Chinese characters

sole; sole (fish)

to chew; to feed; to eat; evening meal

victory; to win; surname; surname Ying; old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit; old…

widowed; friendless, alone; few; scant

high, steep, towering; stern; (of mountains) high; harsh or severe

hazelnut; thicket, underbrush; (bound form) hazelnut tree (Corylus heterophylla)

dead; to die; to end

ditch, trench, moat; trench

good luck, good fortune; (literary) good luck; good fortune; (used in formal letter-endin…

dirty, unclean; immoral, obscene; (bound form) dirty; filthy

common rue; diverse, varied; common rue (Ruta graveolens); (used in old compounds relatin…

tea; tea leaves; tea plant; Thea sinensis; young leaves of tea

duckweed; to travel, to wander; (bound form) duckweed

to chant, to recite, to repeat, to read aloud; to read aloud; to recite

rich, elegant; to support, to provide for; to support; to provide for

wine; wine vessel; chemical; 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th Septembe…

aldehyde

a unit of weight, about 1 gram; twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

to slip, to fall; to drop; to die; (bound form) to fall from the sky; variant of 殞|殒[yun3]

three (cannot be followed by a measure word); three (colloquial equivalent of 三個|三个)

guide, leader; lead, introduce; to initiate; to instigate; to introduce; to lead

stable; barnyard; barn; variant of 廄|厩[jiu4]

talkative; grumbling; garrulous; to receive the benefit of

to call

a furrow in a field; a small drainage ditch; (dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Tai…

hillside, slope; variant of 阪[ban3]

attractive, graceful, pretty; graceful

diligent, hard-working; used in 孜孜[zi1 zi1]

child, servant; a diminutive; child; young animal

to wipe, to smear, to rub, to anoint; to apply (ointment, powder); to smear; to paint on

to pull up, to raise; to select; to pull out; to promote

to turn, to rotate, to revolve; to turn

to die young; national mourning; to die in childhood; war dead

to buy and sell; of inferior quality; abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽); to buy; to sell

a river in Gansu and Shaanxi; Jing River

eddy, swirl, whirlpool; name of a river; eddy; whirlpool

brook, mountain stream; variant of 澗|涧[jian4]; mountain stream

to spoil, to pamper, to indulge; to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child); v…

current, rapids; name of a river; rushing of water

flame, blaze; glowing, blazing; flame; variant of 焰[yan4]

an oblong pearl; (literary) baroque pearl; irregular pearl

leprosy; scabies, mange; shoddy; scabies; skin disease

testicle; (bound form) testicle; variant of 睪|睾[gao1]

free reed mouth organ; sheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

bamboo basket or chest; basket; CL:隻|只[zhi1]

large ship, ocean-going vessel; ship

to warn, to admonish; warning; commandment; to prohibit

to tumble, to fall; to wrestle; a tumble; a fall

to extend, to reach; till, until; as yet; until

armor, chain mail; armor

antimony; antimony (chemistry)

cup, glass, goblet; surname; nonstandard simplified variant of 鍾|钟[zhong1]

to disclose; to explain; to open; to express; to enlighten

a mountain located in the Shanxi provice; short name for Gansu 甘肅|甘肃[Gan1 su4]

to terrify, to shock, to frighten; to astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)

to cut off, to reap, to mow; sickle; mow

to be noisy; to chirp loudly; (literary) (of birds or insects) to chirp; (bound form) to…

where, what, why, how; surname Xi; (literary) what?; where?; why?

night, evening, darkness; night

to pity, to sympathize with; to pity

to beat; to strike; used 老撾|老挝[Lao3 wo1]; ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or…

wide, open, spacious; open to the view of all; spacious; to open wide; to disclose

dark, obscure, unclear; night; (bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark;…

to diverge, to fork; a branch; a side road; divergent; side road

infinity; flooding; a wide expanse of water; a flood

chaff, bran, husk; poor; variant of 糠[kang1]; old variant of 糠[kang1]; husk; (of a radish…

long-tailed pheasant; plume; surname; surname Di; variant of 狄[Di2], generic name for nor…

to hear, to listen; (literary) to hear; to listen

apple; duckweed, Artemisia; (artemisia); duckweed; used in 蘋果|苹果[ping2 guo3]

to aid, to help, to assist; to undress; surname Xiang; (literary) to assist

official residence; surname Di; (bound form) residence of a high-ranking official

village gate; surname Yan

to grumble; to sigh; grumble

heap, pile; to heap, to pile; battlement; target; variant of 垛[duo3]; pile

valley, ravine; valley

to eliminate, to scour, to wash out; excessive; to discard; to eliminate

to cauterize; moxibustion; moxibustion (TCM)

winter hunting; a hunting dog; an imperial tour; to hunt; to go hunting (as winter sport…

bulwarks, gunwhale; side of a ship or an aircraft

seed-pod; pod (botany)

tower; to ridicule, to blame; surname; surname Qiao; drum tower; ridicule; to blame

to revolve, to turn; a stone roller; roller

to close; whole, entire, all; door; whole

gift, present; (literary) to make an offering to the gods; variant of 饋|馈[kui4]; (bound f…

fabulous bird; mythical bird related to phoenix

female unicorn; variant of 麟[lin2]; see 麒麟[qi2 lin2]

surname; surname Tong

conical cap worn during the Zhou dynasty; (old) cap (garment); military officer of low ra…

courageous, brave; violent; heroic; intrepid; valiant; dauntless; fierce; ferocious; vari…

to moisten, to immerse; wet, damp; dilatory; to moisten

to burn, to cauterize; bright; to burn; to sear; to scorch; (bound form) bright; luminous

shriveled, dried up; vexed; variant of 癟|瘪[bie3]; deflated; shriveled; sunken; empty

gun, cannon; variant of 炮[pao4]

bamboo pole; penis; (bound form) pole; rod

silkworm

steep, sloping; sudden, abrupt; steep; precipitous; (of a change) abrupt; sudden

to bow, to bend; to nourish, to rear; surname Ju; to incline (one's torso); to bow; leath…

all, together, unanimous; all

4th terrestrial branch; period from 5-7 a.m.; mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a te…

soil, loam, earth; rich; (bound form) soil; earth; (literary) the earth (contrasted with…

to dance, to frolic; to lounge; to saunter; (phonetic); see 婆娑[po2 suo1]

to forgive, to pardon, to indulge; to forgive; to help; profound

a river in Shanxi province; rainy; place name in Shaanxi; Feng River in Shaanxi 陝西|陕西, tr…

to seep, to permeate, to infiltrate; to seep; to ooze; to horrify

to paddle upstream, to go against the current; to trace the source; formerly; to go upstr…

otter; Taiwan pr. [ta4]

continuous, unbroken; cotten, silk; soft, downy; silk floss; continuous; soft; weak; mild…

limbs; limb

meals, provisions; meals; variant of 膳[shan4]

a flock of sheep; a rank odor; (old) a flock of sheep or goats; variant of 膻[shan1]; feti…

water chestnut, water caltrop; (bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species); variant of 菱[l…

clam, bivalve; Cyclina orientalis; basket clam (clam of family Corbiculidae); (esp.) Corb…

candid, frank; honest speech

a state in Hubei province; Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江…

beryllium; beryllium (chemistry)

to measure; money, coins; ancient unit of weight; money

ornament; pretty; to apply make-up; to make up (one's face); to dress; (of one's dress) b…

fragrant, aromatic; fragrant

owl; owl (order Strigiformes)

temple, shrine, monastary; an instant, a moment; to brake; Buddhist monastery, temple or…