Chữ Hán

to scold, to upbraid; to shout at; to scold; shout at; to hoot at

to bite, to gnaw; to snap at; to devour; to bite

elm tree; elm

to soak, to steep; dye, stains; sodden; to soak; to be stained; stain; floodwater

bridle, reins; bridle; reins

zirconium; zirconium (chemistry)

pheasant; crenellated wall; ringed pheasant

snipe, kingfisher; common snipe; sandpiper

to shout; to jeer at; call out; jeer

onomatopoetic, the sound of a crash or bang; (onom.) bang

beautiful, handsome, pretty; surname Jiao; cunning; pretty

to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern; (bound form) to imitate; to copy

bright, brilliant; clear; hot; bright; old variant of 炯[jiong3]

central gem; crown jewel; top gem of pendant from girdle

to focus on, to stare at, to watch carefully; to gaze at; to stare at

bamboo water pipe; bamboo conduit; water pipe of bamboo

fishy, rank; raw meat; fishy (smell)

to grind in a mortar; to pound (grain etc) with a mortar and pestle

rushes, reeds; (bound form) reed

to collect, to gather, to store; profound; to accumulate; to hold in store; to contain; t…

to consult, to confer with; recommendation, advice; variant of 咨[zi1]; simplified form of…

indigo, blue dye; indigo pigment

order; command; give command; (bound form) to put in order; to arrange properly; circumsp…

catfish; sheat; sheatfish (Parasilurus asotus); oriental catfish; see also 鮎|鲇[nian2]

actor; vaudeville show; insincere; (literary) comic performance; jesting

coffee; morphine; (used in loanwords for its phonetic value)

jetty, quay; port city, trade hub; wharf; dock; jetty; trading center; port; place name

to found, to settle; to pay respects; a libation for the dead; to fix; to settle; a libat…

to trust, to rely on; to presume; (bound form) to rely on; (literary) one's mother

to pull, to drag; perverse, obstinate; bent, warped; variant of 拗[ao4]; (bound form) intr…

calm, quiet, tranquil; surname Tan; tranquil; placid; quiet

arid, dry, parched; quick-tempered; dry; parched; impatient; vexed; (bound form) (Taiwan…

imperial domain; area near the capital; territory around the capital

pot, cup, bowl; abundant; (literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and s…

to crack; to burst open; to split at the seams; to split at the seam

leg, calf; to wither, to decay; calf of leg; decay; protect

to slander, to defame; to slander; to defame; to speak ill of

lame, crippled; nag, donkey; slow, difficult; surname Jian; lame; cripple; unfortunate; s…

neodymium; neodymium (chemistry)

gate, door; living quarters; door to women's room; gate to palace

a kind of monster; used in 魍魎|魍魉[wang3 liang3]

to cease, to lay down, to lay off; surname Yan; to lie supine; to stop; to fall down

companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face; surname Liao; bureaucrat; co…

interjection indicating regret; to belch; (interj. of disapproval); (interj. of regret)

beauty; beautiful woman; used in 嬋媛|婵媛[chan2 yuan2]; (bound form) beautiful woman (in pra…

anger, rage; rage

to defend, to guard; to ward off; variant of 捍[han4]; to ward off (a blow); to withstand;…

one of the 28 constellations; the Pleiades

persimmon; old variant of 柿[shi4]

to wedge; wedge, gatepost; forward; wedge; to hammer in (variant of 揳[xie1])

banyan tree; Rong, another name for Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1]; Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarp…

to boil, to bubble up, to gush; to boil

alkane

to bake, to roast; to suffocate; stuffy; (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a seal…

anchor; variant of 碇[ding4]

graceful, delicate; spacious; to grab; to snatch up; variant of 焯[chao1]; (bound form) am…

an ancient emperor; breath, vapor; same as Fuxi 伏羲[Fu2 xi1], a mythical emperor; surname…

to ladle out; to scoop; to ladle out; to scoop up

earthworm; used in 蛐蟮[qu1 shan5] and 曲蟮[qu1 shan5]

panther, tapir; tapir

shovel; variant of 鍬|锹[qiao1]; spade

mound; abundant, ample, numerous; abundant

strange, unfamiliar; a foot path between rice fields; raised path; street

salmon; Spheroides vermicularis; trout

crucian carp; Carassius auratus; bastard carp; sand perch

slanting, oblique; oblique tones; to tilt; narrow; uneasy; oblique tones (in Chinese poet…

excessive; superfluous; extraneous; redundant; busy schedule; variant of 冗[rong3]

used in transliterations; (used in transliterating chemical names)

apt, clever; flatterer, sycophant; (used in names); variant of 煢|茕[qiong2]; used in 便嬛[pi…

to tuck, to fold; to support; to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal; to support by…

to leak; diarrhea; to flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent; laxative

flowing water; ripples; weeping; ripple; tearful

to revive; to rise again; archaic variant of 蘇|苏[su1]

to sieze, to usurp; to seize; to usurp; old variant of 篡[cuan4]

flying; to assist, to help; to respect; assist; ready to fly; respect

to slight, to insult; to deceive; to slander; to be disrespectful; to slight

to bow; personally, in person; oneself; (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bo…

holmium; holmium (chemistry)

niobium; niobium (chemistry)

ammonium

gallium; gallium (chemistry)

ruined, decayed; depressed; decadent; variant of 頹|颓[tui2]; to crumble; to collapse; to d…

rations and pay for soldiers; soldier's pay; variant of 餉|饷[xiang3]

tame, obedient, docile; to attain gradually; to tame; Taiwan pr. [xun2]

swan; center or bull's eye of an archery target (old); goal; target

to look into; to impeach, to charge; to impeach

onomatopoetic, a clang or clatter; (onom.) crash; bang; clang

mild, modest, obedient; southeast; 5th of the 8 trigrams; to obey; one of the Eight Trigr…

to entice, to solicit; to encourage customers to come; used in 招徠|招徕[zhao1 lai2]

to shake off, to brush away; dust; old variant of 弼[bi4]; to flick; to brush off; (of a b…

ancient measuring vessel; unit of volume, about 50 liters; fifty liters; dry measure for…

the eaves of a house; edge, brim; eaves; ledge or brim; variant of 檐[yan2]

a river in Jiangxi province; water leaking into a boat; (archaic) water leaking into a bo…

shining, lustrous; (bound form) shining; glowing; lustrous

cured, healed; to recover; to recover (from illness)

oats, millet, barley; surname Su; millet; (metonym) grain

firefly, glow-worm; firefly; glow-worm

cicada; continuous

to teach, to instruct; to encourage, to urge; to teach; to instruct; to induce

to rent, to lease; to hire; employee; to rent

near, close; recent; recently; near; close

mill; to mill (machining); Taiwan pr. [xian3]; shining metal; (old) the 16th of the month…

tired, weary; tired; weary; fatigued; old variant of 倦[juan4]

beside, close, nearby; to depend on; near; approaching; (slang) to have an intimate relat…

to choke; to hiccup; to choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate

a cracking or snapping sound; (onom.) expressing admiration or surprise; (onom.) sound of…

cavity, depression, hollow; depressed; undulating; variant of 坳[ao4]; depression; cavity;…

younger sister; younger brother's wife; wife of a younger brother

pillar, column; pillar

cyanogen; ethane dinitrile; cyanogen (CN)2; ethanedinitrile; Taiwan pr. [qing1]

acetylene; surname Gui; alkyne; also pr. [jue2]

to burn, to blaze; splendid; intense; to burn; to blaze; illustrious

an ornament attached to a woman's hairpin; (literary) jade ornament worn in the hair by w…

extraordinary, fabulous; rose; semi-precious stone; (semiprecious stone); extraordinary;…

to expel, to disperse; to exorcise; sacrifice to drive away calamity; to dispel; to drive…

to obstruct, to stop; to obstruct; to stop up

red silk

knot; to tie a knot; tie a knot

weeds; overgrowth; overgrown with weeds

bug, louse, parasite; louse