| Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹 |
⺮ |
bamboo; flute |
| Meat on the ribs of an animal; compare 肉 |
⺼ |
meat, flesh; organic compound |
| A rolled-up scroll or kneeling person; compare 卩 |
㔾 |
seal; kneeling person |
| A rabbit looking to the left |
㲋 |
rabbit, hare |
| Pottery; compare 缶 |
䍃 |
vase, pitcher, earthenware |
| A nail |
丁 |
male adult; robust, vigorous; 4th heavenly stem |
| A table |
丌 |
table |
| A person leaning forward to ask for help |
丐 |
beggar; to beg; to give |
| A stone altar |
且 |
moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb) |
| Three leaves on a branch |
世 |
generation, era, age; world |
| Two hills |
丘 |
mound, hill; surname |
| Simplified form of 東, the sun 日 rising behind a tree 木 |
东 |
east, eastern, eastward |
| Simplified form of 喪; to cry 哭 over the dead 亡 |
丧 |
mourning; mourn; funeral |
| An ear of grass |
丰 |
abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty |
| Two braids 丱 of hair |
丱 |
a child's hair bound in two tufts; ore |
| A fist 九 holding a pebble 丶 |
丸 |
ball, pebble, pellet, pill |
| A lamp 王 with a flame 丶 |
主 |
to own; to host; master; host; lord |
| Simplified form of 烏; a crow; compare 鸟 |
乌 |
crow, rook, raven; black, dark |
| A swallow |
乙 |
second; 2nd heavenly stem |
| An elbow |
九 |
nine |
| A child swaddled in blanklets; compare 子 |
了 |
clear; to finish; particle of completed action |
| A cloud |
云 |
cloud; to say, to speak |
| A mine or well |
井 |
well, mine shaft, pit |
| Picture of a cross-shaped house or temple |
亚 |
Asia; second |
| A cross-shaped house or temple |
亞 |
Asia; second |
| A capital building on a hill |
京 |
capital city |
| 亠, 口, and 冖 form a picture of a pavilion; 丁 provides the pronunciation |
亭 |
pavilion; erect |
| A lit oil lamp |
亮 |
bright, brilliant, radiant, light |
| The legs of a human being |
人 |
man, person; people |
| An umbrella |
伞 |
umbrella, parasol, parachute |
| A person 亻 who might be a target 矦 |
侯 |
marquis, lord; target in archery |
| A slab of meat on a chopping board 且 |
俎 |
chopping board or block; painted |
| Simplified form of 兒, a picture of a child; compare 人 |
儿 |
son, child |
| A man 儿 with two lines emphasizing their head 二 |
元 |
first; dollar; origin; head |
| Cracks in oracle bones used in fortune-telling |
兆 |
omen; mega-, million |
| A rabbit |
兔 |
rabbit, hare |
| An orchid in bloom |
兰 |
orchid; elegant, graceful |
| Simplified form of 岡, clouds 网 forming over a mountain 山 |
冈 |
ridge or crest of hill |
| Bamboo strips 冂 tied together to form a book |
册 |
book, volume, register, list |
| Two fish 冉 caught on a line 一 |
再 |
again, twice, re- |
| Cross-section of a bone |
冎 |
bone |
| A cover-cloth |
冖 |
cover |
| Simplified form of 農, tilling the field 田 with a hoe 辰 |
农 |
agriculture, farming; farmer |
| A small table; compare 丌 |
几 |
small table; how many; a few, some |
| A tray |
凵 |
container; receptacle |
| A spoon |
匕 |
spoon, ladle; knife, dirk |
| Two people 匕 sitting back-to-back; phonetic loan for "north" |
北 |
north; northern; northward |
| A roll of cloth |
匹 |
bolt of cloth; mate, one of a pair; measure word for horses |
| A soldier in armor |
卒 |
soldier; servant; at last, finally |
| A musical bell |
南 |
south; southern; southward |
| A crack on an oracle bone |
卜 |
divination, fortune-telling; prophecy |
| A wine flask |
卣 |
a vessel of wine |
| A container used to brine pickles |
卤 |
salt |
| A rolled-up scroll or kneeling person |
卩 |
seal; kneeling person |
| Two ovaries containing eggs |
卵 |
egg, ovum, roe; ovary, testes; to spawn |
| A silk cocoon |
厶 |
private, secret |
| A bent arm; flexing the muscles |
厷 |
forearm, upper arm; round |
| A right hand, representing a pair; compare 左 |
又 |
and, also, again, in addition |
| An open mouth |
口 |
mouth; entrance, gate, opening |
| To cry 哭 over the dead 亡 |
喪 |
mourning; mourn; funeral |
| A lump of clay on a potter's wheel |
土 |
soil, earth; items made of earth |
| A tree with drooping branches |
垂 |
to hang, to dangle; to hand down, to bequeath; almost, near |
| A drum 口 on a stand with feathers 土 on top |
壴 |
drum |
| A jar of wine |
壶 |
jar, pot, jug, vase; surname |
| A jar of wine |
壺 |
jar, pot, jug, vase; surname |
| A crescent moon |
夕 |
evening, night, dusk; slanted |
| A person with head tilted - leaning forward, running, energetic |
夭 |
young, energetic; to die young |
| A woman turned to the side |
女 |
woman, girl; female |
| A child in a wrap, with outstretched arms but bundled legs |
子 |
son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing |
| A palace, where proclamations are made |
宣 |
to proclaim, to declare, to announce; surname |
| A bow 身 being drawn by a hand 寸 |
射 |
to shoot, to eject, to emit |
| Grains of sand; 小 provides the pronunciation and meaning |
少 |
few, little; less; inadequate |
| A man keeled over |
尸 |
body, corpse |
| A scepter |
尹 |
to govern, to oversee; director |
| A sprout |
屮 |
sprout |
| Three mountain peaks |
山 |
mountain, hill, peak |
| Clouds 网 forming over a mountain 山 |
岡 |
ridge or crest of hill |
| A river flowing |
巛 |
stream, river |
| A spade or other workman's tool |
工 |
labor, work; laborer, worker |
| A left hand; compare 又 |
左 |
left; unorthodox, improper |
| A cross-shaped divining rod |
巫 |
wizard, sorcerer, witch, shaman |
| A loom woven with thread |
己 |
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem |
| A curtain or towel hanging from a rack |
巾 |
cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel |
| A hand 巾 holding a broom with the head 彐 held up |
帚 |
broom, broomstick |
| An altar on which a sacrifice is being made |
帝 |
supreme ruler, emperor; god |
| A club or axe |
干 |
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade |
| A leveling scale |
平 |
flat, level, even; peaceful |
| Sunlight 龺 suggests "dry"; a club 人干 suggests "invade" |
幹 |
arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade |
| A very small 幺 table 戍 |
幾 |
small table; how many; a few, some |
| A man walking to the left |
廴 |
to walk, to go; a place |
| Two hands 廾 putting the cap 厶 on someone's head |
弁 |
conical cap worn during the Zhou dynasty |
| Picture of an arrow shot from a bow |
弋 |
to catch, to arrest; to shoot with a bow |
| A bow aimed to the left |
弓 |
bow; curved, arched |
| A head-on view of a snout |
彑 |
snout |
| A brush used to record stories |
录 |
to copy, to record, to write down |
| Tufts of hair |
彡 |
hair; sunlight |
| A heart |
心 |
heart; mind; soul |
| A spear pointing to the bottom-right |
戈 |
spear, lance, halberd |
| An axe swinging to the left |
戉 |
halberd, battle-axe |
| A door swinging on its hinge |
戶 |
door; family |
| Simplified form of 戶; a door swinging on its hinge |
户 |
door; family |
| A hand with the fingers splayed |
手 |
hand |
| A hand with the fingers splayed; compare 手 |
扌 |
hand |
| A hand 又 wielding a stick ⺊ |
攴 |
to rap, to tap |
| A fist made with one's right hand |
攵 |
to rap, to tap; script; to let go |
| A tattooed chest, representing writing |
文 |
culture, literature, writing |
| The sun |
日 |
sun; day; daytime |
| A folded object 曰 |
曲 |
crooked, bent; wrong, false |
| A crescent moon |
月 |
moon; month |
| A tree |
木 |
tree; wood, lumber; wooden |
| A foot |
止 |
to stop, to halt; to detain; to desist |
| A corpse |
歹 |
corpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked |
| A river running between two banks; compare 川 |
水 |
water, liquid, lotion, juice |
| Flames |
火 |
fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage |
| Two blades of grass; compare 艸 |
炏 |
grass |
| A crow; compare 鸟 |
烏 |
crow, rook, raven; black, dark |
| A bird's talons |
爪 |
claws, nails, talons |
| A bird's talons; compare 爪 |
爫 |
claws, nails, talons |
| Half of a tree trunk; compare 片 |
爿 |
half of a tree trunk |
| Half of a tree trunk; compare 爿 |
片 |
slice, splinter; page, strip |
| An ox's horned head |
牛 |
ox, cow, bull |
| A dog turned to the side |
犬 |
dog |
| A dog turned to the side |
犭 |
dog |
| Two guitar strings bound across frets |
玨 |
guitar strings; variant of 珏 |
| Vines growing with a melon at their base |
瓜 |
melon, gourd, squash, cucumber |
| An interlocking roof tile |
瓦 |
tile; pottery, earthenware |
| The plots of a rice paddy |
田 |
field, farm, arable land; cultivated |
| A bolt of lightning |
申 |
to report; to extend; to explain; to declare |
| A monster with a scary head 田 |
畏 |
fear, dread, awe, reverence |
| A person with a scary face 田 |
異 |
different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising |
| A foot 止 with a leg on top |
疋 |
roll, bolt of cloth; foot |
| Two feet |
癶 |
legs |
| A hand using a tool 攴 to strip the hide from a carcass |
皮 |
skin, hide, fur, feathers |
| An eye drawn on its side |
目 |
eye; to look, to see; division, topic |
| A spear pointed up and to the right |
矛 |
spear, lance |
| An arrow pointing upwards |
矢 |
arrow, dart; to vow, to swear |
| An arrow 矢 hitting a target 厃 |
矦 |
target in archery |
| An altar |
示 |
altar; ceremony; to show, to demonstrate |
| An animal standing straight; 亠 is the head |
离 |
rare beast; strange; elegant |
| A plant stalk with a sagging head |
禾 |
cereal, grain, rice; plant, stalk |
| The mouth of a cave |
穴 |
cave, den, hole |
| A man standing on the ground 一 |
立 |
to stand; to establish, to set up |
| Two stalks of bamboo |
竹 |
bamboo; flute |
| Grains of rice |
米 |
rice, millet, grain |
| A twisted strand of silk |
糸 |
silk; thread |
| A twisted strand of silk |
糹 |
silk; thread |
| A twisted strand of silk; see 糸 |
纟 |
silk; thread |
| An earthen jar |
缶 |
earthen crock or jar; pottery |
| A net for catching fish |
网 |
net; network |
| A net for catching fish; compare 网 |
罓 |
net, network |
| A sheep's head with horns |
羊 |
sheep, goat |
| Two feathers or wings |
羽 |
feather, plume; wings |
| A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂 |
老 |
old, aged; experienced |
| The handle of a plow |
耒 |
plow |
| An ear |
耳 |
ear; to hear, to hear of; handle |
| A hand 彐 holding a brush; compare 肀 |
聿 |
writing brush, pencil; thereupon |
| A hand 彐 holding a pen; compare 聿 |
肀 |
pen |
| Meat on the ribs of an animal |
肉 |
meat; flesh |
| A arm carrying an object 寸 at the side of the body ⺼ |
肘 |
elbow, shoulder; to help someone carry a load |
| A man ⺼ wearing a helmet 由 |
胄 |
helmet; descendant |
| A bear's head 厶, body ⺼, and claws 匕 |
能 |
can, may; capable, full of energy |
| An organic compound ⺼ containing phosphorous 粦; 粦 also provides the pronunciation |
膦 |
phosphine |
| A nose; in China, people refer to themselves by pointing to their noses |
自 |
self; private, personal; from |
| A mortar used to grind out powders |
臼 |
mortar; bone joint socket |
| A magpie; compare 鳥 |
舄 |
shoe, the sole of a shoe; magpie |
| A tongue 千 sticking out of a mouth 口 |
舌 |
tongue; bell clapper |
| A boat |
舟 |
boat, ship |
| Grass sprouting |
艸 |
grass |
| Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting |
艹 |
grass, weed, plant, herb |
| A woman's dress |
衣 |
cloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat |
| Clothing 衤 for the poor 卑; 卑 also provides the pronunciation |
裨 |
to aid, to benefit, to help, to supplement |
| A bird settling into its nest, representing sunset; compare 東 |
西 |
west, western, westward |
| A rhinoceros or other animal horn |
角 |
angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped |
| An old serving dish 口 on a stand with a lid 一 |
豆 |
beans, peas; bean-shaped |
| A pig drawn on its side |
豕 |
pig, boar |
| A pig 豕 in shackles 丶 |
豖 |
a shackled pig |
| A pig 豕 suckling at its mother's teat ⺼ |
豚 |
suckling pig; to suckle |
| A sea shell, once used as currency |
贝 |
sea shell; money, currency |
| The leg 口 above the foot |
足 |
foot; to attain, to satisfy; enough |
| A pregnant woman |
身 |
body, torso; person; pregnancy |
| A cart with two wheels, seen from above |
車 |
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart |
| Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above |
车 |
cart, vehicle; to move in a cart |
| A hot iron used to brand prisoners and slaves |
辛 |
bitter; toilsome, laborious; 8th heavenly stem |
| Tilling the field 田 with a hoe 辰 |
農 |
agriculture, farming; farmer |
| A foot stepping |
辶 |
to walk; walking |
| A vessel half-filled with wine |
酉 |
wine; wine vessel; chemical |
| A feathered crown |
酋 |
chief of tribe, chieftain |
| A cast-iron bell |
金 |
gold, metal; money |
| A cast-iron bell; compare 金 |
钅 |
gold, metal; money |
| An old man with long hair and a cane |
長 |
long, lasting; to excel in |
| An open doorway or gate |
門 |
gate, door, entrance, opening |
| An open doorway or gate |
门 |
gate, door, entrance, opening |
| A bird facing left; compare 鳥 |
隹 |
short-tailed bird; sparrow |
| Rain drops falling from a cloud 帀 |
雨 |
rain |
| A person's face |
面 |
face; surface, side; plane, dimension |
| An animal being skinned |
革 |
leather, animal hide; to reform; to remove |
| Chives 非 growing in the ground 一 |
韭 |
scallion, leek, chive |
| A person's head |
頁 |
page, sheet, leaf |
| A person's head |
页 |
page, sheet, leaf |
| A bird flapping its wings |
飞 |
to fly, to dart; high |
| A dish of food 良 with a lid on top 人 |
食 |
food; to eat |
| A dish of food 良 with a lid on top 人 |
飠 |
food; to eat |
| A horse galloping to the left |
馬 |
horse; surname |
| Simplified form of 馬, a horse galloping to the left |
马 |
horse; surname |
| A tall palace |
高 |
tall, lofty; high, elevated |
| A cauldron 口 with three legs 冂丷 |
鬲 |
earthen pot, iron cauldron |
| A ghost with a scary face |
鬼 |
ghost; demon; sly, mischievous |
| A fish swimming upwards |
魚 |
fish |
| A fish swimming upwards |
鱼 |
fish |
| A bird |
鳥 |
bird |
| Simplified form of 烏, a bird |
鸟 |
bird |
| A container used to brine pickles |
鹵 |
salt |
| A deer with an antlered head, two legs, and a tail |
鹿 |
deer; surname |
| A jade pendant |
黃 |
yellow; surname |
| A jade pendant |
黄 |
yellow; surname |
| A dog 犬 watching in the dark 黑 |
默 |
silent; quiet, still; dark |
| A frog with bug-eyes |
黽 |
frog, toad; to strive, to endeavor |
| Simplified form of 黽; a frog with bug-eyes |
黾 |
frog, toad; to strive, to endeavor |
| A cauldron on its bronze tripod |
鼎 |
large, three-legged bronze cauldron |
| A mouse, with two paws to the left and the tail to the right |
鼠 |
rat, mouse |
| Three stalks of grain growing evenly |
齊 |
even, uniform, of equal length |
| Upper and lower teeth 从; 止 provides the pronunciation |
齒 |
teeth; gears, cogs; age |
| Teeth 人凵; 止 provides the pronunciation |
齿 |
teeth; gears, cogs; age |
| A dragon facing left and bending downwards |
龍 |
dragon; symbol of the emperor |
| A dragon |
龙 |
dragon; symbol of the emperor |
| A turtle; compare 龜 |
龟 |
turtle, tortoise; cuckold |
| Panpipes |
龠 |
flute; pipe, ancient measure |
