- 吉 jí: 吉 ji2: lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)吉 Jí: 吉 Ji2: short name for Jilin 吉林[Ji2 lin2]; surname Ji
- the eight points of the compass; all directions
- miscellany of writing from the Western Han (aka Former Han)
- topography; terrain; landform
- division of China during earliest dynasties; fig. ancient China; Kyūshū, southernmost of Japan's four major islands
- outside; excluding
- (archaic) remote area
- a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance
- world
- to describe; description
- descendant
- to make visible; to reveal; prominent; conspicuous; (prefix) phanero-
- the (rightful) emperor; "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation)
- royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family
- splendid virtue; majestic moral character; great kindness
- my late father; my ancestors; the late emperor
- 布 bù: 布 bu4: to announce; to spread布 bù: 布 bu4: cloth; to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known
- one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
- heaven
- lit. as if on the brink of a deep abyss (idiom); fig. extremely cautious
- lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom); fig. extremely cautious
- Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[Li3 Yuan1] (566-635), reigned 618-626
- to change into
- 索 sǔo: 索 suo3: to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated索 Sǔo: 索 Suo3: surname Suo; abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
- danger; dangerous
- song (CL:首[shou3],支[zhi1]); (bound form) to sing
- fear
- (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in; at; from; because; than; (classical final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 吧[ba5], 呢[ne5], expressing question, doubt or astonishment)
- to drive; to manage; to control
- Sui dynasty (581-617)
- the final years (of a regime)
- unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion
- to split up; to divide; to break up; fission; schism
- (literary) to plan and administer; to govern and develop
- 禁 jīn: 禁 jin1: to endure禁 jìn: 禁 jin4: to prohibit; to forbid
- 暴 Bào: 暴 Bao4: surname Bao暴 bào: 暴 bao4: sudden; violent; cruel; to show or expose; to injure
- to punish; to reprimand; to warn
- 奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: wicked; crafty; traitor奸 jiān: 奸 jian1: to fornicate; to defile; adultery; rape
- to found; to establish
- the Tang dynasty (618-907)
- 吐 tǔ: 吐 tu3: to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)吐 tù: 吐 tu4: to vomit; to throw up
- 隐 yǐn: 隐 yin3: (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-隐 yìn: 隐 yin4: to lean upon
- not clear; unknown; to fail to understand