- (bound form) frugal; thrifty
- horse stable; frontier
- detriment; fraud; harm; defeat
- (literary) to offer food and drinks; to entertain
- newborn baby; the people (of a country)
- to plan; to seek; scheme
- 畜 xù: 畜 xu4: to raise (animals)畜 chù: 畜 chu4: livestock; domesticated animal; domestic animal
- great cause; great undertaking
- to unify; unified
- 德 Dé: 德 De2: Germany; German; abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]德 dé: 德 de2: virtue; goodness; morality; ethics; kindness; favor; character; kind
- political; politics; government
- to lack patience
- 获 hùo: 获 huo4: (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win获 hùo: 获 huo4: (bound form) to reap; to harvest
- the most honorable; the most respected; supreme; (archaic) the emperor
- 赵 Zhào: 赵 Zhao4: surname Zhao; one of the seven states during the Warring States period (476–220 BC); the Former Zhao 前趙|前赵[Qian2 Zhao4] (304–329) and Later Zhao 後趙|后赵[Hou4 Zhao4] (319–350), states of the Sixteen Kingdoms赵 zhào: 赵 zhao4: to surpass (old)
- 纪 Jǐ: 纪 Ji3: surname Ji; also pr. [Ji4]纪 jì: 纪 ji4: order; discipline; age; era; period; to chronicle
- 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
- to assist; assistant; aide; to accompany
- king of the Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2]
- to fear
- 夫 fū: 夫 fu1: husband; man; manual worker; conscripted laborer (old)夫 fú: 夫 fu2: (classical) this, that; he, she, they; (exclamatory final particle); (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
- 济 Jǐ: 济 Ji3: used in place names associated with the Ji River 濟水|济水[Ji3 Shui3]; surname Ji济 jǐ: 济 ji3: used in 濟濟|济济[ji3 ji3]济 jì: 济 ji4: to cross a river; to aid or relieve; to be of help
- 江河 Jiāng Hé: 江河 Jiang1 He2: Yangtze and Yellow rivers江河 jiāng hé: 江河 jiang1 he2: river
- to employ; to appoint; (bound form) to betroth; (coll.) (of a woman) to get married; to be marrried off; (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission; Taiwan pr. [ping4]
- worthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
- to choose; to pick; to select; to elect
- (bound form) ordinary; numerous; (bound form) pertaining to a concubine (contrasted with 嫡[di2])
- shoe; to tread on
- compass; a rule; regulation; to admonish; to plan; to scheme
- to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
- 著 zhe: 著 zhe5: aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: to wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply著 zhāo: 著 zhao1: a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to add著 zháo: 著 zhao2: to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in著 zhù: 著 zhu4: to make known; to show; to prove; to write; book; outstanding著 zhúo: 著 zhuo2: used in 執著|执著[zhi2 zhuo2]
- to recall the past; to cherish the memory of past events; to reminisce; nostalgic
- nobleman; person of noble character
- 肃 Sù: 肃 Su4: surname Su肃 sù: 肃 su4: respectful; solemn; to eliminate; to clean up
- 栖 xī: 栖 xi1: used in 棲棲|栖栖[xi1 xi1]栖 qī: 栖 qi1: to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell; to live; to stay
- cliff; rock
- to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge
- invisible
- 闸 zhá: 闸 zha2: sluice; lock (on waterway)闸 zhá: 闸 zha2: sluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (coll.) brake; (coll.) electric switch