- genealogy; family tree
- 查 chá: 查 cha2: to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary)查 Zhā: 查 Zha1: surname Zha
- ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
- inside; interior; also pr. [li3 mian5]
- Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
- to be just like; can be compared to
- 杜 dù: 杜 du4: birchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent; to restrict杜 Dù: 杜 Du4: surname Du
- 子 zǐ: 子 zi3: son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub-子 zi: 子 zi5: noun suffix, as in 椅子[yi3 zi5] "chair"
- Midea (brand)
- 诗 shī: 诗 shi1: poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verse诗 Shī: 诗 Shi1: abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs
- 辛 xīn: 辛 xin1: (of taste) hot or pungent; hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa辛 Xīn: 辛 Xin1: surname Xin
- to sow grain; (farm) crop
- word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4 chao2] (CL:首[shou3])
- fully deserving, without any reservations (idiom); entirely worthy (of a title, honor etc)
- great calligraphy master; the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
- reputation; profile; familiarity in the public consciousness
- offspring; posterity
- to live; life; livelihood
- ring of light; halo; (fig.) glory; splendor
- under; beneath; less than
- somewhat; to some extent
- to make a contribution; to establish; to found; contribution
- (idiom) very few
- to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
- (bound form) at first; initially; (bound form) first; early; (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三[chu1 san1] "the third"
- beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- to appreciate; to enjoy; to admire
- Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
- to flourish and decay; rise and fall
- flourishing; bustling
- dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
- eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]); (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance; small hole; (bound form) salient point; classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- tired; weary; fatigued
- 天涯 Tiān yá: 天涯 Tian1 ya2: see 天涯區|天涯区[Tian1 ya2 Qu1]天涯 tiān yá: 天涯 tian1 ya2: the other end of the world; a faraway place
- the Confucius family mausoleum at Qufu 曲阜, rebuilt and extended by every dynasty
- tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub)
- surname Wu; area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai; name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- 宫 Gōng: 宫 Gong1: surname Gong宫 gōng: 宫 gong1: palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale
- creeper; climbing plant; twiner
- 楚 Chǔ: 楚 Chu3: surname Chu; abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together; Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)楚 chǔ: 楚 chu3: distinct; clear; orderly; pain; suffering; deciduous bush used in Chinese medicine (genus Vitex); punishment cane (old)
- temple; ancestral shrine; CL:座[zuo4]; temple fair; great imperial hall; imperial
- (bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- cottage; hut
- to collect books; library collection