- hammer; to hammer into shape; weight (e.g. of a steelyard or balance); to strike with a hammer
- mat; rushes
- winnow basket
- the South Pole; the south magnetic pole
- the North Pole; the north magnetic pole
- to turn
- the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
- to show; to reveal
- to dispose; to deploy; deployment
- disrespectful; (literary) ditch
- Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns 三皇[san1 huang2]; emperor; emperor of Japan
- courtyard
- owl; valiant; trafficker
- scops owl
- (Chinese mythology) qilin; (old) giraffe
- (bound form) used in the names of small mammals
- scales (of fish, snakes etc)
- carp
- used in 蛞蝓[kuo4 yu2]
- Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood
- 荠 jì: 荠 ji4: see 薺菜|荠菜[ji4 cai4]荠 qí: 荠 qi2: used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2 qi2]
- kiss; to kiss; mouth
- intestines
- (orange); hedge thorn
- thorns
- to injure sb
- (bound form) flesh; muscle
- boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest
- locust larva without wings
- green-frog
- to raise animals
- to restrain; to check; to hold back
- pregnant
- industrious; produce; bear
- 氓 méng: 氓 meng2: (literary) common people氓 máng: 氓 mang2: used in 流氓[liu2 mang2]
- courtesy name for Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- (literary) chassis of a carriage (contrasted with the canopy 堪[kan1]); (literary) (fig.) the earth (while the carriage canopy is a metaphor for heaven); land; territory; (literary) carriage; (literary) sedan chair; palanquin; (bound form) the multitudes; the people; the public
- interjection
- insincere; stupid
- 雍 Yōng: 雍 Yong1: surname Yong雍 yōng: 雍 yong1: harmony
- (used in names); (bound form) (literary) bright; prosperous; splendid; genial
- to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly
- (bound form) hungry
- (literary) good luck; good fortune; (used in formal letter-ending phrases and in personal names)
- unexpectedly; unawareness; unpreparedness