Chinese characters

to seem; as if; crooked; surname Wan; winding

a hill in Hunan; name of a hill in Hunan

granary; storehouse; surname Yu; name of a mountain

anger, fury; exasperation; anger; indignation; hatred

to pity, to sympathize with; to grieve for; to sympathize; to pity; to feel compassion fo…

to rest; variant of 憩[qi4]

to stoke, to pat; to grope, to feel; lay hands on; to cover

bright, dazzling; sunlight; bright light

sandalwood; aromatic wood; perfume; fragrance

Mallotus japonicus; Catalpa

a type of yew tree; Torreya nucifera

to soak, to steep; sodden, soaked; bubble; froth; to steep; to macerate

trickle, drip, dregs; to strain; to drip; to strain or filter; a trickle

turquoise; stone similar to jade

a field of 20-30 mu; a field of 20 or 30 mu

to notice, to pay attention to; variant of 睬[cai3]; to pay attention; to take notice of;…

vast, lofty, high; vault, dome, arch; vault; dome; the sky

to soar; to roam; see 翱翔[ao2 xiang2]; variant of 翱[ao2]

the aft of a ship; aft

Szechuan lovage rhizome; used in 芎藭|芎䓖[xiong1 qiong2] and 川芎[chuan1 xiong1]; Taiwan pr. […

snail; Eulota callizoma; Taiwan pr. [gua1]; see 蝸牛|蜗牛[wo1 niu2]

adze; adz

high, lofty; sharp; a knife's edge; blade edge

bread; small loaf of steamed bread; variant of 饃|馍[mo2]

distill, distillation; to distill; to break a liquid substance up into components by boil…

quail; Turnix species (various); (bound form) quail

a species of deer; muntjac

tenant farmer; to be a tenant farmer; to rent farmland from a landlord; to cultivate; to…

luxurious, extravagant; extravagant; wasteful; exaggerating

ornamental cap

to cut; to cut out, to pick out, to scoop out; to scoop out; to gouge out

to chatter, to keep talking; to mumble; mumble in repetition

hoarse; variant of 啊[a2]

stable, fence, corral; frontier, border; horse stable; frontier

majestic, red; anger, ire; surname; surname Shi; (literary) majestic; magnificent; (liter…

quarry; cave dwelling; to put someone off; dissipated; put off; used in 宕昌[Tan4 chang1] (…

sadness, grief; to mourn, to be moved; grief

comb; to comb out, to eliminate, to weed out; to comb; to weed out; to eliminate; Taiwan…

to infuse; to brew (tea)

backwater; an eddy a whirlpool; eddying; whirling (of water); to go against the current

marsh, swamp, small pond; marsh

a river in Henan province; name of a river

to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire; to dry over a fire; to bake

dyspepsia; spleen infection; constipation; lump in the abdomen

India; bamboo; surname; surname Zhu; abbr. for 天竺[Tian1 zhu2], India (esp. in Tang or Bud…

breast, chest; to bear, to undertake; breast; receive

lychee; variant of 荔[li4]; litchi

clam, bivalve; Arca inflata; small clam (Arca inflata)

clam; sea serpent; giant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that…

a horn of wine; big; cup made of horn; horn wine container

village, hamlet; rustic; variant of 村[cun1]; surname Cun

chisel, engraving tool; to engrave

to subside; to clear up after a storm; to stop being angry; sky clearing up

a bird resembling the secretary falcon; legendary bird whose feathers can be used as pois…

cormorant; used in 鸕鶿|鸬鹚[lu2 ci2]

to dismiss; to downgrade, to demote; to dismiss from office; to expel

beggar; to beg; to give; to beg for alms; variant of 丐[gai4]

one of five legendary emperors; one of the five legendary emperors, also called 高辛氏[Gao1…

garbage, rubbish; shaking; danger; used in 垃圾[la1 ji1]; Taiwan pr. [se4]

border, boundary, frontier; boundary

to conceive; to be pregnant; pregnant; pregnancy; variant of 妊[ren4]

niece; brother's son; nephew

to regret, to repent; confession, penitence; (bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) s…

sigh, regret, lament; generosity; (archaic) to sigh; (bound form) impassioned; deeply aff…

lazy, indolent; easy-going; lethargic

to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop; cover over; to envelope; used in given nam…

mammoth; used in 猛獁|猛犸[meng3 ma3]; Taiwan pr. [ma4]

eye socket; the corner of the eye; (anatomy) corner of the eye; canthus; variant of 眥|眦[z…

shoots, sprouts; young rice plants; sapling; seedling; sprout; (esp.) rice seedling; stem…

to bequeath, to pass on; (archaic) to present; to bequeath; variant of 貽|贻[yi2]

while, until; to seize, to arrest; until; while

arrowhead, barb; quick, swift; arrowhead; sharp

used with pong for ping pong; (onom.) ping; bing

onomatopoeic; the sound of a horse's hooves; (onom.) for the sound of horsehoofs; used in…

dike, embankment

to slander, to ridicule; to go slowly; graceful; used in 姍姍|姗姗[shan1 shan1]

to defecate; (dialect) to excrete (urine or feces)

cliff; the barrier formed by a mountain range; range of peaks

nice and cool, mild and comfortable; surname Ling; sound of water flowing

bright; clear; deep; swift; deep (of water)

to request, to ask a favor; to pollute, to contaminate; to ask a favor of

ornamental jade; ornamental piece of jade

boards that support roof tiles; board under tiles on roof; narrow

bamboo basket; basket

man of sixty; aged, old; man of sixty or seventy

to plow side-by-side; pair, couple; a team of two; a pair; a mate; a couple; to couple; p…

bowels, entrails, viscera; internal organs

to brag, to boast; to quibble; to brag; Taiwan pr. [pian2]

a department in the state of Lu; surname Pi; Han dynasty county in present-day Jiangsu; a…

francium; francium (chemistry)

rhodium; rhodium (chemistry)

chin; (used in bird names) throat

dinner, supper; cooked food; (literary) supper; variant of 飧[sun1]

mustache, beard; old variant of 髯[ran2]; beard; whiskers

name of district in Anhui; capital of Yin; used in 亳州[Bo2 zhou1] (the name of a place in…

imperial decree; daoist magic; meng (old administrative division in Dai areas of Yunnan);…

broom; to sweep, to clear away; dike; old variant of 掃|扫[sao4]

jealous, envious; to envy (success, talent); jealous; variant of 妒[du4]

rugged, rocky, precipitous; rocky

a branching stream; branching stream

a river in Jiangxi province; old name of a river in Jiangxi; place name

river in Qinghai province; name of a river

to illuminate, to light up; to reflect; surname Zhao; variant of 照[zhao4]; to shine; to i…

god of cereals; minister of agriculture; millet; God of cereals worshiped by ancient rule…

bamboo basket for grain; ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four ha…

sediment, lees, dregs; grains in distilled liquor

attached, inseparable, in love; used in 繾綣|缱绻[qian3 quan3]

to climb a rope; to hang, to rappel; to let down with a rope

fishing line; cord; a string of coins; fishing-line; string of coins

halter; to restrain, to hold, to control; bridle; to restrain; to detain; to lodge; inn;…

shy, bashful; rank, fetid; the smell of urine; to smell of urine (or sweat etc); shame; b…

to wither, to wilt; to wither; to drop; to decline; spiritless; Taiwan pr. [wei1]

cricket, locust; anxious; grasshopper; a cricket

to hang (a banner); to mount (a map or scroll); to hang (paper); to mount (painting)

to slander, to defame; to misrepresent; to slander; to defame; to speak maliciously

proverb, maxim; proverb

rhenium; rhenium (chemistry)

scallion, leek, chive; leek; variant of 韭[jiu3]

pelvis, hip bone; ilium; outermost bone of the pelvic girdle; Taiwan pr. [ka4]

to eat with one's hands; used in transliterations; (interjection) oh!; (dialect) to stuff…