- to correct an erroneously written character; regular script (calligraphy); standard form (of a character or spelling)
- to overflow; to inundate; to flood; (fig.) to proliferate unchecked
- all parties (in a dispute etc); all sides; all directions
- natural conditions and social customs of a place; local conditions
- branch; subsection; to subdivide
- Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
- not without
- Hongwu Emperor, also written Hung-wu Ti, reign name of first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1] (1328-1398), reigned 1386-1398, temple name 明太祖[Ming2 Tai4 zu3]
- the final (of a syllable) (Chinese phonology); rhyme; appeal; charm; (literary) pleasant sound
- variegated; heterogeneous; to refute; to contradict; to ship by barge; a barge; a lighter (ship)
- as yet; until
- to consult; to refer to; to read (instructions)
- to do textual research; to make textual criticism; to verify by means of research (esp. historical details); to take an exam to get a certificate (abbr. for 考取證件|考取证件[kao3 qu3 zheng4 jian4])
- field; region; area; domain (taxonomy)
- strokes of a Chinese character
- to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
- concise; the details in brief
- recent year(s)
- two-character surname Huangfu
- philology
- 字汇 zì hùi: 字汇 zi4 hui4: (computer) character repertoire; glossary, lexicon字汇 Zì hùi: 字汇 Zi4 hui4: Zihui, Chinese character dictionary with 33,179 entries, released in 17th century
- breast; receive
- Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 詞典|词典[ci2 dian3], which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary; CL:本[ben3]
- main text (as opposed to footnotes); main body (of a book)
- 丑 Chǒu: 丑 Chou3: surname Chou丑 chǒu: 丑 chou3: clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30°丑 chǒu: 丑 chou3: shameful; ugly; disgraceful
- 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger; ancient Chinese compass point: 60°
- 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150°
- 7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse; ancient Chinese compass point: 180° (south)
- 10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster; ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)
- 戌 qu: 戌 qu5: used in 屈戌兒|屈戌儿[qu1 qu5 r5]戌 xū: 戌 xu1: 11th earthly branch: 7-9 p.m., 9th solar month (8th October-6th November), year of the Dog; ancient Chinese compass point: 300°
- 12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the Boar; ancient Chinese compass point: 330°
- the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
- to originate; to pioneer; to invent
- strokes of a Chinese character
- to arrange in order; (math.) permutation
- radical of a Chinese character
- single Chinese character; (Tw) word (of a foreign language)
- to go through; to pass through; to be in general use
- rough (not precise or accurate); cursory
- Zhang Zilie (1597-1673), Ming dynasty scholar, author of Zhengzitong 正字通[Zheng4 zi4 tong1]