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English meaning Chinese Character Chinese Word Chinese Word (initial) Chinese Word (final) Jyutping (Cantonese) Pinyin (Mandarin) Radical Unicode value Meaning of sentence 1: 一 (one) 2: 丨 (line) 3: 丶 (dot) 4: 丿 (slash) 5: 乙 or 乚 (second) 6: 亅 (hook) 7: 二 (two) 8: 亠 (lid) 9: 亻 or 人 (man) 10: 儿 (legs) 11: 入 (enter) 12: 八 (eight) 13: 冂 (down box) 14: 冖 (cover) 15: 冫 (ice) 16: 几 (table) 17: 凵 (open box) 18: 刀 or 刂 (knife) 19: 力 (power) 20: 勹 (wrap) 21: 匕 (spoon) 22: 匚 (right open box) 23: 匸 (hiding enclosure) 24: 十 (ten) 25: 卜 (divination) 26: 卩 (seal) 27: 厂 (cliff) 28: 厶 (private) 29: 又 (again) 30: 口 (mouth) 31: 囗 (enclosure) 32: 土 (earth) 33: 士 (scholar) 34: 夂 (go) 35: 夊 (go slowly) 36: 夕 (evening) 37: 大 (big) 38: 女 (woman) 39: 子 (child) 40: 宀 (roof) 41: 寸 (inch) 42: 小 (small) 43: 尢 (lame) 44: 尸 (corpse) 45: 屮 (sprout) 46: 山 (mountain) 47: 川 or 巛 (river) 48: 工 (work) 49: 己 (oneself) 50: 巾 (turban) 51: 干 (dry) 52: 幺 (tiny) 53: 广 (house on cliff) 54: 廴 (long stride) 55: 廾 (two hands) 56: 弋 (shoot) 57: 弓 (bow) 58: 彐 or 彑 (snout) 59: 彡 (bristle) 60: 彳 (step) 61: 心 or 忄 (heart) 62: 戈 (halberd) 63: 戶 (door) 64: 扌 or 支 (hand) 65: 支 (branch) 66: 攴 or 攵 (rap) 67: 文 (script) 68: 斗 (dipper) 69: 斤 (axe) 70: 方 (square) 71: 无 or 旡 (not) 72: 日 (sun) 73: 曰 (say) 74: 月 (moon) 75: 木 (tree) 76: 欠 (yawn) 77: 止 (stop) 78: 歹 or 歺 (death) 79: 殳 (weapon) 80: 毋 or 母(do not) 81: 比 (compare) 82: 毛 (fur) 83: 氏 (clan) 84: 气 (steam) 85: 水,氵 or 氺 (water) 86: 火 or 灬 (fire) 87: 爪 or 爫 (claw) 88: 父 (father) 89: 爻 (double crosses) 90: 爿/丬 (bed) 91: 片 (slice) 92: 牙 (fang) 93: 牛 (cow) 94: 犬 or 犭(dog) 95: 玄 (profound) 96: 玉 or 王 (jade) 97: 瓜 (melon) 98: 瓦 (earthenware) 99: 甘 (sweet) 100: 生 (life) 101: 用 (use) 102: 田 (field) 103: 疋 (bolt of cloth) 104: 疒 (sickness) 105: 癶 (dotted tent) 106: 白 (white) 107: 皮 (skin) 108: 皿 (dish) 109: 目 (eye) 110: 矛 (halberd) 111: 矢 (arrow) 112: 石 (stone) 113: 示 or 礻 (spirit) 114: 禸 (track) 115: 禾 (grain) 116: 穴 (cave) 117: 立 (stand) 118: 竹 (bamboo) 119: 米 (rice) 120: 糸/纟 or 糹 (silk) 121: 缶 (jar) 122: 网 or 罒 (net) 123: 羊 (sheep) 124: 羽 (feather) 125: 老 or 耂 (old) 126: 而 (and) 127: 耒 (plow) 128: 耳 (ear) 129: 聿 (brush) 130: 肉 (meat) 131: 臣 (minister) 132: 自 (self) 133: 至 (arrive) 134: 臼 (mortar) 135: 舌 (tongue) 136: 舛 (oppose) 137: 舟 (boat) 138: 艮 (stopping) 139: 色 (color) 140: 艸 or 艹 (grass) 141: 虍 (tiger) 142: 虫 (insect) 143: 血 (blood) 144: 行 (walk) 145: 衣 or 衤 (clothes) 146: 西 or 覀 or 襾 (west) 147: 見/见 (see) 148: 角 (horn) 149: 言 or 訁/讠 (speech) 150: 谷 (valley) 151: 豆 (bean) 152: 豕 (pig) 153: 豸 (badger) 154: 貝/贝 (shell) 155: 赤 (red) 156: 走 (run) 157: 足 (foot) 158: 身 (body) 159: 車/车 (car) 160: 辛 (bitter) 161: 辰 (morning) 162: 辵 or 辶 (walk) 163: 邑 (city) 164: 酉 (wine) 165: 釆 (distinguish) 166: 里 (village) 167: 金 or 釒/钅 (metal) 168: 長/长 or 镸 (long) 169: 門/门 (gate) 170: 阜 or 阝 (mound) 171: 隶 (slave) 172: 隹 (small bird) 173: 雨 (rain) 174: 靑 or 青 (blue) 175: 非 (wrong) 176: 面 (face) 177: 革 (leather) 178: 韋/韦 (tanned leather) 179: 韭 (leek) 180: 音 (sound) 181: 頁/页 (face) 182: 風/风 (wind) 183: 飛/飞 (fly) 184: 食 or 飠/饣 (eat) 185: 首 (head) 186: 香 (fragrant) 187: 馬/马 (horse) 188: 骨 (bone) 189: 高 (tall) 190: 髟 (hair) 191: 鬥 (fight) 192: 鬯 (sacrificial wine) 193: 鬲 (cauldron) 194: 鬼 (ghost) 195: 魚/鱼 (fish) 196: 鳥/鸟 (bird) 197: 鹵 (alkaline) 198: 鹿 (deer) 199: 麥/麦 (wheat) 200: 麻 (hemp) 201: 黃 (yellow) 202: 黍 (millet) 203: 黑 (black) 204: 黹 (needlework) 205: 黽/黾 (amphibian) 206: 鼎 (tripod) 207: 鼓 (drum) 208: 鼠 (rat) 209: 鼻 (nose) 210: 齊/齐 or 斉 (uniformly) 211: 齒/齿 or 歯 (tooth) 212: 龍/龙 or 竜 (dragon) 213: 龜/龟/亀 (tortoise) 214: 龠 (flute)

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