- to rule a country
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- crucial point; crux; CL:個|个[ge4]; key; crucial; pivotal
- to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
- 常 Cháng: 常 Chang2: surname Chang常 cháng: 常 chang2: always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant
- 岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: years old岁 sùi: 岁 sui4: classifier for years (of age); year; year (of crop harvests)
- August; eighth month (of the lunar year)
- 轩 Xuān: 轩 Xuan1: surname Xuan轩 xuān: 轩 xuan1: pavilion with a view; high; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)
- to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
- 方言 fāng yán: 方言 fang1 yan2: topolect; dialect方言 Fāng yán: 方言 Fang1 yan2: the first Chinese dialect dictionary, edited by Yang Xiong 揚雄|扬雄[Yang2 Xiong2] in 1st century, containing over 9000 characters
- to play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
- 籍 jí: 籍 ji2: (bound form) book; record; register; (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records; (bound form) membership籍 Jí: 籍 Ji2: surname Ji
- 藏 zàng: 藏 zang4: storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture藏 cáng: 藏 cang2: to conceal; to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect藏 Zàng: 藏 Zang4: Tibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])
- surname Ying
- (bound form) to leave behind
- omission; to leave out; missing
- to abandon; to relinquish; to discard; to throw away
- 严 Yán: 严 Yan2: surname Yan严 yán: 严 yan2: tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father
- gate of a village; village
- 翁 Wēng: 翁 Weng1: surname Weng翁 wēng: 翁 weng1: elderly man; father; father-in-law; neck feathers of a bird (old)
- 孺 rú: 孺 ru2: child孺 Rú: 孺 Ru2: surname Ru
- broad outline; gist; summary
- 法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])法 Fǎ: 法 Fa3: France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]法 fǎ: 法 fa3: law
- Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD), scholar, poet and lexicographer, author of the first Chinese dialect dictionary 方言[Fang1 yan2]
- 好 hào: 好 hao4: to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to好 hǎo: 好 hao3: good; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule
- 卫 Wèi: 卫 Wei4: surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces卫 wèi: 卫 wei4: to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
- soldier; servant; to finish; to die; finally; at last; pawn in Chinese chess
- to encounter; to rendezvous; to converge; to meet (a payment)
- next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard; order; sequence; hypo- (chemistry); classifier for enumerated events: time
- to continue; to replenish
- to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- to invent; an invention; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 若 rě: 若 re3: used in 般若[bo1 re3]; used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]若 rùo: 若 ruo4: to seem; like; as; if
- "Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
- 闳 hóng: 闳 hong2: big; gate闳 Hóng: 闳 Hong2: surname Hong
- 丽 Lí: 丽 Li2: Korea丽 lì: 丽 li4: beautiful
- respectful; horrified; to raise (one's shoulders); to stand on tiptoe; to crane
- to hang or suspend; to worry; public announcement; unresolved; baseless; without foundation
- the sun and moon; day and month; every day and every month; season; life and livelihood
- 予 yú: 予 yu2: (archaic) I; me予 yǔ: 予 yu3: (literary) to give
- mischievous; obstinate; to play; stupid; stubborn; naughty
- 暗 àn: 暗 an4: dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant暗 àn: 暗 an4: (literary) to close (a door); to eclipse