- 陶 Táo: 陶 Tao2: surname Tao陶 táo: 陶 tao2: pottery; pleased
- kind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble; to be similar to
- just; fair; to permit; to allow
- August Heaven; Heaven as supreme deity (often paired with 后土[Hou4 tu3], the Earth Deity)
- (bound form) one's family, esp. wife and children; (literary) to regard with love and affection; to feel concern for
- 历数 lì shù: 历数 li4 shu4: (literary) movements of celestial bodies; destiny; calendar system历数 lì shǔ: 历数 li4 shu3: to enumerate; to count (one by one)
- (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso); (bound form) to bow; (literary) oneself; personally
- overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
- to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful
- quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
- diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; CL:張|张[zhang1]; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek
- 叨 dāo: 叨 dao1: garrulous叨 tāo: 叨 tao1: to receive the benefit of
- to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- magical object; object symbolic of imperial power; fine weapon; very useful tool
- bluish-green; green jade
- surname Gui; name of a river
- to recommend; to offer sacrifice (arch.); grass; straw mat
- Yao or Tang Yao (c. 2200 BC), one of Five Legendary Emperors 五帝[wu3 di4], second son of Di Ku 帝嚳|帝喾[Di4 Ku4]
- jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies; sundial; (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck
- tin (chemistry); to bestow; to confer; to grant; Taiwan pr. [xi2]
- see 大禹[Da4 Yu3]
- red; pellet; powder; cinnabar
- blessing; the throne
- raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever
- 表 biǎo: 表 biao3: exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth)表 biǎo: 表 biao3: watch (timepiece); meter; gauge
- lucky; auspicious; propitious; rayl (acoustical unit)
- 汉 hàn: 汉 han4: man汉 Hàn: 汉 Han4: Han ethnic group; Chinese (language); the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
- 启 qǐ: 启 qi3: to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform启 Qǐ: 启 Qi3: Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
- to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly
- to annotate; to add a comment; explanatory note; annotation
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- another name for Book of Changes (I Ching) 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]
- heaven and earth; world; scope; field of activity
- achievements and virtue
- to bring up (children); to raise; to bear
- all things; all that exists
- grand; majestic; magnificent
- moral character
- sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint
- precious
- 东西 dōng xī: 东西 dong1 xi1: east and west东西 dōng xi: 东西 dong1 xi5: thing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
- to manufacture; to make
- pottery
- to compare; to liken to; metaphor; analogy; figure of speech; figuratively