- 蹇 jiǎn: 蹇 jian3: lame; cripple; unfortunate; slow; difficult; nag (inferior horse); donkey; lame horse蹇 Jiǎn: 蹇 Jian3: surname Jian
- 无 mó: 无 mo2: used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]无 wú: 无 wu2: not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less
- to avoid (an unpleasant fate)
- guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- to bend; to violate; to go against; ruthless and tyrannical
- to lose; to miss; to fail
- political; politics; government
- 刑 Xíng: 刑 Xing2: surname Xing刑 xíng: 刑 xing2: punishment; penalty; sentence; torture; corporal punishment
- classical final particle, similar to modern 了[le5]
- 地 de: 地 de5: -ly; structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct地 dì: 地 di4: earth; ground; field; place; land; CL:片[pian4]
- 谏 jiàn: 谏 jian4: to remonstrate; to admonish谏 Jiàn: 谏 Jian4: surname Jian
- 王 Wáng: 王 Wang2: surname Wang王 wáng: 王 wang2: king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great王 wàng: 王 wang4: (literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
- 恶 wù: 恶 wu4: to hate; to loathe; ashamed; to fear; to slander恶 ě: 恶 e3: used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]恶 è: 恶 e4: evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse; to harm
- to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon
- five; 5
- two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 六 lìu: 六 liu4: six; 6六 lù: 六 lu4: used in place names
- 乐 lào: 乐 lao4: used in place names乐 Lè: 乐 Le4: surname Le乐 Yuè: 乐 Yue4: surname Yue乐 yuè: 乐 yue4: music乐 lè: 乐 le4: happy; cheerful; to laugh
- 三 sān: 三 san1: three; 3三 Sān: 三 San1: surname San
- to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry)
- to drive; to manage; to control
- Six Methods of forming Chinese characters, according to Han dictionary Shuowen 說文|说文 - namely, two primary methods: 象形 (pictogram), 指事 (ideogram), two compound methods: 會意|会意 (combined ideogram), 形聲|形声 (ideogram plus phonetic), and two transfer methods: 假借 (loan), 轉注|转注 (transfer)
- 语 yǔ: 语 yu3: dialect; language; speech语 yù: 语 yu4: (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know
- rare
- Zi Lu (542-480 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as Ji Lu 季路[Ji4 Lu4]
- (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- sophisticated; advanced (technology etc); meritorious; exemplary (deeds etc)
- morality and conduct; Taiwan pr. [de2 xing4]
- Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3], also known as 顏回|颜回[Yan2 Hui2]
- surname Min
- (literary) to hold high
- 伯 bǎi: 伯 bai3: one hundred (old)伯 bó: 伯 bo2: father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 牛 níu: 牛 niu2: ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesome牛 Níu: 牛 Niu2: surname Niu
- 仲 Zhòng: 仲 Zhong4: surname Zhong仲 zhòng: 仲 zhong4: second month of a season; middle; intermediate; second amongst brothers
- 弓 Gōng: 弓 Gong1: surname Gong弓 gōng: 弓 gong1: a bow (weapon); CL:張|张[zhang1]; to bend; to arch (one's back etc)
- 言语 yán yǔ: 言语 yan2 yu3: words; speech; (spoken) language言语 yán yu: 言语 yan2 yu5: to speak; to tell
- to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
- Zi Gong or Duanmu Ci 端木賜|端木赐[Duan1 mu4 Ci4] (520 BC-), disciple of Confucius
- 季 Jì: 季 Ji4: surname Ji季 jì: 季 ji4: season; the last month of a season; fourth or youngest amongst brothers; classifier for seasonal crop yields
- 路 Lù: 路 Lu4: surname Lu路 lù: 路 lu4: road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
- literature
- 夏 xià: 夏 xia4: summer夏 Xià: 夏 Xia4: the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC; Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407–432); surname Xia