Chữ Hán

top of the head; skull; fontanel (gap between the bones of an infant's skull)

twins

obscure, dim; ambiguous, vague; (of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine; dubious

tritium; (chemistry) tritium

to trickle, to dribble, to drip; used in place names

a river in Hunan; name of a river

pond, lake; dye paper; lake; pond; mount scroll

kind, gentle, gracious; balmy; nicely warm; cozy; Taiwan pr. [xu3]

eyelid

to squint, to glare, to look askance; to cast a glance

silicon; (Tw) silicon (chemistry); Taiwan pr. [xi4]

barren land; sandy soil; stony soil

millet

separated, blocked; to prevent, to block; obstruct

coarse, crude; narrow; ugly; low; humble; plain; mean; vulgar

carp; grass carp

anchovy

chopping board or block; painted; a stand for food at sacrifice

a creaking sound; to laugh; variant of 咿[yi1]; (onom.) to squeak

spore

a place name in Shanxi province; (used in place names)

office; (bound form) government office

comet; broomstick; broom

to linger, to pace; irresolute; used in 徘徊[pai2 huai2]

to gargle, to rinse; to wash, to scour; to rinse one's mouth with water; to gargle; varia…

a tiger's roar; to intimidate; to scare; the scream or roar of a tiger

to build a dam with rocks; dam up water with rocks; name of a stone

to dismember, to tear apart; old term for the right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…

a tablet held by an overseer; (old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience)

hairpin, clasp; to wear in the hair; hairpin; old variant of 簪[zan1]

banner, streamer; big banner; feather banner or fan

satin

urea; carbamide; urea (NH2)2CO; also written 尿素

hemp; sack-cloth; surname Ju; (hemp); sack cloth

bulrush, reed; flute, whistle; (literary) the young shoot of a reed

oyster; (Tw) oyster (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [ô])

to abuse, to scold; to berate, to insult; disgrace; to revile

to reach; achievement, accomplishment; to go (to visit a superior); one's current attainm…

to shirk, to pass the buck, to make excuses; to shirk; to give excuses

to roll over; to turn on a side; variant of 碾[nian3]; used in 輾轉|辗转[zhan3 zhuan3]

door, gate; the door to an inner room; door of an inner room

mane; neck bristles; variant of 鬃[zong1]; bristles; horse's mane; disheveled hair

hundred; hundred (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

miserly, stingy, thrifty; stingy

to whisper; used in 喳喳[cha1 cha1] and 喳喳[cha1 cha5]; (onom.) chirp, twitter, etc

ashamed; grieving; onomatopoetic; whispering sound

soil with high clay content; soil with large clay content

few, scarce; empty, deserted; to awake from sleep

the Min mountains; the Min river; name of a river in Sichuan

to snatch, to sieze, to rob; to seize; to snatch; to grab

coffin; tung tree; Sterculia plantanifolia

hibiscus; Hibiscus syriacus; transient

funeral; to enbalm, to inter; a funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial

smastiff, large fierce dog; (bound form) mastiff

blind, stupid; a blind musician; blind; undiscerning

silk; to tie, to bind; surname; surname Zeng; silk fabrics; to tie; to bind

abundant, flourishing; to flourish; luxuriant growth

butterfly, nymphalid; see 蛺蝶|蛱蝶[jia2 die2]

skirt, petticoat; beautiful; lower garment; skirts; petticoats; garments; used in 衣裳[yi1…

gift, present; offering; variant of 齎|赍[ji1]; (literary) to harbor (a feeling); (literary…

a county in Henan province; used in 郾城[Yan3 cheng2] (the name of a place in Henan)

a flat iron cooking-plate for cakes; griddle; tava

hip, pelvis; pelvis; pelvic

mullet

mynah; Erithacus species (various); (bound form, used in the names of various kinds of bi…

cormorant; babbler (bird)

waterfowl; (bound form) bird of the Procellariidae family, which includes shearwaters, ga…

real, sincere, true; truth; surname Dan; sincere

ditch (for irrigation); hole; strip of high ground; low earth dyke separating fields

maternal grandmother; midwife; grandma (maternal); governess; old woman

a district in Zhejiang; used in 嵊泗[Sheng4 si4] (the name of a place in Zhejiang); used in…

frightened, startled, terrified; (bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken; (diale…

door panel; door with only one leaf

to push over; to push back; to push forcefully; to shove

chicken roost; ancient emperor; (emperor of Xia dynasty); cruel

spear, lance; long lance

torrential; voluminous; rushing (water)

diagrams for divination; the solid and broken lines of the eight trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], e…

the tinkling of jewelry; tinkling of gem-pendants

a field reclaimed by burning the forest; She ethnic group

pock-marked; measles; leprosy; used in 痲痺|痲痹[ma2 bi4]; used in 痲風|痲风[ma2 feng1]; used in…

screen, foil, plaited matting; silkworm basket; plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc);…

to purchase grain; to store grain; to buy up (grain)

cotton padding; fluff, padding, waste; long-winded; cotton wadding; fig. padding

silk thread; to twist together; to classify; to twist silk

to repair, to mend; to transcribe, to rewrite; to repair; to mend; to rewrite; to transcr…

diaphragm; (anatomy) diaphragm; used in 膈應|膈应[ge4 ying5]

an edible water plant; Brasenia; variant of 蓴|莼[chun2]; used in 蓴菜|莼菜[chun2 cai4]

to weed; to eradicate; to grip or clutch

razor clam; mussel; Solecurtus constricta

jellyfish; to sting

wealth, property; to estimate, to count; to estimate; to fine (archaic); variant of 資|资[z…

mound; in distress; place name

double-fermented wine, vintage wine; strong wine

a sudden peal of thunder; clap of thunder

a time of famine or crop failure; time of famine or crop failure

silver carp, hypophthalmiathys; Hypophthalmichthys moritrix

companion, mate, colleague; comrades; friends; companions

surname; surname Xian

spoon, ladle; knife, dirk; dagger; ladle; ancient type of spoon

to connect; to join together; to lack; narrow and shallow

lively, noisy; to clamor, to talk loudly; clamor; noise; variant of 喧[xuan1]; old variant…

a large, pear-shaped earthenware jar; earthen jar

to follow, to comply with; to display; to give in to; to be swayed by (personal considera…

to signal; a flag adorned with feathers; banner; make manifest

a river in Shaanxi province; name of a river in Shaanxi province; see 滻河|浐河[Chan3 He2]

vulgar, low; wanton, obscene; humble; rustic; plentiful

numbness, paralysis; used in 癱瘓|瘫痪[tan1 huan4]

to glare; (literary) to stare angrily; to glare

bamboo rod used for beatings; to whip with bamboo strips

a basket trap for fish; basket for trapping fish

rice gruel, congee; mashed; surname Mi; rice gruel; rotten; to waste (money); millet

animal fat

Chinese elder tree; Bletilla hyacinthina (mucilaginous); Acronym for the Chinese Elder tr…

magnolia; Drabanemerosa hebecarpa

straw raincoat; variant of 蓑[suo1]; rain coat made of straw etc

termite, bookworm; to bore, to eat into; termite; to bore (of insects)

to molt; skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate; to slough; to cast off an old s…

goblet, horn; frightened; ancient measuring vessel (same as 斛)

to curse, to scold; to accuse; to curse; to scold