite |
Rules 宀 for living 龶; 心 provides the pronunciation |
憲 |
constitution, statute, law |
A pained 楚 heart 忄; 楚 also provides the pronunciation |
憷 |
painful; privation, suffering |
With a heavy 满 heart 心; 满 also provides the pronunciation |
懑 |
sad, sorrowful, sick at heart |
With a heavy 滿 heart 心; 滿 also provides the pronunciation |
懣 |
sad, sorrowful, sick at heart |
Pride 心 in one's country 縣, expressed by a flag; 縣 also provides the
pronunciation |
懸 |
to hang, to hoist, to suspend; hung |
Arms 戈 surrounding the country 丶 |
戍 |
to garrison, to defend the border |
A hand holding a lance 戈 |
戎 |
arms, armaments; military affairs |
A hand 又 doing tricks with a spear 戈 |
戏 |
play, show, theater |
A hand 扌 holding a weapon 戈 |
我 |
I, me, my; our, us |
Two hands 廾 brandishing a spear 戈 |
戒 |
to warn, to admonish; to swear off, to avoid |
The narrow space between two blades 戈 |
戔 |
small, narrow; tiny, little |
To defend yourself 口 with a spear 戈; "or else" |
或 |
or, either, else; maybe, perhaps, possibly |
A younger brother 尗 killed in a war 戈 |
戚 |
ashamed, grieving; related to; relative |
To strike 戈 someone on the nose 自 |
戛 |
lance; to lightly tap or strike |
An axe 戈 with blades on both sides 龺 |
戟 |
a double-bladed axe |
A bird 隹 cut off from its nest 十 by a weapon 戈 |
截 |
to cut off, to obstruct, to stop; segment; intersection |
A dog 犬 that won't come indoors 户 |
戾 |
perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant |
An axe 斤 swung at a door 户 |
所 |
place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause |
A cloth 衣 door 户; 衣 also provides the pronunciation |
扆 |
screen door |
A feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户 |
扇 |
fan; panel; to flap |
A sprout growing in the ground, representing a budding talent |
才 |
ability, talent, gift; just, only |
A hand 扌 tying a bundle with string 乚 |
扎 |
to bind, to wrap; to pierce; to stop |
Using one's hands 扌 for support 乇; 乇 also provides the pronunciation |
托 |
to raise, to support; to entrust, to rely on |
Labor 工 done by hand 扌; 工 also provides the pronunciation |
扛 |
to lift; to carry on one's shoulders |
A hand 扌 clutching a pebble 丸 |
执 |
to execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze, to detain |
Simplified form of 掃; to use 扌 a broom 帚; 帚 also provides the pronunciation |
扫 |
to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out |
To go searching with a spear 戈 in hand 扌 |
找 |
to search for, to look for, to find; change (as in money) |
Three hands 手 lifting a dead body 了 |
承 |
to undertake, to bear, to accept a duty; inheritance |
To choose 夬 by hand 扌; 夬 also provides the pronunciation |
抉 |
to select, to choose; to pluck, to gouge |
A hand 扌 with claws 爪; 爪 also provides the pronunciation |
抓 |
to clutch, to grab, to seize |
Fighting 亢 with bare hands 扌; 亢 also provides the pronunciation |
抗 |
to defy, to fight, to resist |
A hand 扌 wielding an axe 斤 |
折 |
to break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble |
Guarding 扌 a home 户; 户 also provides the pronunciation |
护 |
to defend, to guard, to protect; shelter; endorse |
A hand 扌 cuffing 又 a criminal 卩, representing sentencing |
报 |
to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge |
To put on 扌 fur 皮; 皮 also provides the pronunciation |
披 |
to wear; to split, to crack |
To wrap 包 in one's arms 扌; 包 also provides the pronunciation |
抱 |
to embrace, to hold in one's arms; to enfold |
To divine 占 by hand 扌; 占 also provides the pronunciation |
拈 |
to pick up with the fingers; to draw lots |
To take another 另 by force 扌 |
拐 |
to kidnap, to abduct; to turn; crutch |
A call 召 to arms 扌; 召 also provides the pronunciation |
招 |
to summon; to recruit; to levy |
Two hands 手 put together in respect |
拜 |
to bow, to salute; to worship, to pay respects |
To dispatch 发 goods by hand 扌 |
拨 |
to stir, to move, to distribute, to allocate |
To give 丞 a hand 扌; 丞 also provides the pronunciation |
拯 |
to aid, to help; to lift, to raise |
To question 考 by hand 扌; 考 also provides the pronunciation |
拷 |
to torture, to interrogate; to beat, to flog |
To pull 曳 by hand 扌; 曳 also provides the pronunciation |
拽 |
to drag, to tow; to throw; to twist |
To gather 合 things in one's hands 扌 |
拾 |
to collect, to pick up, to tidy up; ten (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |
To point 旨 by hand 扌; 旨 also provides the pronunciation |
指 |
finger, toe; to point, to indicate |
To dig out 扌 a hollow 穵; 穵 also provides the pronunciation |
挖 |
to dig, to excavate |
To shake 执 hands 手; 执 also provides the pronunciation |
挚 |
sincere, warm, cordial; surname |
Wedged 夹 in one's arms 扌; 夹 also provides the pronunciation |
挟 |
to seize; to hold to one's bosom |
A hand 扌 raised at the right time 当; 当 also provides the pronunciation |
挡 |
to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard |
To fight 争 by hand 扌; 争 also provides the pronunciation |
挣 |
to struggle, to strive, to endeavor |
To direct an army 军 by hand 扌 |
挥 |
to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away |
Wedged 夾 in one's arms 扌; 夾 also provides the pronunciation |
挾 |
to seize; to hold to one's bosom |
To resist 吾 by hand 扌; 吾 also provides the pronunciation |
捂 |
to resist |
To take 扌 a handful 寽; 寽 also provides the pronunciation |
捋 |
to gather, to pluck; to rub off, to scrape |
To separate 别 by hand 扌; 别 also provides the pronunciation |
捌 |
to split, to break open; eight (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |
An offering 奉 made with two hands 扌; 奉 also provides the pronunciation |
捧 |
to hold or offer with both hands |
To use 扌 a broom 帚; 帚 also provides the pronunciation |
掃 |
to clean, to sweep, to wipe away; to weed out; to wipe out |
To fight 爭 by hand 扌; 爭 also provides the pronunciation |
掙 |
to struggle, to strive, to endeavor |
To take 扌a handful 匊; 匊 also provides the pronunciation |
掬 |
to grasp or hold with both hands |
To bear 扌 on the shoulders 肩; 肩 also provides the pronunciation |
掮 |
to bear on the shoulders |
To tear something 分 with both hands 手 |
掰 |
to rip, to tear |
Someone with three hands 手, representing sleight-of-hand |
掱 |
to pickpocket |
To catch 虏 someone by the hand 扌; 虏 also provides the pronunciation |
掳 |
to capture, to seize |
A gentle 柔 hand 扌; 柔 also provides the pronunciation |
揉 |
to massage, to knead; to crush by hand |
To direct an army 軍 by hand 扌 |
揮 |
to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away |
To lead 爰 by hand 扌; 爰 also provides the pronunciation |
援 |
to assist; to lead; to quote, to cite |
To scratch 扌 a flea bite 蚤; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation |
搔 |
to scratch |
To grip 扌with chopsticks 兼; 兼 also provides the pronunciation |
搛 |
to pick up with chopsticks |
To clasp 合 with both hands 手 |
搿 |
to hug |
To pick 扌 a fruit off a branch 啇 |
摘 |
to pick, to pluck, to select, to take |
To pile up 累 by hand 扌; 累 also provides the pronunciation |
摞 |
to pile up |
To shake 執 hands 手; 執 also provides the pronunciation |
摯 |
sincere, warm, cordial; surname |
Skill 習 in paper-folding扌 ; 習 also provides the pronunciation |
摺 |
to bend, to fold; curved, twisted |
To scatter 散 seeds by hand 扌; 散 also provides the pronunciation |
撒 |
to disperse, to let go, to relax |
To dispatch 發 goods by hand 扌 |
撥 |
to stir, to move, to distribute, to allocate |
To sow seeds 番 by hand 扌; 番 also provides the pronunciation |
播 |
to sow seeds, to scatter; to broadcast, to spread |
To catch 虜 someone by the hand 扌; 虜 also provides the pronunciation |
擄 |
to capture, to seize |
To strike 毄 with a hand 手; 毄 also provides the pronunciation |
擊 |
to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight |
A hand 扌 raised at the right time 當; 當 also provides the pronunciation |
擋 |
to block, to obstruct; to get in the way; cover, guard |
To don 扌 clothes 衣; 睘 also provides the pronunciation |
擐 |
to wear, to put on armor |
To catch 禽 by hand 扌; 禽 also provides the pronunciation |
擒 |
to arrest, to capture, to seize |
To lift 扌 up high 臺; 臺 also provides the pronunciation |
擡 |
to raise, to lift, to carry |
To use a hand 扌 to blow the nose 鼻 |
擤 |
to blow the nose with fingers |
To select 扌 a match 適; 適 also provides the pronunciation |
擿 |
to select, to pick out; to discard |
To motion 霍 with the hand 扌; 霍 also provides the pronunciation |
攉 |
to urge, to beckon |
A hand 又 holding a branch 十 for support |
支 |
to support, to sustain; to withdraw, to pay; a branch (of a bank) |
A hand with a stick 攵 disciplining a kneeling child 己 |
改 |
to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel |
To strike 攵 someone with a spear 矛 |
敄 |
to put forth effort |
A hand with a stick 攵 striking a beast 耳 |
敢 |
bold, brave; to dare, to venture |
A hand 攵 tossing seeds from a basket |
散 |
to scatter, to disperse, to break up |
Markings 文 in jade 王 |
斑 |
freckled, mottled, spotted, striped |
A hand holding a measuring dipper |
斗 |
to struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup |
A hand measuring 斗 a cup of rice 米 |
料 |
ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess |
Someone scolded for cutting themselves 丶 with an axe 斤 |
斥 |
to scold, to upbraid; to accuse, to blame; to reproach |
Using an axe 斤 to harvest grain 米 |
断 |
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt |
A freshly chopped 斤 tree 亲 |
新 |
new, recent, fresh, modern |
To chop 斤 a tree trunk |
斲 |
to chop, to hack; to cut wood |
Threads 幺 severed 一 by an axe 斤 |
斷 |
to sever, to cut off, to interrupt |
A flag 方 made of fur 毛; 毛 also provides the pronunciation |
旄 |
old; an ancient pelt flag |
A man 方 traveling with a pack 氏 on his back |
旅 |
journey, trip; to travel |
An army 方 marching under a flag 疋 |
旋 |
to revolve, to orbit, to return |
A group of people that swear by 矢 a single flag 方 |
族 |
race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan |
A person 旡 turning away from food 皀; compare 即 |
既 |
already, since, then; both; de facto |
The sun 日 rising over the horizon 一 |
旦 |
dawn; morning; day |
Older than 丨 the sun 日 |
旧 |
old, ancient; former, past |
A spoon 匕 aimed for the mouth 日 |
旨 |
aim, intention, purpose, will |
The first rays 十 of the sun 日 |
早 |
early; soon; morning |
A cycle 勹 of ten days 日; a traditional week |
旬 |
ten-day period; period of time |
The sun 日 baking a desert 干; 干 also provides the pronunciation |
旱 |
dry; drought; desert |
A wide 广 plain under the sun 日; 广 also provides the pronunciation |
旷 |
broad, vast, wide; empty |
The sun 日 at a slant 仄; 仄 also provides the pronunciation |
昃 |
afternoon; in decline |
Two brothers 比 under the son 日 |
昆 |
elder brother; descendants |
The rising 升 sun 日; 升 also provides the pronunciation |
昇 |
rise, ascent; to raise, to exalt |
The sun 日 high in the sky 天 |
昊 |
summertime; sky, heaven |
Speaking 曰 in the daytime 日 |
昌 |
sunlight; good, proper; prosperous |
The light of the sun 日 and moon 月 |
明 |
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light |
Th sun 日 setting behind a village 氏 |
昏 |
dusk, nightfall, twilight, dark; to faint, to lose consciousness |
Twenty 廿 days ago 日 |
昔 |
past, former; ancient |
The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 云 |
昙 |
cloudy, overcast |
Bright and open, like the dawn 旦 |
昜 |
bright, glorious; to expand, to open up |
To speak 日 directly 疋 |
是 |
to be; indeed, right, yes; okay |
A long 永 day 日; 永 also provides the pronunciation |
昶 |
bright, clear; extended |
A warm 日 meal 皿 |
昷 |
warm, a warm meal |
When the sun is a foot 尺 above the horizon 旦 |
昼 |
daytime, daylight |
A platform 一 raised on stilts 厶 |
晉 |
to advance; to increase; to promote |
An advance to the second 亚 day 日 |
晋 |
to advance; to increase; to promote |
A woman safe in a house 安 at sunset 日 |
晏 |
peaceful, tranquil, quiet; clear; late in the day |
A flower 华 blooming in the sun 日 |
晔 |
bright, radiant; thriving |
Avoiding 免 the sun 日; 免 also provides the pronunciation |
晚 |
night, evening; late |
Everyone 並 under the sun 日 |
普 |
widespread, universal, general |
The sun 日 rising over a city 京; 京 also provides the pronunciation |
景 |
scenery, view; conditions, circumstances |
Many suns 日, suggesting a bright and glittering gem |
晶 |
crystal; bright, clear, radiant |
Known 知 clearly 日; 知 also provides the pronunciation |
智 |
wisdom, knowledge, intelligence |
Strong 敃 sunlight 日; 敃 also provides the pronunciation |
暋 |
tough, strong, robust |
A man with head 日 and hands 共 tormenting a deer 水 |
暴 |
violent, brutal, tyrannical |
The sun 日 moving 辶; 隹 provides the pronunciation |
暹 |
sunrise; to advance, to rise, to go forward |
A flower 華 blooming in the sun 日 |
曄 |
bright, radiant; thriving |
The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 雲 |
曇 |
cloudy, overcast |
A spectacular 翟 star 日; 翟 also provides the pronunciation |
曜 |
bright, glorious; Venus |
A wide 廣 plain under the sun 日; 廣 also provides the pronunciation |
曠 |
broad, vast, wide; empty |
Picture of an open 一 mouth 口 |
曰 |
to speak; to say |
Variant of 何 |
曷 |
what, why, where, which, how |
A brush 聿 used to write words 曰 |
書 |
book, letter, document; writing |
Two hands 日, 又 pulling an eye open 罒 |
曼 |
long, extended, vast; beautiful |
A rice cooker on heat 日, building up steam 丷 and letting it off |
曾 |
already, formerly, once; the past |
One man 夫 replacing another; 日 provides the pronunciation |
替 |
to change, to replace, to substitute for |
To take place 取 under the sun 日 (that is, everywhere) |
最 |
most, extremely, exceedingly; superlative |
People 人 speaking 日 |
會 |
to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group |
Two people 月 walking together |
朋 |
friend, pal, acquaintance |
A person 卩 putting on 又 a coat 月 |
服 |
clothes; to dress, to wear; to take medicine |
A king 王 gazing at the moon 月; 亡 provides the pronunciation |
望 |
to expect, to hope, to look forward to |
A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來 |
未 |
not yet; 8th terrestrial branch |
The top 一 of a tree 木 |
末 |
end, final, last; insignificant |
A tree 木 with its roots highlighted |
本 |
root, origin, source; basis |
Variant of 术 |
朮 |
skill, art; method, technique; trick |
The color of the sap 一 of some trees 木 |
朱 |
cinnabar, vermilion; surname |
Flowers 几 blooming on a tree 木 |
朵 |
cluster of flowers; earlobe; an item on both sides |
A table 几 made of wood 木; 几 also provides the pronunciation |
机 |
desk; machine; moment, opportunity |
The wood of a dying 丂 tree 木 |
朽 |
decayed, rotten |
To kill 乂 someone and bury them in a coffin 木 |
杀 |
to kill, to murder, to slaughter; to hurt |
Where two branches 木 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation |
杈 |
pitchfork; tree fork |
A tree 木 stump 兀; 兀 also provides the pronunciation |
杌 |
tree stump; square stool; sterility |
A open mouth 口, waiting for fruit to fall from the tree 木 |
杏 |
apricot; almond |
A wooden 木 spoon 勺 |
杓 |
wooden cup, ladle, or spoon |
Lumber 木 bound by rope 口 |
束 |
to bind, to control, to restrain; bale |
A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation |
杠 |
pole, bar; lever, crowbar |
A wheat plant that has not yet borne fruit; compare 來 |
来 |
to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on |
The tip 少 of a branch 木; 少 also provides the pronunciation |
杪 |
twig, branch tip; the top of a tree |
The sun 日 rising behind a tree 木; compare 西 |
東 |
east, eastern, eastward |
The sun 日 rising over the woods 木 |
杲 |
brilliant, shining; high |
The sun 日 setting below the woods 木 |
杳 |
dark, mysterious, obscure; deep |
A square 方 log 木; 方 also provides the pronunciation |
枋 |
sandalwood; lumber |
Chopping 斤 wood 木; 斤 also provides the pronunciation |
析 |
to split wood; to divide, to break apart |
Two trees 木 representing a forest |
林 |
forest, grove; surname |
Fruit 田 growing on a tree 木 |
果 |
fruit, nut; result |
Dates ⺀ falling off a tree 朿 |
枣 |
date tree; dates, jujubes; surname |
A bird 鸟 roosting in a tree 木 |
枭 |
owl; evil; brave |
An old 古 tree 木; 古 also provides the pronunciation |
枯 |
dried out, withered, decayed |
A flat 平 piece of wood 木; 平 also provides the pronunciation |
枰 |
smooth board; chessboard; chess |
A winter 冬 tree 木; 冬 also provides the pronunciation |
柊 |
holly |
The sweet 甘 fruit of a certain tree 木 |
某 |
some, someone; a certain thing or person |
A tree 木 bearing sweet fruit 甘; 甘 also provides the pronunciation |
柑 |
tangerine, loose-skinned orange |
Seven 七 with accents to prevent forgery |
柒 |
seven (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |
Water 氵 and wine 九 mixed in a wooden 木 bowl |
染 |
dye; to catch; to infect; to be contagious |
Wood 木 so soft it can be cut 矛 |
柔 |
soft, supple; gentle; flexible |
A wooden 木 coffin 匛; 匛 also provides the pronunciation |
柩 |
bier, coffin |
A bound 束 package |
柬 |
card, letter, invitation, note |
A fence 冊 made of wood 木; 冊 also provides the pronunciation |
柵 |
fence, grid, palisade |
A fence 册 made of wood 木; 册 also provides the pronunciation |
栅 |
fence, grid, palisade |
A wooden 木 comb 节; 节 also provides the pronunciation |
栉 |
comb; to comb out, to eliminate, to weed out |
A tree 木 bearing nuts 覀; compare 果 |
栗 |
chestnut tree; chestnuts; surname |
A tree 木 bearing berries 叒 |
桑 |
mulberry tree; surname |
A tree 木 whose sap 氺 is used as varnish |
桼 |
the varnish tree; varnish, lacquer; paint |
A wooden 木 bridge built 刅 over a river 氵 |
梁 |
bridge; beam, rafter; surname |
A person 亻 counting 丨; 条 provides the pronunciation |
條 |
clause, condition; string, stripe |
A bird 鳥 roosting in a tree 木 |
梟 |
owl; evil; brave |
Two eyes shut 林 at night 夕 |
梦 |
dream |
Silk 帛 picked off a tree 木 |
棉 |
cotton; cotton-padded |
A tree 朿 with many thorns 朿 |
棗 |
date tree; dates, jujubes; surname |
Forests 木 separated by a fence 爻 |
棥 |
railing, fence, enclosed place |
Many trees 木 forming a forest |
森 |
forest; luxuriant vegetation |
A bitter 苦 plant 木; 苦 also provides the pronunciation |
楛 |
coarse, crude; a kind of plant |
A musical instrument 业 made of wood 木 |
業 |
business, profession; to study, to work |
The script 木 used by commoners 皆 |
楷 |
the normal style of Chinese handwriting |
A wooden 木 carpenter's square 矩; 矩 also provides the pronunciation |
榘 |
rule, regulation; pattern; to carve |
A sign posted 旁 on a tree 木; 旁 also provides the pronunciation |
榜 |
placard, notice, announcement; a list of names |
Grass 炏 and trees 木 flourishing in a garden 冖 |
榮 |
glory, honor; to flourish, to prosper |
A bed of wood 木 and feathers 羽 to sleep in at night 日 |
榻 |
bed, cot, couch |
A musical instrument with wood 木, strings 幺, and a pick 白 |
樂 |
cheerful, happy, laughing; music |
A wooden 木 beam 梁; 梁 also provides the pronunciation |
樑 |
bridge; beam |
Branches 木 bowing in the wind 翏; 翏 also provides the pronunciation |
樛 |
bent limbs or branches; to hang down |
Wood 木 for burning 焦; 焦 also provides the pronunciation |
樵 |
firewood; lumberjack; to gather wood |
A hand 寸 raising a wooden 木 wine jar 酉; 尊 also provides the pronunciation |
樽 |
goblet, jar, jug; lush, drunk |
A table 幾 made of wood 木; 幾 also provides the pronunciation |
機 |
desk; machine; moment, opportunity |
A wooden 木 cabinet 厨; 厨 also provides the pronunciation |
橱 |
cabinet, cupboard, wardrobe |
A thundering 雷 log 木 trap ; 雷 also provides the pronunciation |
檑 |
a log trap used to defend a city |
A wooden 木 platform 臺; 臺 also provides the pronunciation |
檯 |
platform; unit; term of address |
A wooden 木 comb 節; 節 also provides the pronunciation |
櫛 |
comb; to comb out, to eliminate, to weed out |
A wooden 木 cabinet 廚; 廚 also provides the pronunciation |
櫥 |
cabinet, cupboard, wardrobe |
A man 人 yawning ⺈ |
欠 |
to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn |
A person 欠 yawning multiple times 冫 |
次 |
order, sequence; second, next; one after the other |
A hiccup is a "disobedient 屰 yawn 欠" |
欮 |
to hiccup; to dig out, to expand |
To fan 欠 flames 炎; 欠 also provides the pronunciation |
欻 |
sudden, abrupt |
A foot 止 stopping in the right place 一 |
正 |
straight, right, proper, correct, just, true |
Modern form of 歨; putting one foot 止 in front of the other |
步 |
walk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress |
To stop someone 止 with an arrow 弋 |
武 |
military; martial, warlike |
Putting one foot 止 in front of the other |
歨 |
Old variant of 步 |
Not 不 straight 正 |
歪 |
slanted, askew, awry |
Two people 止 exchanging sharp words 刃 |
歰 |
to argue, to disagree, to wrangle |
A corpse; compare 歹 |
歺 |
evil, depraved, wicked |
A person kneeling 匕 before a corpse 歹 |
死 |
dead; death; impassable, inflexible |
A thousand 千 corpses 歹; 千 also provides the pronunciation |
歼 |
to annihilate, to kill off, to wipe out |
A hand 又 holding a weapon 几 |
殳 |
tool, weapon |
A hand using a chisel 殳 to cut stone |
段 |
section, piece, division |
A midwife 殳 to helping a pregnant woman 㐆; 㐆 also provides the pronunciation |
殷 |
many, great; abundant, flourishing |
A musical 声 instrument 殳; 声 also provides the pronunciation |
殸 |
stone chimes |
A hand 殳 striking a shell 壳 |
殼 |
casing, husk, shell |
A man using a tool 殳 to strike a clay 土 vessel 臼 |
毀 |
to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander |
A man using a tool 殳 to strike 工 a clay vessel 臼 |
毁 |
to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander |
A mother's breasts |
母 |
mother; female elders; female |
Two spoons 匕 side-by-side; 匕 also provides the pronunciation |
比 |
to compare, liken; comparison; than |
Eating two whole rabbits 㲋 and 兔 |
毚 |
greedy; cunning |
Many fine hairs 毛 forming a pelt |
毳 |
fine hair or fur on animals |
A person bowing down |
氏 |
clan, family; maiden name |
An eye 巳 pierced by a dagger 戈, an old mark of slavery |
民 |
citizens, subjects; a nation's people |
A person 亻 breathing air |
气 |
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger |
The gas 气 that comprises the sun 日 |
氜 |
helium |
A person 亻 breathing air 米 |
氣 |
air, gas; steam, vapor; anger |
A furrow 乙 filled with water 水 |
氹 |
ditch; pool |
A river running between two banks; compare 川 and 水 |
氺 |
|
Water 氵 collected in a container 匚 |
汇 |
to gather, to collect; confluence |
Simplified form of 漢; the Han 𦰩 river 氵 |
汉 |
Chinese people; Chinese language |
A stream 氵 that forks 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation |
汊 |
a branching stream |
The evening 夕 tide 氵; 夕 also provides the pronunciation |
汐 |
night tide, evening ebb tide |
The sound 曰 of a stream 氵 |
汩 |
the sound of running water; to gurgle; confused, disorderly |
Liquid 氵 gas 气; 气 also provides the pronunciation |
汽 |
gasoline; steam, vapor |
An excessive 冗 amount of water 氵 |
沉 |
to sink, to submerge; profound, deep |
Circulating 巿 water 氵, representing a flood |
沛 |
abundant, copious, full |
A structure 台 that directs the flow of water 氵 |
治 |
to administer, to govern, to regulate |
Water 水 flowing from a spring 白 |
泉 |
spring, fountain; wealth, money |
To deposit 氵 a new silt layer 阞; 阞 also provides the pronunciation |
泐 |
to write; mineral vein |
Expansive 弘 water 氵; 弘 also provides the pronunciation |
泓 |
a clear deep pool of water |
Sweet 甘 water 氵; 甘 also provides the pronunciation |
泔 |
water from washing rice; thick gruel |
The course 去 followed by a stream 氵 |
法 |
law, rule, statute; method, way; French |
Still 宁 water 氵; 宁 also provides the pronunciation |
泞 |
mud, mire; muddy, stagnant |
Water 氵 from the eyes 目 |
泪 |
tears; to cry, to weep |
Water 氺 contained by a dam |
泰 |
great, exalted, superior; calm; big |
To pull water 水 out of stone 石 |
泵 |
to pump |
To send forth 发 water 氵 |
泼 |
to pour, to splash, to sprinkle, to water |
Swirling 回 water 氵; 回 also provides the pronunciation |
洄 |
backwater; an eddy a whirlpool |
All 共 the water 氵; 共 also provides the pronunciation |
洪 |
deluge, flood; immense, vast |
A state 州 surrounded by water 氵; 州 also provides the pronunciation |
洲 |
continent; island |
To combine 合 two solutions 氵 |
洽 |
to mix, to blend, to harmonize |
A pond 氵 growing scum 虫 |
浊 |
dirty, filthy, muddy, turbid |
To wade 步 through a stream 氵 |
涉 |
sconcerned, involved; to experience; to wade through a stream |
A mouth 呙 made of water 氵 |
涡 |
eddy, swirl, whirlpool |
A stream 氵 flowing through a valley 间; 间 also provides the pronunciation |
涧 |
brook, mountain stream |
Water 氵 that cuts like a knife 刃; 止 provides the pronunciation |
涩 |
astringent, harsh, rough, uneven |
To run out 氵 of strength 固; 固 also provides the pronunciation |
涸 |
tired, exhausted; dried up |
Deep 罙 water 氵 |
深 |
deep, profound; depth |
Water 水 everywhere |
淼 |
infinity; flooding; a wide expanse of water |
To fish 鱼 in a river氵; 鱼 also provides the pronunciation |
渔 |
fisherman; to fish; to pursue; to sieze |
A ditch 洰 made of wood 木; 洰 also provides the pronunciation |
渠 |
ditch, gutter; canal, channel |
A mouth 咼 made of water 氵 |
渦 |
eddy, swirl, whirlpool |
To swim freely 斿 through the seas 氵 |
游 |
to wander, to travel, to tour, to roam |
Calm 恬 water 氵; 恬 also provides the pronunciation |
湉 |
flowing smoothly; calm water |
A man's face 面 after drinking 氵; 面 also provides the pronunciation |
湎 |
drunk, flushed |
A deep 甚 lake 氵; 甚 also provides the pronunciation |
湛 |
calm, clear, deep (as of a lake) |
A dammed 垔 stream 氵; 垔 also provides the pronunciation |
湮 |
to block up; to sink; to stain |
To balance 十 water 氵 in a spirit level; 隹 provides the pronunciation |
準 |
standard, accurate; to permit, to approve, to allow |
A gloomy 冥 rainy 氵 day |
溟 |
drizzling rain; dark, obscure |
To seek the source 朔 of a river 氵 |
溯 |
to paddle upstream, to go against the current; to trace the source; formerly |
A noxious 臭 liquid 氵; 臭 also provides the pronunciation |
溴 |
bromine |
Water 氵 flowing through a pig-sty 圂; 圂 also provides the pronunciation |
溷 |
privy, latrine; turbid, dirty |
To extinguish a flame 烕 with water 氵; 烕 also provides the pronunciation |
滅 |
to extinguish; to wipe out |
Curves 艳 in the water 氵; 艳 also provides the pronunciation |
滟 |
billowing, overflowing; wavy |
A sparkling 莹 lake 氵; 莹 also provides the pronunciation |
滢 |
clear, pure; glossy; lucid |
Difficult 难 waters 氵 to navigate; 难 also provides the pronunciation |
滩 |
rapids; sandbar, shoal |
Salt 鹵 water 氵; 鹵 also provides the pronunciation |
滷 |
sauce, gravy, broth; brine |
To fish 魚 in a river氵; 魚 also provides the pronunciation |
漁 |
fisherman; to fish; to pursue; to sieze |
The sap 氵 of the varnish tree 桼; 桼 also provides the pronunciation |
漆 |
varnish, lacquer; paint |
Water 氵 falling like raindrops 雨; 屚 provides the pronunciation |
漏 |
to leak, to drip; hour glass; funnel |
The Han 𦰩 river 氵 |
漢 |
Chinese people; Chinese language |
Swirling 旋 water 氵; 旋 also provides the pronunciation |
漩 |
eddy, whirlpool |
To gargle 欶 water 氵; 欶 also provides the pronunciation |
漱 |
to gargle, to rinse; to wash, to scour |
A deep 崔 pool 氵; 崔 also provides the pronunciation |
漼 |
to appear deep |
Water 氵 coiling 萦 on itself; 萦 also provides the pronunciation |
潆 |
eddy; small river |
To send forth 發 water 氵 |
潑 |
to pour, to splash, to sprinkle, to water |
A little 稍 water 氵; 稍 also provides the pronunciation |
潲 |
to sprinkle; driving rain |
Water 氵 falling from closed eyes 林 |
潸 |
tearful; to weep |
Water 氵 that cuts like a knife 歰; 歰 also provides the pronunciation |
澀 |
astringent, harsh, rough, uneven |
Rain 氵 that saves 尌 the farm; 尌 also provides the pronunciation |
澍 |
timely and life-giving rain |
A stream 氵 flowing through a valley 間; 間 also provides the pronunciation |
澗 |
brook, mountain stream |
A pond 氵 growing scum 蜀 |
濁 |
dirty, filthy, muddy, turbid |
Still 寧 water 氵; 寧 also provides the pronunciation |
濘 |
mud, mire; muddy, stagnant |
Violent 暴 water 氵; 暴 also provides the pronunciation |
瀑 |
waterfall, cascade; heavy rain |
Water 氵 everywhere 彌; 彌 also provides the pronunciation |
瀰 |
to overflow, to flood; to disseminate |
Difficult 難 waters 氵 to navigate; 難 also provides the pronunciation |
灘 |
rapids; sandbar, shoal |
To cover 一 a flame 火 |
灭 |
to extinguish; to wipe out |
The remains of a fire 火; 火 also provides the pronunciation |
灰 |
ashes; dust; lime, mortar |
A clay 土 oven 火 |
灶 |
kitchen, oven, stove |
A river 巛 on fire 火 |
災 |
disaster, catastrophe, calamity |
A house 宀 on fire 火 |
灾 |
disaster, catastrophe, calamity |
A flame 火 as bright as the sun 日 |
炅 |
brilliant, shining |
A fire 火 in one's home 户 |
炉 |
fireplace, furnace, oven, stove |
Two fires 火 burning |
炎 |
flame, blaze; hot |
A lit 火 candle 主; 主 also provides the pronunciation |
炷 |
candle wick; incense |
A sudden 乍 flame 火; 乍 also provides the pronunciation |
炸 |
to explode; to fry in oil; to scald |
A hand 爫 leading an elephant |
為 |
to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be |
Fired 火 clay 石; 石 also provides the pronunciation |
炻 |
china, stoneware |
The happy 乐 light of a flame 火 |
烁 |
to sparkle, to shine, to glitter |
To smother 戊 a flame 灭; 灭 also provides the pronunciation |
烕 |
to destroy, to exterminate, to extinguish |
To bake 火 in the sun 亘; 亘 also provides the pronunciation |
烜 |
sunlight; to dry in the sun |
Boiling 灬 water 氶 |
烝 |
to rise; steam; many, numerous |
A glorious 华 blaze 火; 华 also provides the pronunciation |
烨 |
glorious, splendid; a blaze of fire |
A used up 尽 fire 火; 尽 also provides the pronunciation |
烬 |
ashes, cinders, embers; remnants |
A bird 鳥 with a strange head |
焉 |
why? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then |
Setting fire 火 to a forest 林 |
焚 |
to burn |
A bird 隹 getting its tail singed 灬 |
焦 |
burned, scorched; anxious, vexed |
Many fires 火 burning |
焱 |
fierce flames; conflagration |
A dazzling 昱 flame 火; 昱 also provides the pronunciation |
煜 |
brilliant, shining |
A warm 昫 fire 灬; 昫 also provides the pronunciation |
煦 |
kind, gentle, gracious |
A reckless 胡 flame 火; 胡 also provides the pronunciation |
煳 |
burnt; to char (in cooking) |
To prepare 退 to cook 火; 退 also provides the pronunciation |
煺 |
to pluck poultry; to skin meat |
To fan 扇 the flames 火; 扇 also provides the pronunciation |
煽 |
to stir up, to incite; to agitate, to provoke |
To end 息 a flame 火; 息 also provides the pronunciation |
熄 |
to extinguish, to put out, to quench |
A bear's 能 footprints 灬 |
熊 |
a bear; brilliant; surname |
To form 容 hot metal 火; 容 also provides the pronunciation |
熔 |
mold; to fuse, to melt, to smelt |
To roast 火 meat on a spit 番; 番 also provides the pronunciation |
燔 |
to roast meat for a sacrifice |
A swallow, with its head 廿, wings 北, and tail 灬 |
燕 |
lovebird, swallow |
Damage 毁 from fire 火; 毁 also provides the pronunciation |
燬 |
to burn down; flame, blaze |
Smoke 熏 from a fire 火; 熏 also provides the pronunciation |
燻 |
smoke, scent; to smoke, to cure |
A used up 盡 fire 火; 盡 also provides the pronunciation |
燼 |
ashes, cinders, embers; remnants |
A violent 暴 flame 火; 暴 also provides the pronunciation |
爆 |
crackle, pop; burst, explode |
The happy 樂 light of a flame 火 |
爍 |
to sparkle, to shine, to glitter |
A fire 火 in one's home 盧 |
爐 |
fireplace, furnace, oven, stove |
Two hands 爪 and 彐 fighting over 亅 |
爭 |
to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive |
A hand 爫 balancing items on a scale 冉 |
爯 |
to balance, to fit; balanced, suitable |
To bring a friend 友 into one's house 冖 |
爱 |
to love, to like, to be fond of; love, affection |
A hand 寸 holding a goblet 良 of wine 罒 |
爵 |
noble; a feudal rank or title |
A hand 乂 holding an axe 八 |
父 |
father, dad |
Two marks 乂 on an oracle bone |
爻 |
diagrams for divination |
A person 大 breathing lots of fresh air 爻 |
爽 |
crisp, refreshing; candid, frank; pleased, happy |
Flat 片 pages 片 of wood |
牒 |
documents, records; to dispatch |
A stable 宀 where cattle are kept 牛 |
牢 |
pen, prison, stable; fast, firm, secure |
The fur 毛 of an ox 牛; 毛 also provides the pronunciation |
牦 |
tail, hair; yak |
A hand 攵 leading an ox 牛 |
牧 |
shepherd; to tend cattle |
A person 大 pulling an ox 牛 by a rope 冖 |
牵 |
to drag, to pull, to lead by the hand |
A person pulling 冖 an ox 牛 by a rope 玄 |
牽 |
to drag, to pull, to lead by the hand |
An ox 牛 with a tail 尾 |
犀 |
rhinoceros; sharp, tempered |
To use an ox 牛 to harvest 刂 grain 禾; 利 also provides the pronunciation |
犁 |
to plow |
To use an ox 牛 to harvest grain 禾; compare 犁 |
犂 |
plow |
To sacrifice 卖 a calf 牛 |
犊 |
calf; sacrificial lamb |
To sacrifice 賣 a calf 牛 |
犢 |
calf; sacrificial lamb |
A guard dog 犭 talking 讠 to a prisoner 犬 |
狱 |
prison, jail; case; lawsuit |
A pack of ferocious dogs 犬; a storm |
猋 |
wind, storm, gale; a dog running |
A guard dog 犭 talking 言 to a prisoner 犬 |
獄 |
prison, jail; case; lawsuit |
Hunting with dogs 犭 and torches 尞; 尞 also provides the pronunciation |
獠 |
to hunt at night with torches |
A string 幺 vibrating in an instrument 亠十 |
率 |
to command, to lead; rate, ratio, proportion |
A necklace 丨 adorned with three pieces of jade |
玉 |
jade, gem, precious stone |
A man 十 bridging heaven and earth (both 一) |
王 |
king, ruler; royal; surname |
To see 见 jade 王; 见 also provides the pronunciation |
现 |
to appear, to manifest; current, now |
Clear 白 jade 王; 白 also provides the pronunciation |
珀 |
amber |
Possibly 可 jade 王; 可 also provides the pronunciation |
珂 |
an inferior kind of jade |
Jade 王 added 加 to jewelry; 加 also provides the pronunciation |
珈 |
an ornament attached to a woman's hairpin |
Two pieces of jade 王 side by side |
珏 |
two gems mounted together |
An ear 耳 ring 王; 耳 also provides the pronunciation |
珥 |
pearl or jade earring; to insert, to stick |
Cutting 刂 a piece of jade 王 in two, symbolizing two classes |
班 |
class, squad, team, work shift |
To see 見 jade 王; 見 also provides the pronunciation |
現 |
to appear, to manifest; current, now |
A tiger's eye 虎 stone 王; 虎 also provides the pronunciation |
琥 |
amber, tigers-eye |
The fire 炎 in a gem 王; 炎 also provides the pronunciation |
琰 |
gemstone fire; scintillation |
Two guitar strings 玨 suggest the meaning; 今 provides the pronunciation |
琴 |
Chinese lute or guitar, string instrument |
Fiery 火 like a gem 玉 |
瑩 |
bright, lustrous, sparkling like a gem |
An orbiting 旋 gem 王; 旋 also provides the pronunciation |
璇 |
beautiful jade; star |
The luster 粲 of a gem 王; 粲 also provides the pronunciation |
璨 |
gem; the luster of a gem |
Beams 罒 supporting roof 冖 tiles 瓦 |
甍 |
rafters supporting roof tiles |
Picture of a tongue with 一 marking the sweet spot |
甘 |
sweet, tasty; willing |
Something tasty 甘 to the tongue 舌 |
甜 |
sweet, sweetness |
A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土 |
生 |
life, lifetime; birth; growth |
To grant an additional 更 life 生 |
甦 |
reborn; to resuscitate, to revive |
The opposite of "to use" 用 |
甩 |
to throw away, to fling, to discard |
Not 不 needed 用; 用 also provides the pronunciation |
甭 |
"there is no need" |
Road 丨 leading to the farm 田 |
由 |
cause, reason; from |
Simplified form of 電; lightning 申 from a storm cloud 雨 |
电 |
electricity; electric; lightning |
Someone who can work 力 the farm 田 |
男 |
man, boy; male; baron; surname |
A painting on an easel; compare 畫, which includes the brush |
画 |
picture, painting, drawing; to draw |
A farm 田 wiped out by a flood 巛 |
甾 |
evil; a calamity |
A man 攵 working on a farm 田; 田 also provides the pronunciation |
畋 |
to till, to cultivate; to hunt |
A dry 火 field 田; 田 also provides the pronunciation |
畑 |
dry field (as opposed to a paddy); used in Japanese names |
A farm 田 divided in half 半; 半 also provides the pronunciation |
畔 |
river bank; a boundary path that divides fields |
A man 久 pacing out a plot of land 亩 |
畝 |
fields; unit of area equal to 660 sq. m. |
A man 夂 making a furrow 八 in a field 田 |
畟 |
to plow |
Sowing seeds 米 on the farm 田 |
番 |
to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn |
To paint 聿 a canvas 田 on an easel 一 |
畫 |
picture, painting, drawing; to draw |
An extra 余 field 田; 佘 provides the pronunciation; compare 畲 |
畬 |
a field reclaimed by burning the forest |
An extra 余 field 田; 佘 provides the pronunciation; compare 畬 |
畲 |
a field reclaimed by burning the forest |
Leftover 奇 farmland 田; 奇 also provides the pronunciation |
畸 |
odd, unusual; fraction, remainder |
Lines 一 drawn between two plots of land 田 |
畺 |
boundary, border |
Three fields 田 divided by dikes |
畾 |
fields divided by dikes |
A bow 弓 and arrow 土 used to defend a border 畺; 畺 also provides the
pronunciation |
疆 |
boundary, border, frontier |
Clothes 畾 stacked on top of a drawer 冝 |
疊 |
pile; layer; to fold up; to repeat, to duplicate |
Walking 疋 through uncultivated land 㐬 |
疏 |
to neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careless |
A foot 疋 stuck in a field 田 |
疐 |
to fall, to stumble, to falter; hindered |
An old man walking 疋 while holding 匕 a cane 矢 |
疑 |
to doubt, to question, to suspect |
To clear 了 an illness 疒; 了 also provides the pronunciation |
疗 |
cured, healed; to recover |
Ten thousand 万 sick people 疒 |
疠 |
sore, ulcer; plague, pestilence |
Made whole 全 after an illness 疒; 全 also provides the pronunciation |
痊 |
cured, healed; to recover |
The mark 志 of an illness 疒; 志 also provides the pronunciation |
痣 |
spot, mole, birthmark |
A sickness 疒 that causes freckling 斑; 斑 also provides the pronunciation |
癍 |
pockmarks on the skin |
To recover 愈 from an illness 疒; 愈 also provides the pronunciation |
癒 |
to recover, to get well |
Ten thousand 萬 sick people 疒 |
癘 |
sore, ulcer; plague, pestilence |
A burning candle; the rays of the sun |
白 |
white; clear, pure, unblemished; bright |
A crown 白 on the head of the emperor 王 |
皇 |
royal, imperial; ruler, superior |
Two hundreds 百 |
皕 |
two hundred |
Spots 虘 on the skin 皮; 虘 also provides the pronunciation |
皻 |
pimples, blotches |
A container 皿 overflowing with water 水 |
益 |
to profit, to benefit; advantage |
A small 戋 dish 皿; 戋 also provides the pronunciation |
盏 |
small cup or container |
A dish 皿 with a lid 羊 |
盖 |
to cover, to hide, to protect |
A small 戔 dish 皿; 戔 also provides the pronunciation |
盞 |
small cup or container |
A brush 聿 using the last drops 灬 of ink 皿 |
盡 |
to exhaust, to use up, to deplete |
Washing 水 one's hands 彐 in a basin 皿 |
盥 |
to wash |
Hot soup 湯 in a bowl 皿; 湯 also provides the pronunciation |
盪 |
pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out |
Losing 亡 one's sight 目; 亡 also provides the pronunciation |
盲 |
blind; shortsighted; unperceptive |
To look someone in the eye 目 |
直 |
straight, vertical; candid, direct, frank |
To stare 目 at a tree 木, meaning to observe |
相 |
mutual, reciprocal; equal; each other |
An eye 目 peering from behind a shield 厂 |
盾 |
shield; Dutch guilder |
Too small 少 to be seen by the naked eye 目 |
眇 |
blind in one eye; subtle, minute, minuscule |
Picture of hair 尸 above an eye 目 |
眉 |
eyebrows; upper margin of book |
Shielding one's eyes 目 with a hand 手 to look to the distance |
看 |
to look, to see; to examine, to scrutinize |
A straight 直 (that is, level) table 几 |
真 |
real, actual, true, genuine |
Two eyes, one open 目 and one shut 乏 |
眨 |
to wink |
An eye 目 on top of a tower 幸 |
睪 |
to spy on |
To make an effort 敄 to see 目 something |
瞀 |
to take a close look; nearsighted, dim |
An old man's 翁 eyes 目; 翁 also provides the pronunciation |
瞈 |
blurred vision |
An old man's 叟 eyes 目; 叟 also provides the pronunciation |
瞍 |
blind |
To damage 害 one's eyes 目; 害 also provides the pronunciation |
瞎 |
blind, reckless; rash |
One's eyes 目at night 冥; 冥 also provides the pronunciation |
瞑 |
to close one's eyes |
To cover 冖 one's eyes 目; 罒 provides the pronunciation |
瞢 |
to hide one's eyes; to feel ashamed |
A bird 隹 with two wide eyes 目 |
瞿 |
startled; surname |
To startle 瞿 again 又; 瞿 also provides the pronunciation |
矍 |
to look about in alarm or fright |
Three people standing up straight 直 |
矗 |
straight, upright; erect, lofty |
To bore a hole with an awl 矛 |
矞 |
to bore with an awl; bright, charming |
A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂 |
石 |
stone, rock, mineral |
A bright 昜 stone 石; 昜 also provides the pronunciation |
砀 |
a stone veined with brilliant colors |
Many small 少 stones 石; 少 also provides the pronunciation |
砂 |
sand, pebbles, gravel; gritty |
To cut 切 stone 石; 切 also provides the pronunciation |
砌 |
to pile up, to build; stone steps; rock wall |
Stone 石 used as teeth 牙; 牙 also provides the pronunciation |
砑 |
to polish, to grind; to roll with a stone roller |
A large standing 立 stone 石; 立 also provides the pronunciation |
砬 |
boulder; obelisk |
A stone 石 used to hone 厉 blades; 厉 also provides the pronunciation |
砺 |
whetstone; to sharpen |
Cinnabar 朱 ore 石; 朱 also provides the pronunciation |
硃 |
cinnabar; a red mole |
A kind of mineral 石 salt 卤 |
硇 |
sal ammoniac |
Like a sheet 页 of stone 石 |
硕 |
great, eminent; large, big |
A flat 枼 stone 石 |
碟 |
plate, small dish |
A stone 石 like amber 珀; 珀 also provides the pronunciation |
碧 |
jade; green, blue |
Like a sheet 頁 of stone 石 |
碩 |
great, eminent; large, big |
Many rocks 石 piled up |
磊 |
a pile of rocks; candid, open; great |
Stone 石 chimes 殸; 殸 also provides the pronunciation |
磬 |
musical instrument; a kind of xylophone |
Stone 石 steps for climbing 登; 登 also provides the pronunciation |
磴 |
stone steps on a cliff or hill |
A yellow 黄 mineral 石; 黄 also provides the pronunciation |
磺 |
sulphur; brimstone |
An earth 土 spirit 礻; 礻 also provides the pronunciation |
社 |
group, organization, society; a god of the soil |
A spirit 礻 in the sky 天; 天 also provides the pronunciation |
祆 |
Ormazda, the Zoroastrian sun god |
To banish 去 a spirit 礻; 去 also provides the pronunciation |
祛 |
to expel, to disperse; to exorcise |
A person 兄 praying before an altar 礻 |
祝 |
to pray; to wish well; surname |
Flames 覀 over an altar 示, referring to a Chinese tradition of burning fake money as an
offering |
票 |
bank note; ticket; vote; a slip of paper |
Hand 寸 holding meat ⺼ over an altar 示 |
祭 |
to sacrifice to, to worship |
To show 示 something to an official 亠回 |
禀 |
to report to, to petition |
To pray 礻 alone 单; 单 also provides the pronunciation |
禅 |
meditation, contemplation |
Celebrating 喜 good fortune 礻; 壴 also provides the pronunciation |
禧 |
happiness; congratulations |
To pray 礻 alone 單; 單 also provides the pronunciation |
禪 |
meditation, contemplation |
To pray 礻for help 襄; 襄 also provides the pronunciation |
禳 |
to sacrifice; to pray; to exorcise |
A legendary beast 离 captured by a man 人 |
禽 |
birds, fowl; to capture; surname |
Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 儿 |
禿 |
bald |
厶 provides the meaning and pronunciation |
私 |
personal, private, secret; selfish |
Grains of hair 禾 on a person's head 几 |
秃 |
bald |
Dried 干 grain stalks 禾; 干 also provides the pronunciation |
秆 |
straw, hay |
A hand 彐 grasping a bundle of grain 禾 |
秉 |
to grasp, to hold; to maintain, to preside over |
The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火 |
秋 |
autumn, fall; year |
A hand measuring 斗 grain 禾 |
科 |
section, department; field, branch; science |
As thin as a stalk of grain 禾 |
秝 |
(Cant.) excessively thin |
Regularly paid 且 tribute in grain 禾 |
租 |
to rent, to lease; tax, rent |
A balance 平 used to measure grain 禾 |
秤 |
balance, scale; steelyard |
Grain 禾 paid as tribute 兌; 兌 also provides the pronunciation |
稅 |
taxes |
Dried 旱 grain stalks 禾; 旱 also provides the pronunciation |
稈 |
straw, hay |
Resembling 肖 grain 禾; 肖 also provides the pronunciation |
稍 |
somewhat, slightly, a little; rather |
Grain 禾 paid as tribute 兑; 兑 also provides the pronunciation |
税 |
taxes |
Grain 禾 bearing fruit 果; 果 also provides the pronunciation |
稞 |
grain ready for grinding |
To show 禾 something to an official 亠回 |
稟 |
to report to, to petition |
Grain 禾 measured on a scale 爯; 爯 also provides the pronunciation |
稱 |
balanced; name, brand; to say, to call |
A dark 夕 cave 穴; 夕 also provides the pronunciation |
穸 |
the gloom of the grave; tomb, grave; death |
An arched 弓 vault 穴; 弓 also provides the pronunciation |
穹 |
vast, lofty, high; vault, dome, arch |
A dog 犬 rushing out of a cave 穴 |
突 |
sudden, abrupt, unexpected |
Sunken 穴 eyes 目 |
窅 |
deep, far, hollow; sad; sunken eyes |
An oven 穴 where pots 缶 are fired; 缶 also provides the pronunciation |
窑 |
kiln, oven; pit, coal mine |
Simplified form of 竄; a mouse 鼠 running out of its hole 穴 |
窜 |
to run away; to expel; to revise, to edit |
To buy someone off 卖; a nose-hole 穴 |
窦 |
sinuses; corrupt; surname |
An oven 穴 where lamb 羔 is cooked; 羔 also provides the pronunciation |
窯 |
kiln, oven; pit, coal mine |
A mouse 鼠 running out of its hole 穴 |
竄 |
to run away; to expel; to revise, to edit |
To buy someone off 賣; a nose-hole 穴 |
竇 |
sinuses; corrupt; surname |
Termites 禼 taking grain 米 to their nest 穴 |
竊 |
to steal; thief; secret, stealthy |
A person 又 standing 立 as straight as a knife 刂 |
竖 |
perpendicular, vertical; to erect |
To stand up 立 to a foe 兄 |
竞 |
to compete, to contend, to vie |
A person 儿 finishing a musical piece 音 |
竟 |
finally, after all, at last; indeed; unexpected |
The ten 十 movements of a piece of music 音 |
章 |
chapter, section, writing; seal |
A child standing 立 in the village 里 |
童 |
child, boy; servant boy; virgin |
Two people 竞 locked in a struggle |
競 |
to compete, to contend, to vie |
A kind 二 of bamboo ⺮; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation |
竺 |
India; bamboo; surname |
A person 夭 with a big grin ⺮ |
笑 |
to smile, to laugh; to giggle; to snicker |
A bamboo rod ⺮ tipped with hair 毛 |
笔 |
pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke |
A bamboo ⺮ flute 由 |
笛 |
bamboo flute; whistle |
Bamboo strips ⺮ arrayed in sequence; 弟 provides the pronunciation |
第 |
sequence, number; grade, degree; particle prefacing an ordinal |
A bamboo rod ⺮ used as a pencil 聿 |
筆 |
pen, pencil, writing brush; to compose, to write; Hanzi stroke |
Bamboo strips ⺮ laid before a court 寺 |
等 |
rank, grade; same, equal; to wait |
Bamboo ⺮ used to tie 交 things; 交 also provides the pronunciation |
筊 |
bamboo rope |
Bamboo-like ⺮ tendons in the chest 肋 |
筋 |
muscles; tendons |
A strong 巩 bamboo ⺮ building; ⺮ also provides the pronunciation |
筑 |
building; a five-string lute |
Distant 攸 bamboo ⺮; 小 provides the pronunciation |
筱 |
dwarf bamboo; a diminutive in a nickname |
Bamboo ⺮ bindings 㧜; 㧜 also provides the pronunciation |
箍 |
hoop; to surround, to bind |
A bamboo ⺮ record 录; 录 also provides the pronunciation |
箓 |
book, record; book of prophecy |
A bamboo ⺮ abacus 具 |
算 |
to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan |
Bamboo ⺮ used to grasp 拑 things; 拑 also provides the pronunciation |
箝 |
tweezers, pincers; pliers, tongs |
A bamboo ⺮ box 匚; 夹 provides the pronunciation |
箧 |
trunk, chest, box; portfolio |
A bamboo ⺮ tablet 扁; 扁 also provides the pronunciation |
篇 |
chapter, section; article, essay |
A building 巩 of bamboo ⺮ and wood 木; ⺮also provides the pronunciation |
築 |
building; a five-string lute |
A bamboo ⺮ chest 匧; 匧 also provides the pronunciation |
篋 |
trunk, chest, box; portfolio |
A bamboo ⺮ hair 囟 comb; 比 provides the pronunciation |
篦 |
fine-toothed comb; to comb one's hair |
A bamboo ⺮ pouch 兜; 兜 also provides the pronunciation |
篼 |
wicker basket; sedan chair |
A framework 罒 made of bamboo ⺮ |
篾 |
bamboo splints or slats |
A bamboo ⺮ basket 皿 used to store food 艮 |
簋 |
bamboo basket for grain |
An upright 廉 bamboo ⺮ sign |
簾 |
the flag-sign of a tavern |
A hand 扌 writing 留 with a bamboo ⺮ brush |
籀 |
to read, to recite; a style of calligraphy |
A bamboo ⺮ record 録; 録 also provides the pronunciation |
籙 |
book, record; book of prophecy |
To beg 龥 by playing a bamboo flute 录; 龥 also provides the pronunciation |
籲 |
to appeal, to request; to beg, to implore |
A house 入 where grain 米 is stored |
籴 |
to purchase grain; to store grain |
A grain 米 seed 子; 子 also provides the pronunciation |
籽 |
seed, pit, pip |
A stand 出 where grain 米 is sold |
粜 |
to sell grain |
Rice 米 that must be ground 厉; 厉 also provides the pronunciation |
粝 |
coarse rice; brown rice |
A millet plant 米 bearing grain 覀 |
粟 |
oats, millet, barley |
Steaming 弓 rice 米 |
粥 |
porridge, gruel, congee |
Rice 米 that stinks 臭; 臭 also provides the pronunciation |
糗 |
dry rations; mushy, overcooked; embarrassing |
A rice 米 ball 團; 團 also provides the pronunciation |
糰 |
rice ball |
Rice 米 that must be ground 厲; 厲 also provides the pronunciation |
糲 |
coarse rice; brown rice |
To connect 丩 threads 糹; 丩 also provides the pronunciation |
糾 |
tangled; to investigate, to unravel |
To thread 糹 a needle 刃; 刃 also provides the pronunciation |
紉 |
to sew, to stitch; to thread a needle |
A thread 糹 with some give 予; 予 also provides the pronunciation |
紓 |
to relieve; to relax, to loosen; to extricate |
A silken thread 糸 hanging off a tree 龶 |
素 |
plain; white; vegetarian; formerly; normally |
A rope 糸 hanging from the ceiling 冖 |
索 |
cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire |
To bind 扎 with thread 糸 |
紥 |
to tie, to fasten, to bind |
Simplified form of 纍; growing silk 糸 in the fields 畾; 畾 also provides the pronunciation
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累 |
tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance |
To cut 刀 thread 糹; 巴 provides the pronunciation |
絕 |
to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate |
Finely-layered 糹silk 糸; 糹 also provides the pronunciation |
絲 |
silk, fine thread; wire; strings |
To capture 执 and bind 糸 someone; 执 also provides the pronunciation |
絷 |
to tie up, to shackle; to imprison, to confine |
A silk 糸 banner over a door 户 |
綮 |
embroidered banner |
To bind 叕 by thread 糹; 叕 also provides the pronunciation |
綴 |
to connect, to join; to patch up, to stitch together |
To spin thread 糹 into order 侖; 侖 also provides the pronunciation |
綸 |
silk thread; to twist together; to classify |
A wrinkle 咎 in a silk 糹 garment; 糹 also provides the pronunciation |
綹 |
skein; tuft, lock; wrinkle |
A continuous thread 糹 of silk 帛 |
綿 |
continuous, unbroken; cotten, silk; soft, downy |
A veil 糹 over the eyes 眇; 眇 also provides the pronunciation |
緲 |
dim, indistinct; distant; minute |
A silken 糹present 致; 致 also provides the pronunciation |
緻 |
to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence |
District 県 borders 系; 県 also provides the pronunciation |
縣 |
county, district, subdivision |
A thread 糹 used to pull 牽 boats; 牽 also provides the pronunciation |
縴 |
tow rope |
To complete 糹 one's duties 責; 責 also provides the pronunciation |
績 |
achievements, merit |
A silk 糹 cocoon 冂 spun by a worm 虫 |
繭 |
cocoon; callus, blister |
Simplified form of 纍; growing silk 糸 in the fields 畾; 畾 also provides the pronunciation
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纍 |
tired; to accumulate; to involve; bother, nuisance |
A silk 系 banner 県; 毒 provides the pronunciation |
纛 |
banner, streamer |
To connect 丩 threads 纟; 丩 also provides the pronunciation |
纠 |
tangled; to investigate, to unravel |
To thread 纟 a needle 刃; 刃 also provides the pronunciation |
纫 |
to sew, to stitch; to thread a needle |
To spin thread 纟 into order 仑; 仑 also provides the pronunciation |
纶 |
silk thread; to twist together; to classify |
A thread 纟 with some give 予; 予 also provides the pronunciation |
纾 |
to relieve; to relax, to loosen; to extricate |
A thread 纟 on which ornaments are hung 犮 |
绂 |
a cord or ribbon used to hang ornaments |
Extravagant 夸 silk 纟 clothes; 夸 also provides the pronunciation |
绔 |
pants, trousers, underwear |
To complete 纟 one's duties 责; 责 also provides the pronunciation |
绩 |
achievements, merit |
A continuous thread 纟 of silk 帛 |
绵 |
continuous, unbroken; cotten, silk; soft, downy |
A wrinkle 咎 in a silk 纟 garment; 纟 also provides the pronunciation |
绺 |
skein; tuft, lock; wrinkle |
To bind 叕 by thread 纟; 叕 also provides the pronunciation |
缀 |
to connect, to join; to patch up, to stitch together |
Black 甾 silk 纟; 甾 also provides the pronunciation |
缁 |
black silk |
A veil 纟 over the eyes 眇; 眇 also provides the pronunciation |
缈 |
dim, indistinct; distant; minute |
The sound 虖 of pottery 缶 breaking |
罅 |
crack, fissure, split |
An empty 干 fishing net ⺳; 干 also provides the pronunciation |
罕 |
rare, scarce; surname |
Simplified form of 罰; to punish 刂 the accused 詈 |
罚 |
penalty, fine; to punish, to penalize |
Stuck in a net 罒, unable to leave 去 |
罢 |
to cease, to finish, to stop, to quit |
A net 罒 of wrongdoing 非 |
罪 |
sin, vice; fault, guilt; crime |
To punish 刂 the accused 詈 |
罰 |
penalty, fine; to punish, to penalize |
Stuck in a net 罒, unable 能 to leave |
罷 |
to cease, to finish, to stop, to quit |
A leather 革 halter used to control 罒a horse 马 |
羁 |
halter; to restrain, to hold, to control |
A silk 糹 net 罒 for catching birds 隹 |
羅 |
gauze, net; to collect, to display |
A leather 革 halter used to control 罒a horse 馬 |
羈 |
halter; to restrain, to hold, to control |
A person 大 wearing an elegant crown 羊 |
美 |
beautiful, pretty; pleasing |
An ugly 丑 sheep 羊 |
羞 |
shame, disgrace; shy, ashamed |
Someone who has a whole row 次 of sheep 羊 |
羡 |
to envy, to covet; to admire, to praise |
The smell of a large flock of sheep 羊 |
羴 |
the rank odor of sheep or goats |
A pleasing 美 lamb 羔 soup |
羹 |
soup, broth |
A man drawing 廾 an arrow 羽 |
羿 |
a legendary archer |
To feel the wind 羽 in one's 人 hair 彡 |
翏 |
the sound of the wind; to soar |
Birds flying 羽 in the daytime 白 |
習 |
to study, to practice; habit |
Birds 羽 flocking together 合 |
翕 |
to agree; to open and close the mouth |
A bird 隹 with a plumed 羽 tail |
翟 |
long-tailed pheasant; plume; surname |
A peacock 翟 with a brilliant 光 tail |
耀 |
to sparkle, to shine, to dazzle; glory |
A person bent over with long hair |
耂 |
old, aged; experienced |
A woman 女 wearing a beard 而 for disguise |
耍 |
to play, to frolic, to amuse |
To dig a hole 冓 with a plow 耒 |
耩 |
to plow; to sow |
A pair 双 of ears 耳 |
聂 |
to whisper; surname |
The sound 耳 of a bell 舌 |
聒 |
clamor, din, hubbub |
A ruler 王 who speaks 口 and listens 耳 |
聖 |
holy, sacred; sage, saint |
People standing side-by-side 乑, hand-to-ear 取 |
聚 |
to assemble, to collect, to meet |
A rumor passing by many ears 耳 |
聶 |
to whisper; surname |
Someone listening 耳 attentively 心 |
聽 |
to hear, to listen; to understand; to obey |
Having long 镸 hair 聿 |
肆 |
to indulge; excess; four (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |
A head 口 on a long body ⺼ |
肙 |
a small worm; to twist; to surround; empty |
A man bringing home meat ⺼ for the family 户 |
肩 |
shoulders; to shoulder, to bear |
To stop 止 flexing one's muscles ⺼ |
肯 |
to agree to, to consent, to permit; ready, willing |
Dog 犬 meat ⺼ |
肰 |
dog meat |
A pregnant woman with a baby ⺼ in her womb |
育 |
to produce, to give birth to; to educate |
To control 办 another's body ⺼ |
胁 |
to threaten, to coerce; ribs, flank |
The stomach ⺼ behind the abdominal muscles 田 |
胃 |
stomach |
To leave 去 in the flesh ⺼; 去 also provides the pronunciation |
胠 |
to open; to throw away |
A small 幺 child ⺼ leaving the womb 儿 |
胤 |
heir, successor; progeny, posterity |
A body ⺼ wrapped in cloth 疋 |
胥 |
all, together, mutually |
Tendons that connect 交 muscles ⺼; 交 also provides the pronunciation |
胶 |
glue, gum, resin, rubber; sticky; to glue |
A heart ⺼ in the chest 匈; 匈 also provides the pronunciation |
胸 |
breast, bosom; heart, mind |
To control 劦 another's body ⺼ |
脅 |
to threaten, to coerce; ribs, flank |
Something dangerous 危 to one's flesh ⺼ |
脆 |
fragile, frail; brittle, crisp |
Long 永 vessels through one's body ⺼ |
脈 |
a pulse; arteries, veins; blood vessels |
Long 永 vessels through one's body ⺼ |
脉 |
a pulse; arteries, veins; blood vessels |
A vertebra 人 protruding from the flesh ⺼ |
脊 |
spine, backbone; ridge |
A sacrifice of meat ⺼ for the past year 昔 |
腊 |
December; year's end sacrifice; dried meat |
Meat ⺼ left 奄 in salt; 奄 also provides the pronunciation |
腌 |
to salt, to cure; to pickle, to marinate |
An organ ⺼ in the skull 囟 |
腦 |
brain |
Swollen 重 flesh ⺼; 重 also provides the pronunciation |
腫 |
swelling; swollen; to swell |
Flesh ⺼ used to walk 退; 退 also provides the pronunciation |
腿 |
legs, thighs |
Flesh ⺼ beside 旁 the body; 旁 also provides the pronunciation |
膀 |
shoulder, upper arm, wing |
A hall 堂 in one's chest ⺼; 堂 also provides the pronunciation |
膛 |
chest cavity; hollow space |
The part of the body ⺼ that feels 意; 意 also provides the pronunciation |
臆 |
chest, breast; thoughts, feelings |
Like 又 a minister 臣; 臣 also provides the pronunciation |
臤 |
stern; wise |
A person 人 laying on a bed 臣 |
臥 |
to crouch, to lie down |
A notice 自 posted on a tree 木 |
臬 |
provincial judge; law, rule; door post |
The smell 自 of a dirty dog 犬 |
臭 |
to reek, to smell, to stink |
A bird alighting on the ground 土 |
至 |
reach, arrive; very, extremely |
A man 吉 standing on a raised 至 dais 冖 |
臺 |
platform; unit; term of address |
A person ⺈ falling in a pit 臼 |
臽 |
pit, hole |
A mortar 臼 and pestle 千 |
臿 |
to separate the grain from the husk |
A hand 爫 fetching food from a container 臼 |
舀 |
to ladle out; to scoop |
Two hands 廾 lifting a mortar 臼 |
舁 |
to lift, to raise, to carry on one's shoulder |
A cart 车 carried on one's shoulder 舁 |
舆 |
cart, palanquin, sedan chair |
A sacrifice made on an altar 且 |
舋 |
split, quarrel, dispute; blood sacrifice |
A hand 舛 holding a fan |
舞 |
to dance; to brandish |
Using a tool 殳 to sort items on a tray 舟 |
般 |
sort, manner, kind, class |
A ship's 舟 cabin 仓; 仓 also provides the pronunciation |
舱 |
cabin, ship's hold |
An extra 余 boat 舟; 余 also provides the pronunciation |
艅 |
dispatch boat |
The back 尾 of a ship 舟; 尾 also provides the pronunciation |
艉 |
the aft of a ship |
The head 首 of a ship 舟; 首 also provides the pronunciation |
艏 |
the prow of a ship |
A ship's 舟 cabin 倉; 倉 also provides the pronunciation |
艙 |
cabin, ship's hold |
What a person ⺈ desires 巴 |
色 |
color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex |
Lush 丰 and sexy 色 |
艳 |
beautiful, glamorous, sexy, voluptuous |
Lush 豐 and sexy 色 |
艷 |
beautiful, glamorous, sexy, voluptuous |
Simplified form of 節; sections of bamboo ⺮ |
节 |
festival; knot, joint; segment; to economize, to save |
A thousand 千 plants 艹; 千 also provides the pronunciation |
芊 |
luxuriant foliage |
To cut grass 艹 with a scythe 殳; 殳 also provides the pronunciation |
芟 |
to weed, to mow, to scythe |
The heart 心 of a plant 艹; 心 also provides the pronunciation |
芯 |
core, pith; the pith of a rush (Juncus effusus) |
A flower 艹 in bloom 化; 化 also provides the pronunciation |
花 |
flower, blossom; to spend (time or money) |
To trim 勹 grass shoots 屮 |
芻 |
to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder |
Grass 艹 growing in a field 田 |
苗 |
sprouts; Miao nationality |
A flower 艹 unfolding 包; 包 also provides the pronunciation |
苞 |
bud, flower; rush, reed; to bloom |
A sweet 甘 plant 艹; 甘 also provides the pronunciation |
苷 |
licorice |
Sprouting 出 grass 艹; 出 also provides the pronunciation |
茁 |
to sprout, to flourish; vigorous, healthy |
Grass 艹 covering a buried 土 casket 冖 |
茔 |
grave, tomb, cemetary |
A silk cocoon 艹 spun by a worm 虫 |
茧 |
cocoon; callus, blister |
A plant 艹 armed with thorns 刂 |
荆 |
thorns, brambles; surname |
A perennial; grass 艹 that survives 存 year-after-year |
荐 |
to recommend; to recur, to repeat |
A tall 乔 grass 艹; 乔 also provides the pronunciation |
荞 |
buckwheat |
Hot water 汤 wiping out plant life 艹; 汤 also provides the pronunciation |
荡 |
pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out |
Grass 艹 and trees 木 flourishing in a garden 冖 |
荣 |
glory, honor; to flourish, to prosper |
Shade 阴 provided by a tree 艹; 阴 also provides the pronunciation |
荫 |
shade, shelter; to protect |
A place 位 where grass 艹 grows; 立 also provides the pronunciation |
莅 |
attend, be present; arrive at |
Simplified form of 瑩; fiery 火 like a gem 玉 |
莹 |
bright, lustrous, sparkling like a gem |
A bird 鸟 covered in 冖 green 艹 feathers |
莺 |
oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various) |
A dog 犬 surrounded by weeds 艹, 廾 |
莽 |
thicket, underbrush; rude, impertinent |
A plant 艹 that pricks 刺; 刺 also provides the pronunciation |
莿 |
thorn |
A green 艹 river 河; 河 also provides the pronunciation |
菏 |
a river in Shandong province |
A flat 枼 leaf 艹; 枼 also provides the pronunciation |
葉 |
leaf, page; surname |
A corpse 死 laid 廾 to rest under the grass 艹 |
葬 |
to bury, to inter |
To mow 芻 grass 艹; 芻 also provides the pronunciation |
蒭 |
to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder |
A shoot 萠 that is cut 刂 for building material |
蒯 |
reed, rush; Scirpus cyperinus |
Steam 烝 provides the meaning and sound |
蒸 |
steam, vapor; to evaporate |
To polish 艹 a metal 金 cover 冖 |
蓥 |
to polish, to shine |
Plants 艹 that can be eaten 欶; 欶 also provides the pronunciation |
蔌 |
vegetables; surname |
A long 曼 plant 艹 ; 曼 also provides the pronunciation |
蔓 |
vine, tendril, creeper |
Vegetables 艹 that are buried in the ground 匐; 匐 also provides the pronunciation |
蔔 |
radish; root vegetables |
Shade 陰 provided by a tree 艹; 陰 also provides the pronunciation |
蔭 |
shade, shelter; to protect |
A tall 喬 grass 艹; 喬 also provides the pronunciation |
蕎 |
buckwheat |
Hot water 湯 wiping out plant life 艹; 湯 also provides the pronunciation |
蕩 |
pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out |
A kind of bitter 辛 grass 艹 |
薛 |
wormwood, marsh grass; a feudal state |
Freshly-cut 新 wood 艹; 新 also provides the pronunciation |
薪 |
fuel, firewood; salary |
A fox 貍 burying something in the grass 艹 |
薶 |
sto bury; to dirty, to soil |
A plow 耤 is the means used to grow crops 艹 |
藉 |
by means of; excuse, pretext; to rely on |
A perennial 穌 grass 艹; 穌 also provides the pronunciation |
蘇 |
to awaken, to revive, to resurrect; used in transliterations |
To perform a rite 醮 again (like a perennial 艹) |
蘸 |
to dip (in ink, sauce, etc); to remarry |
A tiger 虍 standing on a rock 几; 虍 also provides the pronunciation |
虎 |
tiger; brave, fierce; surname |
A tiger 虍 baring its claws 彐 |
虐 |
cruel, harsh, oppressive |
A tiger 虍 striking fear into the heart 心 |
虑 |
anxious, concerned, worried |
A tiger 虎 with one horn 厂 |
虒 |
an amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn; place name |
A tiger's 虍 roar 乎; 乎 also provides the pronunciation |
虖 |
to cry, to howl, to roar |
A tiger 虍 stalking in the bushes 业 |
虚 |
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain |
A tiger 虍 stalking in the bushes 丱 |
虛 |
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain |
The roar 口 of the tiger 虎; 丂 provides the pronunciation |
號 |
mark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to roar |
A tiger 虍 mauling a bird 隹; 亏 also provides the pronunciation |
虧 |
to lose, to fail; loss, damages; deficient |
An adult male 丁 insect 虫; 丁 also provides the pronunciation |
虰 |
dragonfly |
An insect 虫 bite 饣; 饣 also provides the pronunciation |
蚀 |
to nibble at, to erode; an eclipse |
A hairy 毛 worm 虫; 毛 also provides the pronunciation |
蚝 |
a poisonous hairy caterpillar |
An immature 幼 insect 虫; 幼 also provides the pronunciation |
蚴 |
larva |
A sweet 甘 mollusk 虫; 甘 also provides the pronunciation |
蚶 |
clam, bivalve; Arca inflata |
Like 亦 insects 虫 |
蛮 |
barbarians; barbarous, rude, savage |
An insect 虫 changing 兌 its skin; 兌 also provides the pronunciation |
蛻 |
to molt |
An insect 虫 changing 兑 its skin; 兑 also provides the pronunciation |
蜕 |
to molt |
To curl up 卷 like a worm 虫; 卷 also provides the pronunciation |
蜷 |
to curl one's body; to wriggle like a worm |
Crooked 宛 like an insect 虫; 宛 also provides the pronunciation |
蜿 |
to creep, to crawl |
Insects 虫 that toads 黾 feed on |
蝇 |
fly, musca |
An insect 虫 bite 飠; 飠 also provides the pronunciation |
蝕 |
to nibble at, to erode; an eclipse |
A glowing 火 insect 虫 |
螢 |
firefly, glow-worm |
The class of insects 虫 |
蟲 |
insect, worm; mollusk |
A wasp 虫 building a nest in dead 吂 flesh ⺼ |
蠃 |
solitary wasp; paper wasp |
Insects 虫 that toads 黽 feed on |
蠅 |
fly, musca |
A chalice 皿 filled with blood 丿 |
血 |
blood |
To be shamed 丑 by a bloody 血 nose |
衄 |
a bloody nose; to be defeated |
To slight 蔑 with smeared blood 血; 蔑 also provides the pronunciation |
衊 |
to smear, to slander; to defile |
To take small steps 亍 with one's feet 彳 |
行 |
to go, to walk, to move; professional |
Water 氵 going in all directions 行 |
衍 |
to overflow; to spread out |
Professional 行 skills 术; 术 also provides the pronunciation |
術 |
skill, art; method, technique; trick |
To walk 行 with 同 someone; 同 also provides the pronunciation |
衕 |
same, similar; together with, alike |
A big 大 horn 角; 行 provides the pronunciation |
衡 |
to measure, to weigh; to consider, to judge |
Fur 毛 clothing 衣; a shawl or wrap |
表 |
to show, to express, to display; outside, appearance; a watch |
A duke 公 in his robes 衣 |
衮 |
imperial robe; ceremonial dress |
A person in a robe 衣 with an injury 一 to his head 口 |
衰 |
weak, feeble; to decline, to falter |
A person in a robe 衣 with his heart 中 marked; 中 also provides the pronunciation |
衷 |
sincere, heartfelt |
A person 口 wearing a robe 衣 |
袁 |
robe; surname |
A cloth 衤 wrap 包; 包 also provides the pronunciation |
袍 |
robe, gown, cloak |
The emperor 口 in 八 his robes 衣 |
袞 |
imperial robe; ceremonial dress |
Something wrapped 伏 in cloth 衤; 伏 also provides the pronunciation |
袱 |
apants; trousers; panties |
To cut 戈 cloth 衣 |
裁 |
to trim, to reduce, to cut; judgment |
Take take off clothes 衤; to show 呈 oneself |
裎 |
to take off clothes; to bare oneself |
Unit of measure for farm 田 land 土; 衤 provides the pronunciation |
裡 |
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane |
To patch up 叕 clothing 衤; 叕 also provides the pronunciation |
裰 |
to mend clothes |
To display 表 a cloth 衤 map; 表 also provides the pronunciation |
裱 |
to hang (a banner); to mount (a map or scroll) |
To change 易 one's top 衤; 易 also provides the pronunciation |
裼 |
to take off a top; to divest |
To manufacture 制 clothes 衣; 制 also provides the pronunciation |
製 |
system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower |
A cloth 衤 pattern 复; 复 also provides the pronunciation |
複 |
again, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to return |
A cloth 衤 used to protect 保 an infant; 保 also provides the pronunciation |
褓 |
swaddling cloth; infancy |
Th take off 退 clothing 衤; 退 also provides the pronunciation |
褪 |
to strip, to undress; to fade, to fall off |
Using two hands 口 to help someone remove their clothes 衣 |
襄 |
to aid, to help, to assist; to undress |
Cloth 衤 that restricts 禁; 禁 also provides the pronunciation |
襟 |
lapel, collar |
The truth 亶 hidden under one's robes 衤; 亶 also provides the pronunciation |
襢 |
to strip, to lay bare; naked, bare |
A belt that holds up 攀 clothes 衤; 攀 also provides the pronunciation |
襻 |
loop, belt, band |
A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東 |
覀 |
west, western, westward |
A woman 女 with hands on her waist 覀 |
要 |
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand |
From the east 早 to the west 覀 |
覃 |
to reach, to spread to; deep, extensive |
A man 儿 with the eye 目 emphasized |
見 |
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear |
To search for something with eyes 見 and hands 爫 |
覓 |
to seek; to search |
To watch 見 and observe 占; 占 also provides the pronunciation |
覘 |
to peek, to watch; to investigate, to spy on |
One who learns 見 magic 巫 |
覡 |
wizard |
Simplified form of 見; a man 儿 with the eye 目 emphasized |
见 |
to see, to observe, to meet, to appear |
To see 见 again 又 |
观 |
to observe, to spectate; appearance, view |
To search for something with eyes 见 and hands 爫 |
觅 |
to seek; to search |
To watch 见 and observe 占; 占 also provides the pronunciation |
觇 |
to peek, to watch; to investigate, to spy on |
One who learns 见 magic 巫 |
觋 |
wizard |
To cut 刀 the horns 角 off of an ox 牛; 角 also provides the pronunciation |
解 |
to explain; to loosen; to unfasten, to untie |
A tongue sticking out of a mouth 口 |
言 |
words, speech; to speak, to say |
A tongue sticking out of a mouth 口 |
訁 |
words, speech; to speak, to say |
Dissent 言 among workers 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation |
訌 |
confusion; internal strife |
To ask 言 for something 寸 |
討 |
to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for |
To depend on 乇 someone's word 言; 乇 also provides the pronunciation |
託 |
to commission, to entrust, to rely on |
A private 己 note 言; 己 also provides the pronunciation |
記 |
mark, sign; to note, to record |
Words 言 said at a parting 夬; 夬 also provides the pronunciation |
訣 |
to take leave of, to bid farewell; knack, trick |
Words 言 of blame 斥; 斥 also provides the pronunciation |
訴 |
to accuse, to sue; to inform; to narrate |
To implicate 罒 someone by one's words 言 |
詈 |
to curse, to scold; to accuse |
To issue 言 a decree 召; 召 also provides the pronunciation |
詔 |
to proclaim, to decree; imperial decree |
To meet 言 a goal 旨; 旨 also provides the pronunciation |
詣 |
to reach; achievement, accomplishment |
A spoken 言 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation |
話 |
talk, speech; language, dialect |
Extravagant 夸 words 言; 夸 also provides the pronunciation |
誇 |
extravagant, luxurious; handsome |
Word 言 of one's success 兴 |
誉 |
fame, reputation; to praise |
Mad 狂 speech 言; 狂 also provides the pronunciation |
誑 |
to lie, to deceive; to delude, to cheat |
To verbally 言 confirm 矣 ; 矣 also provides the pronunciation |
誒 |
oh, hey; surprise (tone 2), disagreement (tone 3), agreement (tone 4) |
Words 言 that must not be broken 折; 折 also provides the pronunciation |
誓 |
to swear, to pledge; oath |
To use elegant 秀 words 言; 秀 also provides the pronunciation |
誘 |
to tempt, to persuade, to entice; guide |
Words 言 of warning 戒; 戒 also provides the pronunciation |
誡 |
to warn, to admonish; warning |
To start 言 a witch-hunt 巫; 巫 also provides the pronunciation |
誣 |
to slander, to defame; a false accusation |
Fitting 宜 speech 言; 宜 also provides the pronunciation |
誼 |
friendship; appropriate, suitable |
One who freely shares 享 advice 言; 享 also provides the pronunciation |
諄 |
earnest, patient, sincere |
Speech 言 that explains the logic 侖; 侖 also provides the pronunciation |
論 |
debate; discussion |
To discuss 言 a plan 咨; 咨 also provides the pronunciation |
諮 |
to consult, to confer with; recommendation, advice |
Elegant 彦 words 言; 彦 also provides the pronunciation |
諺 |
proverb, maxim |
To make 誊 a copy 月; 誊 also provides the pronunciation |
謄 |
to copy, to transcribe |
Bewitching 迷 words 言; 迷 also provides the pronunciation |
謎 |
riddle, puzzle, conundrum |
To use cruel 虐 words 言; 虐 also provides the pronunciation |
謔 |
to jeer |
A bright 矞 wit 言; 矞 also provides the pronunciation |
譎 |
cunning, crafty, sly |
Verbose 詹 speech 言; 詹 also provides the pronunciation |
譫 |
talkative; incoherent, babbling |
Slanderous 毁 words 言; 毁 also provides the pronunciation |
譭 |
to slander, to defame |
Spies' 睪 words 言; 睪 also provides the pronunciation |
譯 |
to translate, to interpret; to encode, to decode |
To show off 賣 one's literacy 言 |
讀 |
to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce |
To foment 攵 rebellion 䜌 |
變 |
to change, to transform, to alter; rebel |
Words 言 of praise 贊; 贊 also provides the pronunciation |
讚 |
to praise, to eulogize; to commend |
Invasive 干 words 讠 |
讦 |
to accuse, to pry; to expose secrets |
Dissent 讠 among workers 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation |
讧 |
confusion; internal strife |
To ask 讠 for something 寸 |
讨 |
to haggle, to discuss; to demand, to ask for |
To depend on 乇 someone's word 讠; 乇 also provides the pronunciation |
讬 |
to commission, to entrust, to rely on |
A private 己 note 讠; 己 also provides the pronunciation |
记 |
mark, sign; to note, to record |
Speech 讠 that explains the logic 仑; 仑 also provides the pronunciation |
论 |
debate; discussion |
Words 讠 said at a parting 夬; 夬 also provides the pronunciation |
诀 |
to take leave of, to bid farewell; knack, trick |
To speak 讠 the truth 正; 正 also provides the pronunciation |
证 |
to prove, to verify; certificate, proof |
Words 讠 of blame 斥; 斥 also provides the pronunciation |
诉 |
to accuse, to sue; to inform; to narrate |
To issue 讠 a decree 召; 召 also provides the pronunciation |
诏 |
to proclaim, to decree; imperial decree |
A spoken 讠 tongue 舌; 舌 also provides the pronunciation |
话 |
talk, speech; language, dialect |
To meet 讠 a goal 旨; 旨 also provides the pronunciation |
诣 |
to reach; achievement, accomplishment |
Fighting 争 words 讠; 争 also provides the pronunciation |
诤 |
to admonish, to warn; to criticize |
Words 讠 of warning 戒; 戒 also provides the pronunciation |
诫 |
to warn, to admonish; warning |
To start 讠 a witch-hunt 巫; 巫 also provides the pronunciation |
诬 |
to slander, to defame; a false accusation |
To verbally 讠 inform 告; 告 also provides the pronunciation |
诰 |
to grant; to notify, to inform; to order |
To use elegant 秀 words 讠; 秀 also provides the pronunciation |
诱 |
to tempt, to persuade, to entice; guide |
Mad 狂 speech 讠; 狂 also provides the pronunciation |
诳 |
to lie, to deceive; to delude, to cheat |
To verbally 讠 confirm 矣 ; 矣 also provides the pronunciation |
诶 |
oh, hey; surprise (tone 2), disagreement (tone 3), agreement (tone 4) |
To receive 取 advice 讠; 取 also provides the pronunciation |
诹 |
to consult, to confer with; to select, to choose |
To show off 卖 one's literacy 讠 |
读 |
to study, to learn; to read, to pronounce |
To give thoughtful 念 advice 讠 |
谂 |
to counsel, to consult for |
One who freely shares 享 advice 讠; 享 also provides the pronunciation |
谆 |
earnest, patient, sincere |
Fitting 宜 speech 讠; 宜 also provides the pronunciation |
谊 |
friendship; appropriate, suitable |
To use cruel 虐 words 讠; 虐 also provides the pronunciation |
谑 |
to jeer |
To discuss 讠 a plan 咨; 咨 also provides the pronunciation |
谘 |
to consult, to confer with; recommendation, advice |
Elegant 彦 words 讠; 彦 also provides the pronunciation |
谚 |
proverb, maxim |
Bewitching 迷 words 讠; 迷 also provides the pronunciation |
谜 |
riddle, puzzle, conundrum |
A bright 矞 wit 讠; 矞 also provides the pronunciation |
谲 |
cunning, crafty, sly |
Verbose 詹 speech 讠; 詹 also provides the pronunciation |
谵 |
talkative; incoherent, babbling |
Water flowing 人 from a spring 口 through a valley 八 |
谷 |
valley, gorge, ravine |
A stalk bent crooked 曲 by the weight of its beans 豆 |
豊 |
abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty |
A bean plant 豆 with much fruit 丰; 丰 also provides the pronunciation |
豐 |
abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty |
A boar 豕 fighting a tiger 虍 |
豦 |
wild boar; to fight |
Two pigs 豕 representing a herd |
豩 |
a group of pigs |
A badger's 豸 teeth 艮; 艮 also provides the pronunciation |
貇 |
to bite, to gnaw |
A tribe of a hundred 百 wild beasts 豸 |
貊 |
leopard; an ancient tribe in northeast China |
A beast's 豸 appearance 皃; 皃 also provides the pronunciation |
貌 |
countenance, appearance |
A sea shell, once used as currency |
貝 |
sea shell; money, currency |
A person 人 carrying a lot of money 貝 |
負 |
load, burden; to carry, to bear |
Money 貝 that must be split 分; 分 also provides the pronunciation |
貧 |
poor, needy, impoverished; lacking |
Money 貝 that must be repaid |
責 |
one's responsibility, duty |
A banker's 貝 two 二 with accents to prevent forgery |
貳 |
two (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |
To devalue 乏 currency 貝 |
貶 |
to devalue, to demote; to criticize, to censure |
To add 加 to someone else's fortune 貝 |
賀 |
to congratulate; to send a present |
Someone 任 working for money 貝 |
賃 |
to rent, to lease; to hire; employee |
To possess 有 wealth 貝 |
賄 |
to bribe; riches, wealth |
Two shells 貝 strung together |
賏 |
necklace; pearls or shells strung together |
Someone 小 living under one's roof 宀; 貝 also provides the pronunciation |
賓 |
guest, visitor; surname; submit |
Costing little 戔 money 貝; 戔 also provides the pronunciation |
賤 |
cheap, low, mean, worthless |
Money 貝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation |
賦 |
tax; to give, to bestow |
To sell 賣 a soul for money 貝; 賣 also provides the pronunciation |
贖 |
ransom; to buy; to redeem |
"Wild goose" 鴈 money 貝; 鴈 also provides the pronunciation |
贗 |
false, bogus; counterfeit; a sham |
A person 人 carrying a lot of money 贝 |
负 |
load, burden; to carry, to bear |
Money 贝 that must be repaid |
责 |
one's responsibility, duty |
Money 贝 that must be split 分; 分 also provides the pronunciation |
贫 |
poor, needy, impoverished; lacking |
To devalue 乏 currency 贝 |
贬 |
to devalue, to demote; to criticize, to censure |
Money 贝 kept under one 一 roof 宀 |
贮 |
to store, to stockpile, to hoard |
A banker's 贝 two 二 with accents to prevent forgery |
贰 |
two (bankers' anti-fraud numeral) |
Costing little 戋 money 贝; 戋 also provides the pronunciation |
贱 |
cheap, low, mean, worthless |
To add 加 to someone else's fortune 贝 |
贺 |
to congratulate; to send a present |
To possess 有 wealth 贝 |
贿 |
to bribe; riches, wealth |
Someone 任 working for money 贝 |
赁 |
to rent, to lease; to hire; employee |
To beseech 求 with money 贝; 求 also provides the pronunciation |
赇 |
to bribe |
Money 贝 used to raise an army 武; 武 also provides the pronunciation |
赋 |
tax; to give, to bestow |
Money 贝 from 从 someone |
赍 |
gift, present; offering |
To sell 卖 a soul for money 贝; 卖 also provides the pronunciation |
赎 |
ransom; to buy; to redeem |
"Wild goose" 雁 money 贝; 雁 also provides the pronunciation |
赝 |
false, bogus; counterfeit; a sham |
A person 土 whose cheeks are burning 火 |
赤 |
red, scarlet; blushing; bare, naked |
Blushing 赤 bright red 赤 |
赫 |
bright, radiant, glowing |
Someone 土 stepping with their foot 止 |
走 |
to walk, to run, to flee |
Unable to put one foot 走 after the other 次; 次 also provides the pronunciation |
趑 |
to falter; to be unable to move |
A ten-thousand 万 square-foot 足 warehouse |
趸 |
to buy or sell wholesale |
To lose 失 one's footing 足 |
跌 |
to stumble, to slip, to fall |
To sit 居 on one's feet 足; 居 also provides the pronunciation |
踞 |
to crouch, to squat; to occupy |
A footstep 足 in error 差; 差 also provides the pronunciation |
蹉 |
slip, mistake, error |
To walk 足 quietly 聂; 聂 also provides the pronunciation |
蹑 |
to tip-toe, to walk quietly |
A broken 敝 foot 足; 敝 also provides the pronunciation |
蹩 |
to limp |
To approach 就 in one leap 足; 足 also provides the pronunciation |
蹴 |
to leap; to kick; solemn |
A ten-thousand 萬 square-foot 足 warehouse |
躉 |
to buy or sell wholesale |
To walk 足 quietly 聶; 聶 also provides the pronunciation |
躡 |
to tip-toe, to walk quietly |
To bow 弓 one's body 身; 弓 also provides the pronunciation |
躬 |
to bow; personally, in person; oneself |
Soldiers 冖 (distorted 力) in a cart 車 |
軍 |
army, military; soldiers, troops |
A cart 車 part 口 |
軎 |
a brass part for a cart in ancient China |
Two 兩 carts 車; 兩 also provides the pronunciation |
輛 |
measure word for vehicles |
Two people 夫 riding in a cart 車 |
輦 |
hand-cart; to transport by carriage |
A cart 車 carried on one's shoulder 舁 |
輿 |
cart, palanquin, sedan chair |
A lofty 喬 carriage 車; 喬 also provides the pronunciation |
轎 |
sedan-chair, palanquin, litter |
The thunderous sound of many chariots 車 |
轟 |
rumble, explosion, blast |
Rope 糹 yoking a horse to a chariot 車 by its mouth 口 |
轡 |
bridle, reins |
The thunderous sound of a pair 双 of carts 车 |
轰 |
rumble, explosion, blast |
A lofty 乔 carriage 车; 乔 also provides the pronunciation |
轿 |
sedan-chair, palanquin, litter |
A complete 全 wheel 车; 全 also provides the pronunciation |
辁 |
limited (in talent or ability); a solid wheel without spokes |
Two 两 carts 车; 两 also provides the pronunciation |
辆 |
measure word for vehicles |
Two people 夫 riding in a cart 车 |
辇 |
hand-cart; to transport by carriage |
Rope 纟 yoking a horse to a chariot 车 by its mouth 口 |
辔 |
bridle, reins |
Something left 育 by a cart 车 when it moves 攵 |
辙 |
track, rut; stuck in a rut |
Bitter 辛 words 舌 |
辞 |
words, speech; to resign, to take leave |
A body 尸 decapitated 口 by a sword 辛 , representing the law |
辟 |
law, rule; to open up, to develop |
To separate 刂 two alternatives 辛 |
辨 |
to recognize, to distinguish, to discriminate |
A bitter 辛 exchange of words 讠 |
辩 |
to argue, to dispute; to discuss, to debate |
A bitter 辛 exchange of words 言 |
辯 |
to argue, to dispute; to discuss, to debate |
To walk 辶 quickly 卂; 卂 also provides the pronunciation |
迅 |
quick, hasty; sudden, rapid |
To take ten thousand 万 steps 辶 |
迈 |
old; to pass by, to take a stride |
To walk 辶 backwards 反; 反 also provides the pronunciation |
返 |
to restore, to return, to revert to |
Not 不 moving 辶 |
还 |
also, besides; still, yet; to return |
A cart 车 moving 辶 goods between cities |
连 |
to join, to connect; continuous; even |
Separated 辶 by a border 冋; 冋 also provides the pronunciation |
迥 |
distant, far; separated; different |
To walk 辶 with purpose 由 |
迪 |
to advance, to enlighten, to make progress |
To walk 辶 in circles 回; 回 also provides the pronunciation |
迴 |
to rotate, to revolve; curve, zig-zag |
A person waving 关 to someone walking away 辶 |
送 |
to see off, to send off, to dispatch; to give |
A disobedient 屰 person 辶; 屰 also provides the pronunciation |
逆 |
to disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel |
A cart 車 moving 辶 goods between cities |
連 |
to join, to connect; continuous; even |
To walk 辶 in a circle 周; 周 also provides the pronunciation |
週 |
week; turn, cycle; anniversary |
To run 辶 like a rabbit 兔 |
逸 |
to flee, to escape, to break loose |
To escape 辶 to shelter 盾; 盾 also provides the pronunciation |
遁 |
to flee, to escape; to hide, to conceal oneself |
To leave 辶 something valuable 贵 behind |
遗 |
to lose; a lost article |
To walk 辶 about 敖; 敖 also provides the pronunciation |
遨 |
to ramble, to roam; to travel for pleasure |
To follow 辶 or honor 尊 someone; 尊 also provides the pronunciation |
遵 |
to follow, to comply with; to honor |
To leave 辶 something valuable 貴 behind |
遺 |
to lose; a lost article |
To take ten thousand 萬 steps 辶 |
邁 |
old; to pass by, to take a stride |
A place 口 where people hope 巴 to settle |
邑 |
area, district, city, state |
The area 邑 around a river 巛 |
邕 |
former or literary name for Nanning (in Guangxi) |
A bountiful 丰 place 阝 |
邦 |
country, nation, state |
A rustic 屯 town 阝; 阝 also provides the pronunciation |
邨 |
village, hamlet; rustic |
A place 阝 on a hill 丘; 丘 also provides the pronunciation |
邱 |
mound, hill; grave; surname |
A man from a good 良 place 阝; 良 also provides the pronunciation |
郎 |
gentleman, young man; husband |
A city 阝 guarding a pass 关 |
郑 |
state in today's Henan; surname |
A tall building 享 at the edge of a city 阝 |
郭 |
city limits; surname |
Two people 乡 and ⻏ hunched over a meal 良 |
鄉 |
country, village; rural |
A city 阝 guarding a pass 奠 |
鄭 |
state in today's Henan; surname |
A jar 酉 of wine 氵; 酉 also provides the pronunciation |
酒 |
wine, spirits, liquor, alcohol |
Suspect 冘 wine 酉 |
酖 |
poison, bad wine; addicted |
A dangerous 凶 drunk 酉 |
酗 |
violent, raging drunk, blotto |
Wine 酉 aged too long 夋; 夋 also provides the pronunciation |
酸 |
tart, sour; spoiled; acid |
A pinch 寽 of wine 酉; 寽 also provides the pronunciation |
酹 |
to pour out a libation; to sprinkle |
Hard 严 liquor 酉; 严 also provides the pronunciation |
酽 |
thick, strong (as a beverage) |
To leave 奄 meat in wine 酉; 奄 also provides the pronunciation |
醃 |
to pickle, to marinate; to salt, to cure |
Wine 酉 fit to be savored 享 |
醇 |
rich, pure, as good as wine |
Aged 昔 wine 酉; wine gone sour |
醋 |
vinegar; jealousy, envy |
Meat 皿 left in wine 酉; 右 provides the pronunciation |
醢 |
minced pickled meat; to mince |
Rice 米 ready to be picked |
釆 |
to distinguish; to pick, to gather, to collect |
A hand picking 爫 fruit from a tree 木 |
采 |
to collect, to gather; to pick, to pluck |
Unit of measure for farm 田 land 土 |
里 |
unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane |
A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里 |
重 |
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat |
A cast-iron bell; compare 金 |
釒 |
gold, metal; money |
A metal 釒 knife 刂; 刂 also provides the pronunciation |
釗 |
to endeavor, to strive; to encourage; to cut |
A metal 釒 nail 丁; 丁 also provides the pronunciation |
釘 |
nail, spike |
A metal 釒 pin 十 |
針 |
needle, pin, tack; acupuncture |
A metal 釒 hook 勺; 勺 also provides the pronunciation |
釣 |
fishhook; to fish, to lure |
A metal 釒 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation |
釵 |
ornamental hairpin |
A metal 釒 awl 千; 千 also provides the pronunciation |
釺 |
awl; a tool for boring holes |
A metal 釒 flask 斗; 斗 also provides the pronunciation |
鈄 |
wine flagon |
A metal 釒 hook 勾; 勾 also provides the pronunciation |
鈎 |
hook, barb; sickle; to stroke |
A treasure of gold 釒 and jade 玉; 玉 also provides the pronunciation |
鈺 |
rare treasure |
A metal 釒 axe 戉; 戉 also provides the pronunciation |
鉞 |
broad-axe; halberd, battle-axe |
A metal 釒 hook 句; 句 also provides the pronunciation |
鉤 |
hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link |
Objects with a metal 釒 joint 交; 交 also provides the pronunciation |
鉸 |
hinge; scissors, shears; to cut |
To carve 釒 one's name 名; 名 also provides the pronunciation |
銘 |
to engrave, to inscribe |
A bell 金 dangling from a tassel 亦 |
銮 |
bells hung on a horse; imperial |
Metal 釒 that flows like water 水; 工 provides the pronunciation |
銾 |
mercury (element) |
A metal 釒 tool 助; 助 also provides the pronunciation |
鋤 |
hoe; to eradicate, to weed out |
A metal 釒 blade 芒; 芒 also provides the pronunciation |
鋩 |
sword-point; sharp, pointed |
A metal 釒 brush 彔 used to record stories |
錄 |
to copy, to record, to write down |
Silk 帛 inlaid with gold 釒; 釒 also provides the pronunciation |
錦 |
brocade, tapestry; embroidered |
To forge 固 metal 釒; 固 also provides the pronunciation |
錮 |
to run hot metal through a mold; to confine, to restrain, to stop |
Gold 釒 that once was 昔 but is lost |
錯 |
error, mistake; incorrect, wrong |
To carve 釒 a record 录; 录 also provides the pronunciation |
録 |
to copy |
A metal 金 cutting tool 斩; 斩 also provides the pronunciation |
錾 |
chisel, engraving tool |
Something engraved 契 in metal 釒; 契 also provides the pronunciation |
鍥 |
sickle; to cut, to carve, to engrave |
A mold that holds 容 hot metal 釒; 容 also provides the pronunciation |
鎔 |
mold; to fuse, to melt, to smelt |
To polish 炏 a metal 金 cover 冖 |
鎣 |
to polish, to shine |
A metal 釒 still 留; 留 also provides the pronunciation |
鎦 |
to distill; lutetium; surname |
A metal 釒 weapon 殺 |
鎩 |
spear; to injure |
Metal 釒 that joins 連; 連 also provides the pronunciation |
鏈 |
chain, wire; chains, shackles |
A metal bit 釒 used to saddle 麃 a horse |
鑣 |
bit, bridle; to ride |
Much gold 金, representing wealth |
鑫 |
prosperity; used in names of people and shops |
A metal 金 drill 丵 boring a hole 臼; 殳 provides the pronunciation |
鑿 |
chisel; to bore, to pierce |
A metal 钅 pin 十 |
针 |
needle, pin, tack; acupuncture |
A metal 钅 nail 丁; 丁 also provides the pronunciation |
钉 |
nail, spike |
A metal 钅 knife 刂; 刂 also provides the pronunciation |
钊 |
to endeavor, to strive; to encourage; to cut |
A metal 钅 awl 千; 千 also provides the pronunciation |
钎 |
awl; a tool for boring holes |
A metal 钅 hook 勺; 勺 also provides the pronunciation |
钓 |
fishhook; to fish, to lure |
A metal 钅 fork 叉; 叉 also provides the pronunciation |
钗 |
ornamental hairpin |
A metal 钅 hook 勾; 勾 also provides the pronunciation |
钩 |
hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link |
A metal 钅 flask 斗; 斗 also provides the pronunciation |
钭 |
wine flagon |
A treasure of gold 钅 and jade 玉; 玉 also provides the pronunciation |
钰 |
rare treasure |
A metal 钅 axe 戉; 戉 also provides the pronunciation |
钺 |
broad-axe; halberd, battle-axe |
A metal 钅 blade 芒; 芒 also provides the pronunciation |
铓 |
sword-point; sharp, pointed |
Metal 钅 used to grasp 夹 items; 夹 also provides the pronunciation |
铗 |
tongs, pincers; dagger, sword |
A metal 钅 weapon 邪; 邪 also provides the pronunciation |
铘 |
sword |
A metal 钅 knife 刂; 则 also provides the pronunciation |
铡 |
a sickle used to cut grass or hay |
A metal 钅 weapon 杀 |
铩 |
spear; to injure |
To carve 钅 one's name 名; 名 also provides the pronunciation |
铭 |
to engrave, to inscribe |
Objects with a metal 钅 joint 交; 交 also provides the pronunciation |
铰 |
hinge; scissors, shears; to cut |
Metal 钅 that joins 连; 连 also provides the pronunciation |
链 |
chain, wire; chains, shackles |
A metal 钅 tool 助; 助 also provides the pronunciation |
锄 |
hoe; to eradicate, to weed out |
A metallic 钅 color 青; 青 also provides the pronunciation |
锖 |
the color of a mineral |
Gold 钅 that once was 昔 but is lost |
错 |
error, mistake; incorrect, wrong |
To forge 固 metal 钅; 固 also provides the pronunciation |
锢 |
to run hot metal through a mold; to confine, to restrain, to stop |
Silk 帛 inlaid with gold 钅; 钅 also provides the pronunciation |
锦 |
brocade, tapestry; embroidered |
Something engraved 契 in metal 钅; 契 also provides the pronunciation |
锲 |
sickle; to cut, to carve, to engrave |
A metal 钅 still 留; 留 also provides the pronunciation |
镏 |
to distill; lutetium; surname |
A mold that holds 容 hot metal 钅; 容 also provides the pronunciation |
镕 |
mold; to fuse, to melt, to smelt |
A metal bit 钅 used to saddle 麃 a horse |
镳 |
bit, bridle; to ride |
Simplified form of 長; an old man with long hair and a cane |
长 |
long, lasting; to excel in |
A bar 一 laid across a gate 門 |
閂 |
bolt, latch, crossbar |
A man 人 just glimpsed through a door 門 |
閃 |
flash, lightning; to dodge, to evade |
A door 門 blocked by bars 才 |
閉 |
to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block |
A wooden fence 木 with a door 門 |
閑 |
fence, guard; to defend; idle time |
The moon 月 seen through a door 門; night-time |
閒 |
leisure, idle time; tranquil, peaceful, calm |
The sun 日 shining through a doorway 門 |
間 |
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality |
A crowd 众 walking through a gate 門 |
閦 |
busy, crowded; used in transliterations |
A lofty 良 gate 門; 良 also provides the pronunciation |
閬 |
high door, high gate; high, lofty |
A heavenly 昌 gate 門; 昌 also provides the pronunciation |
閶 |
the gates of heaven; the main gate of a palace |
Separated 或 by a gate 門 |
閾 |
threshold; separated, confined |
Door 門 material 品; 品 also provides the pronunciation |
闆 |
board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff |
A horse 馬 charging through a gate 門 |
闖 |
to rush in, to charge in, to burst in |
A bar 一 laid across a gate 门 |
闩 |
bolt, latch, crossbar |
A man 人 just glimpsed through a door 门 |
闪 |
flash, lightning; to dodge, to evade |
A door 门 blocked by bars 才 |
闭 |
to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block |
A horse 马 charging through a gate 门 |
闯 |
to rush in, to charge in, to burst in |
A wooden fence 木 with a door 门 |
闲 |
fence, guard; to defend; idle time |
The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门 |
间 |
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality |
As busy as the market 市 gate 门 |
闹 |
busy, lively; to dispute, to quarrel |
A lofty 良 gate 门; 良 also provides the pronunciation |
阆 |
high door, high gate; high, lofty |
Separated 或 by a gate 门 |
阈 |
threshold; separated, confined |
A heavenly 昌 gate 门; 昌 also provides the pronunciation |
阊 |
the gates of heaven; the main gate of a palace |
A group of people 人 gathered in one place 阝 |
队 |
team, group, band, army unit; measure word for groups of people |
A farm 阝 with a well 井; 井 also provides the pronunciation |
阱 |
trap, snare, pitfall |
The place 阝 of the sun 日; compare 阴 |
阳 |
the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open |
The place 阝 of the moon 月; compare 阳 |
阴 |
the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret |
A formation 阝of soldiers 车 |
阵 |
row, column; ranks, troop formation |
To place 阝 facing east 东 |
陈 |
to display, to exhibit; to plead; surname |
A large 百 city 阝, representing an unfamiliar place |
陌 |
strange, unfamiliar; a foot path between rice fields |
A place 阝 wedged in a valley 夹 |
陕 |
mountain pass; the Shanxi province |
The space between 夾 two hills 阝; 夾 also provides the pronunciation |
陜 |
narrow; mountain pass |
To pile up 升 earth 土 to form a mound 阝; 升 also provides the pronunciation |
陞 |
to ascend, to rise; to promote |
A formation 阝of soldiers 車 |
陣 |
row, column; ranks, troop formation |
The waste 余 produced by a city 阝 |
除 |
to eliminate, to remove, to wipe out |
The shaded side of a hill 阝; 侌 provides the pronunciation |
陰 |
the female principle; dark, shaded; hidden, implicit, secret |
To place 阝 facing east 東 |
陳 |
to display, to exhibit; to plead; surname |
A hill 阝 where people are laid to rest 夌; 夌 also provides the pronunciation |
陵 |
hill, mound; mausoleum |
A mound 阝 of clay 匋; 匋 also provides the pronunciation |
陶 |
pottery, ceramics |
A place 阝 with a pit 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation |
陷 |
to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall |
The place 阝 of the sun 昜; compare 阴 |
陽 |
the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open |
To walk 迶 to the city 阝; to follow a path |
随 |
to follow, to listen to, to submit to |
A place 阝 to hide when worried 急 |
隐 |
to hide, to conceal; secret, hidden |
A crack 日 dividing two things 小; 阝 provides the pronunciation |
隙 |
crack, fissure, split; grudge |
To walk 遀 to the city 阝; to follow a path |
隨 |
to follow, to listen to, to submit to |
A place 阝 to hide when worried 㥯 |
隱 |
to hide, to conceal; secret, hidden |
A hand 彐 threshing rice |
隶 |
subservient; servant |
A bird 隹 flying close to the ceiling 冖 |
隺 |
flying high; ambition |
Someone aiming a bow 乃 at a small bird 隹 |
隽 |
superior, outstanding, talented |
A hand 又 trying to grasp at a bird 隹 |
难 |
hard, difficult, arduous; unable |
A small 小 bird 隹 |
雀 |
sparrow |
Birds 隹 flocking on a tree 木 |
集 |
to gather, to collect; set, collection |
Someone aiming a bow 弓 at a small bird 隹 |
雋 |
superior, outstanding, talented |
Birds 乡 living together in a village 乡 |
雍 |
harmony, union; harmonious |
A pair 隹 of lovebirds |
雔 |
companion; couple; to match |
A pair of lovebirds 雔 perched on a branch 又 |
雙 |
pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs |
Another 奚 kind of bird 隹 |
雞 |
chicken |
Two birds 隹 exchanging angry words 讠; 雔 provides the pronunciation |
雠 |
enemy, rival, opponent |
To sacrifice 亏 for rain 雨; 雨 also provides the pronunciation |
雩 |
to offer a sacrifice for rain |
Rain 雨 falling from a cloud 云 |
雲 |
cloud; to say, to speak |
A storm 雨 over the fields 田 |
雷 |
thunder; surname |
A thunderbolt 电 cast by a storm cloud 雨 |
電 |
electricity; electric; lightning |
Rain 雨 needed for crops to grow |
需 |
to need, to require; must |
To look like 肖 rain 雨; 肖 also provides the pronunciation |
霄 |
clouds, mist; sky |
The sound 言 of a storm 雨 |
霅 |
thunder |
Rain 雨 causing a flood 沛; 沛 also provides the pronunciation |
霈 |
torrential rains; the flow of water |
Birds 隹 caught in a sudden storm 雨 |
霍 |
quickly, suddenly; surname |
The child 兒 of a rain cloud 雨 |
霓 |
rainbow; colorful, variegated |
Falling rain 雨 drops 口 |
霝 |
raindrops |
An obscene 淫 amount of rain 雨; 淫 also provides the pronunciation |
霪 |
monsoon; a long and heavy rain |
As peaceful 立 as nature 青; 青 also provides the pronunciation |
靖 |
to pacify, to appease; calm, peaceful |
Two bird's wings opposed; two people back-to-back |
非 |
not, negative, non-; to oppose |
Leather 革 bindings 巩; 巩 also provides the pronunciation |
鞏 |
to bind, to guard, to strengthen; firm, secure, strong |
To soften 柔 leather 革; 柔 also provides the pronunciation |
鞣 |
to tan, to soften |
Harvesting 戈 scallions 韭 |
韱 |
wild onions or leeks |
A tongue 立 forming a sound in the mouth 日 |
音 |
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation |
Of equal 匀 tone 音; 匀 also provides the pronunciation |
韵 |
rhyme; vowel |
Imperial 召 music 音; 召 also provides the pronunciation |
韶 |
beautiful, excellent, harmonious; music from the Shun dynasty |
Of equal 員 tone 音; 員 also provides the pronunciation |
韻 |
rhyme; vowel |
Hair 彡 growing on the face 頁 |
須 |
beard; must; necessary |
To pass out 分 a booklet 頁; 分 also provides the pronunciation |
頒 |
to bestow, to confer; to publish |
The jaw in 夾 the head 頁; 夾 also provides the pronunciation |
頰 |
cheeks, jaw |
A bald 禿 head 頁; 禿 also provides the pronunciation |
頹 |
ruined, decayed; depressed; decadent |
One with a dry 干 face 页; 干 also provides the pronunciation |
顸 |
stupid; having a large, flat face |
Hair 彡 growing on the face 页 |
须 |
beard; must; necessary |
To pass out 分 a booklet 页; 分 also provides the pronunciation |
颁 |
to bestow, to confer; to publish |
The jaw in 夹 the head 页; 夹 also provides the pronunciation |
颊 |
cheeks, jaw |
A bald 秃 head 页; 秃 also provides the pronunciation |
颓 |
ruined, decayed; depressed; decadent |
News 風 delivered from a platform 台 |
颱 |
platform; unit; term of address |
The biting tongue 舌 of the wind 風 |
颳 |
to shave; to scrape; to blow |
Storm 猋 winds 風; 猋 also provides the pronunciation |
飆 |
whirlwind (1) |
Wind 风 that wraps 包 on itself; 包 also provides the pronunciation |
飑 |
storm, whirlwind |
Storm 猋 winds 风; 猋 also provides the pronunciation |
飙 |
whirlwind (1) |
A particularly fierce 焱 storm 风 |
飚 |
whirlwind (2) |
Two birds 飞 flying |
飛 |
to fly, to dart; high |
An evening 夕 meal 食 |
飧 |
dinner, supper; cooked food |
To want 我 food 飠; 我 also provides the pronunciation |
餓 |
hungry; greedy |
Food 飠 left over 夋; 夋 also provides the pronunciation |
餕 |
leftovers |
Extra 余 food 飠; 余 also provides the pronunciation |
餘 |
surplus, remainder, excess |
Food 飠 stuffed in a hole 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation |
餡 |
filling, stuffing; secret |
A public 官 building where food 飠 is served; 官 also provides the pronunciation
|
館 |
public building; shop, house, establishment |
Distilled 留 wine 飠; 留 also provides the pronunciation |
餾 |
distill, distillation |
Old 叟 food 飠; 叟 also provides the pronunciation |
餿 |
spoiled, rotten; stale, rancid |
A time of little 堇 food 飠; 堇 also provides the pronunciation |
饉 |
a time of famine or crop failure |
Expensive 貴 food 飠; 貴 also provides the pronunciation |
饋 |
gift, present |
To want 我 food 饣; 我 also provides the pronunciation |
饿 |
hungry; greedy |
Extra 余 food 饣; 余 also provides the pronunciation |
馀 |
surplus, remainder, excess |
Food 饣 left over 夋; 夋 also provides the pronunciation |
馂 |
leftovers |
Food 饣 stuffed in a hole 臽; 臽 also provides the pronunciation |
馅 |
filling, stuffing; secret |
A public 官 building where food 饣 is served; 官 also provides the pronunciation
|
馆 |
public building; shop, house, establishment |
Expensive 贵 food 饣; 贵 also provides the pronunciation |
馈 |
gift, present |
Old 叟 food 饣; 叟 also provides the pronunciation |
馊 |
spoiled, rotten; stale, rancid |
Distilled 留 wine 饣; 留 also provides the pronunciation |
馏 |
distill, distillation |
A time of little 堇 food 饣; 堇 also provides the pronunciation |
馑 |
a time of famine or crop failure |
A deer's head 自 adorned with antlers 丷 |
首 |
chief, head, leader |
To cut off 或 the enemy's ears 首; 或 also provides the pronunciation |
馘 |
to cut off the left ear; to tally the enemy's dead |
A herb 禾 with a sweet 甘 smell |
香 |
incense; fragrant, aromatic |
Four 四 horses 馬; 四 also provides the pronunciation |
駟 |
a team of four horses |
A team of horses 馬 working together 并 |
駢 |
a team of horses; to associate; to join |
A horse 馬 working hard 敄; 敄 also provides the pronunciation |
騖 |
to gallop, to pursue, to run |
A soldier 宀 mounting a horse 马 |
騫 |
to lift, to raise; to fly, to soar |
To climb 陟 on a horse 馬; 陟 also provides the pronunciation |
騭 |
stallion; to determine; to promote |
A person 朕 riding a horse 馬 |
騰 |
to fly, to soar; to gallop, to prance; rising, steaming |
A flea 蚤 biting a horse 馬; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation |
騷 |
to annoy, to bother; to disturb, to harrass |
A proud 喬 horse 馬; 喬 also provides the pronunciation |
驕 |
haughty, spirited; a wild stallion |
Four 四 horses 马; 四 also provides the pronunciation |
驷 |
a team of four horses |
A proud 乔 horse 马; 乔 also provides the pronunciation |
骄 |
haughty, spirited; a wild stallion |
A team of horses 马 working together 并 |
骈 |
a team of horses; to associate; to join |
To climb 陟 on a horse 马; 陟 also provides the pronunciation |
骘 |
stallion; to determine; to promote |
A flea 蚤 biting a horse 马; 蚤 also provides the pronunciation |
骚 |
to annoy, to bother; to disturb, to harrass |
A horse 马 working hard 敄; 敄 also provides the pronunciation |
骛 |
to gallop, to pursue, to run |
A rambling 敖 horse 马; 敖 also provides the pronunciation |
骜 |
wild horse, mustang; wild, free |
A soldier 宀 mounting a horse 马 |
骞 |
to lift, to raise; to fly, to soar |
Flesh ⺼ and bones 冎 |
骨 |
bone; skeleton; frame, framework |
Tools 殳 made of bone 骨 |
骰 |
die, dice |
A bony 骨 joint 介; 介 also provides the pronunciation |
骱 |
skeletal joint |
The end 后 of a bone 骨; 后 also provides the pronunciation |
骺 |
epiphysis; the tip of a long bone |
A low 卑 bone 骨; 卑 also provides the pronunciation |
髀 |
buttocks, thigh; thigh bone |
Long 镸 hair 彡 |
髟 |
long hair |
To exchange 易 hair 髟; 易 also provides the pronunciation |
鬄 |
wig |
Curled 卷 hair 髟; 卷 also provides the pronunciation |
鬈 |
curly hair; fine growth of hair |
A round 睘 topknot 髟; 睘 also provides the pronunciation |
鬟 |
to dress the hair in a coiled knot; maid |
Whiskers 巤 of hair 髟; 巤 also provides the pronunciation |
鬣 |
a man's whiskers; a horse's mane; a fish's fin |
Two people 丨 boxing 王 |
鬥 |
to struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup |
As busy as the market 市 gate 鬥 |
鬧 |
busy, lively; to dispute, to quarrel |
To fight 鬥 with an axe 斲; 鬥 also provides the pronunciation |
鬭 |
to struggle, to fight; woodwork, carpentry |
To sell porridge 粥 steaming in a pot 鬲 |
鬻 |
to vend, sell |
One who fought 斗 a ghost 鬼; 鬼 also provides the pronunciation |
魁 |
chief, leader; best; monstrous |
A forest 未 demon 鬼; 未 also provides the pronunciation |
魅 |
magic, enchantment, charm; a forest demon |
To talk 日 like a fish 魚 |
魯 |
foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar |
A fresh catch of fish 魚 |
鱻 |
fresh, delicious; rare, few |
To talk 日 like a fish 鱼 |
鲁 |
foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar |
The sound 口 a bird 鳥 makes |
鳴 |
a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound |
A wading 行 bird 鳥; 鳥 also provides the pronunciation |
鴴 |
plover, wading bird |
A bird 鳥 covered in 冖 green 炏 feathers |
鶯 |
oriole, green finch; Sylvia species (various) |
An amphibious 虒 bird 虒; 虒 also provides the pronunciation |
鷉 |
grebe, duck |
Water 氵 fowl 鷄; 鷄 also provides the pronunciation |
鸂 |
Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata |
Another 又 kind of bird 鸟 |
鸡 |
chicken |
The sound 口 a bird 鸟 makes |
鸣 |
a bird call or animal cry; to make a sound |
A wading 行 bird 鸟; 鸟 also provides the pronunciation |
鸻 |
plover, wading bird |
Tracks 灬 left by a deer 鹿 |
麃 |
to plow, to till |
The antlers of a deer 鹿 |
麗 |
beautiful, elegant, magnificent |
Grains 來 ready to be harvested 夂; compare 麦 |
麥 |
wheat, barley, oats |
Simplified form of 麦; grains 來 ready to be harvested 夂 |
麦 |
wheat, barley, oats |
Hemp plants 林 growing in a greenhouse 广 |
麻 |
hemp, flax, sesame; numb |
Grain 禾 that can be fermented to make wine 氺 |
黍 |
broomcorn millet; glutinous millet |
A man's face blacked by soot from a fire 灬 |
黑 |
black; dark; evil, sinister |
A small 微 black 黑 growth; 微 also provides the pronunciation |
黴 |
bacteria, fungi, mold |
A dragon 龍 inside a house 广 |
龐 |
disorderly, messy; huge, big |
A turtle on its side with its shell to the right |
龜 |
turtle, tortoise; cuckold |