9-stroke Chinese characters

sorrow; grief; pity

to press

coat

palladium (chemistry)

cave

scar

to bow to; to pay one's respects

cedar

metal plate

to tie

to help

to defend; to protect; to keep

Chinese bustard

placenta

the back of a body or object

barium (chemistry)

Chinese character

surname Ben

(contraction of 不用[bu4yong4]) need not; please don't

pump (loanword)

to burst forth

(phonetic)

careful

Chinese character

bean

the steps to the throne

grain not fully grown

plain

flat

to put a coffin in the grave

ancient stone acupuncture needle

mark

whirlwind

handle or shaft (of an axe etc)

bright

round flat cake

flourishing

glass

plutonium (chemistry)

to destroy

used in 鶬鶊|鸧鹒[cang1geng1]

grass

sorrowful

to survey

to research

stubble (crop residue)

tea

Chinese character

(literary) beautiful

difference; discrepancy

to separate the grain from the husk

(scorpion)

name of a river in Shaanxi province

to observe

to taste; to try (food)

(of the day) long

money

used in 硨磲|砗磲[che1 qu2]

city walls

tamarisk

old variant of 稱|称[chen4]

to hold

to burn

surname Chi

Chinese character

comrades

to get rid of

boat

to wear

sore

spring (season)

shrine

Caltrop or puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)

(coll.) to scold

Chinese character

to die

(bound form) of short duration; hasty; rapid

used in 圪墶|圪垯[ge1da5]

little lamb

Chinese character

(phonetic)

(literary) big ears

band

to wait

idle

(literary) dangerous; perilous

tortoise shell

to lend on interest

gall bladder

gaze intently

to wash

to resist

emperor

foundation

to butt

pad

door latch

blemish

point

penis

anthill

Chinese character

tincture (loanword)

field

cave

frighten

classifier for houses or buildings

cave

Chinese character

radon (chemistry)

steep

poison

alone

to pass

serious (illness)

paragraph

dislike

shield

(agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds

blunt

doze

battlement

used in 吲哚[yin3 duo3]

used in 哆嗦[duo1suo5]

Russia

beat a drum

to whitewash

hey (to call sb)

two (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Chinese character

pastry

to turn the soil

to punish; to penalize; to fine

powerful individual, family or group

enamel ware

field

francium (chemistry)

to cost

Chinese character

to confer

insane

sulfone

Chinese character

to take prisoner

fluorine (chemistry)

Chinese character

to cleanse

place name

luxuriant growth

used in 茯苓[fu2 ling2]

suburbs

to go and return

Chinese character

Chinese character

to go

to exhort

toy formed of a spindle with two sharp ends

calcium (chemistry)

boundary

large tangerine

pole

jar

steel

to enjoin

surname Gao

pavilion (usu. two-storied)

animal hide

flea

to cough up

used in 餎餷|饹馇[ge1 zha5]

to

funny

ranunculus

to cup one's hands in salute

palace

dirt

bent

to hook

happening

bullock

bone

wheel

to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)

cut off the flesh as punishment

guanidine

hat

(onom.) bang

expensive

tenth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

Chinese character

disembodied spirit; ghost; devil

to comply with

small arched door

(interj.) ha!

(bound form) child

to astonish

sound of sighing

dawdling

to quilt

ancient place name

why

Chinese character

obstruct

used in 餄餎|饸饹[he2le5]

surname He

to hate

very; quite

ruthless; fierce; ferocious

feminine name (old)

Chinese character

permanent

flood

Chinese character

used in 葒草|荭草[hong2 cao3]

rainbow

roar of laughter (onom.)

surname Hong

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4]

old variant of 侯[hou2]

thick

Chinese character

used in 邂逅[xie4hou4]

non-Han people, esp. from central Asia

celestial blessing

bank of a river

to cook in a small quantity of water

surname Hu

(onom.) bang

chestnut horse

sound of a thing flying fast by

used in 徘徊[pai2huai2]

name of a river

Chinese character

imperial official

emperor

(bound form) in a hazy state of mind

desolate

eddying

(bound form) fennel

Chinese character

drain

to draw; to paint

to flourish

to teach

neigh

to restore

to wave

sick

muddy; turbid

Chinese character

strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)

to live

holmium (chemistry)

urgent

trunks (for books)

Chinese character

sip

already

to reach

to cross a river

Chinese character

Chinese character

footprint

to crowd in

Chinese character

pod (botany)

Chinese character

to support

Chinese character

shoulder blade

cangue (wooden collar like stocks used to restrain and punish criminals in China)

soaked

gamma

double-edged sword

to prop up

to recommend

inexpensive

(bound form) frugal; thrifty

card

(bound form) cocoon

Chinese character

flood

capital of the Jin State during the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC)

prize

surname Jiang

will

used in 茳芏[jiang1 du4]

to raise

crafty

to twist (strands into a thread)

dumplings with meat filling

cunning

lovable

to pour liquid

Zizania aquatica

proud

antagonistic

clean

knot

(bound form) boundary; border

scabies

commandment

all

Chinese character

Arthraxon ciliare

Chinese character

saliva

to boast

collar

lower part of leg

chaste tree or berry (Vitex agnus-castus)

bright

(literary) to shut or bolt a door

bier

leek

Chinese character

Chinese character

Chinese character

hard iron

to lift

carpenter's square

Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province

gems mounted together

to cut short

a nap

smart

canton

Chinese character

30 catties

carbylamine

dry terrain

joyful

to look after

to chop

scandium (chemistry)

to beat

customer

respectful

(literary) branch; stem; stalk

jade-like stone

branch of study

given name of Mencius

to scold

to reclaim (land)

to sink in (of eyes)

Chinese character

(of plants) withered

to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

to collapse (lit. or fig.)

throat

crafty

to deceive; to dupe

to bestow

(onom.) crash; bang; clang

crotch

(bound form) to tie up; to tighten up

perverse

fence

soft; mushy

to look at

a noise

governess

kind

rampart

one hundredth

clever

husband and wife

oak

Chinese character

litchi

to bully

surname Li

rustic

two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个)

to refine

bright; light

pure

used in 咧咧[lie1lie1]

to face

Eurya japonica

(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑)

concave channels of tiling

clear

surname Liu

(literary) window

tinkling of gem-pendants

used in 朦朧|朦胧[meng2long2]

surname Lou

capital (of column)

belly

windlass

gate of a village

surname Lü

Chinese character

beautiful

twins

mountain ranges

surname Luo

net-like object

brindled ox

camel

to scold

used in 螞蟥|蚂蟥[ma3huang2]

arteries and veins

used in 苣蕒菜|苣荬菜[qu3mai5cai4]

vast, with no clear boundary

to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth)

commerce

the Pleiades

eyebrow

to conceal

sleeve of a robe

beautiful

horsefly

you (used to address a deity)

to bewilder

to stop

Mi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang 湘江

sound for calling a cat

face

to exhort

to ogle at

blind in one eye

second (unit of time)

the bleating of sheep

alabaster, jade-like stone

strong; robust; vigorous

short name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4]

Thea sinensis

some

moo (sound made by cow)

(phonetic na)

cassock

sodium (chemistry)

how

Chinese pear-leaved crab-apple

(bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand

surname Nan

to scratch

small hill

to get angry

familiar

contrary

dangerous

used in 檸檬|柠檬[ning2meng2]

surname Niu

garrulous

concentrated

anger

oppressive

to shift

common gull

Chinese character

to lie on one's stomach

used in transliteration

clique

to betray

to hope for

surname Pang

healthy

to sauté

embryo

basin

to adjoin

arsenic

(of a pair of horses) to pull side by side

(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods

to be a mistress or lover

to piece together

to get rid of

chess-like game

used in 伶俜[ling2ping1]

used in 琥珀[hu3po4]

used in 匍匐[pu2fu2]

used in 荸薺|荸荠[bi2qi2]

to whisper

to carve

to build by laying bricks or stones

seven (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

exactly

accord

Chinese character

front

used in 蕁麻|荨麻[qian2ma2]

latch of door

(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)

to lead along

highest peak

common mallow (Malva sinensis)

good-looking

ridicule

old variant of 篋|箧[qie4]

to steal

parent

to invade

to respect

hydrogen (chemistry)

light

ornamental cap

tribal chief

autumn

surname Qu

sacrifice to drive away calamity

flank of animal

spring (small stream)

(fragrant plant)

field drains

crossbow (arch.)

Chinese character

to dye

graceful

fuel

rich

to wind

Chinese character

(literary) overlapping part of Chinese gown

beefsteak plant (Perilla frutescens)

marmoset (zoology)

velvet

(bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine; downy

glory

soft

to eat

damp

sound of wind

to sprinkle

sand

Chinese character

to mix water with clay

Chinese character

fence

coral

sampan

unit of land area (equivalent to 10 or 15 mǔ 畝|亩[mu3] in parts of northeast China, but only 3 or 5 mǔ in northwest China)

to die in childhood

god; deity

excessive; undue

arsine

(literary) to smile

(interrog.)

victory

to save; to economize; to be frugal

domestic animal

Chinese character

to pick up

stoneware

to nibble away at sth

to eat

room

(bound form) to rely on

to wipe

to be (followed by substantives only)

old variant of 柿[shi4]

to borrow

to fit

feces; excrement; a stool

Chinese character

(bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)

Shi, name of river in Xinyang 信陽|信阳, Henan

(bound form) lion

to hunt

head

tree

to erect

pretty woman

to play with

Chinese character

to tie up

Chinese character

to obey

bright

to speak; to talk; to say

used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]

to think

to read aloud

to send; to deliver; to transmit

old gentleman

custom

although

used in 猢猻|猢狲[hu2sun1]

fragrant grass

(bound form) to whip; to flog

door of an inner room

soot

titanium (chemistry)

fetus

wood charcoal

to cleanse

to escape

old stone or mineral, possibly related to antimony Sb 銻|锑[ti1]

shave

quiet

to cultivate (land)

used in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc

to exterminate

to carry on a shoulder pole

to stick

pavilion

main hall

stalk of grass

straight

hydrocarbon

Chrysanthemum coronarium

grief

to gather

surname Tou

to dash

to foretell the future using the trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经

to retreat; to withdraw

main beam of roof

watchman's rattle

baby

Wow!

to dig

depression; low-lying area

Chinese character

askew

Chinese character

to bend

Chinese character

to fear

stomach

name of a river

power

to hear

Chinese character

ancient weapon with a tip shaped like a hand or claw

used in 逢俉[feng2wu2]

Chinese character

mistake

to insult

(bound form) house

to accuse falsely

tungsten (chemistry)

Chinese character

gnaw

surname Xi

to wash; to bathe

troubled

Chinese character

gorge

cage

narrow

Chinese character

shrimp

all

saliva

statute

Japanese variant of 縣|县

to make visible

danger

long-grained rice

(archaic) a school

lane

back of neck

echo

soldier's pay

each other

fragrant

Xiao River in Hebei province

to peel with a knife

a cry of alarm

(archaic) hollow of a tree

good horse

(bound form) to clasp under the arm

to unload

Chinese character

letter

mold

Chinese character

yellow floating heart (Nymphoides peltatum)

star

Chinese character

to decorate

call out

protection

to narrate

anxiety

balmy

to ditch

all

must

to dazzle

adorned

to choose

to declare (publicly)

Chinese character

ranges of hills

sincere

truly

name of a river

surname Xun

to give in to

to abdicate

medal

(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters

to calender

mute; dumb; incapable of speech

(dialect) strip of land between hills

crow

to grind

throat; pharynx

Chinese character

accomplished

ink-stone

majestic

Chinese character

to hide, to secrete, to repress

to cover

to spread out

used in 懨懨|恹恹[yan1yan1]

to walk back and forth

old variant of 陽[yang2]

ocean

to raise (animals)

calamity

embankment

handsome

light carriage

medicine

to want; to need; to ask for

key

to bite

Chinese character

Chinese character

expression of surprise

mother's sister

(grass)

to present

abundant

ancient name for go (Chinese board game)

(bound form) epidemic; plague

surname Yi

to excel

to moor a boat to the bank

ant

(onom.) to squeak

limit

descendant

shade

to restrain

marriage connections

to soak

mattress

sound

full

place name

a glimmer

to reflect (light)

Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣|江陵县

Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise)

wooden figures buried with the dead

brave

old variant of 勇[yong3]

scallops along lower edge of flag

nodule

park

to forgive

pomelo (Citrus maxima or C. grandis)

(literary) to induce; to entice

to walk

remote

yes (used by Emperor or ruler)

(archaic) district

free reed wind instrument similar to the sheng 笙[sheng1], used in ancient China

to lift

bright light

prison

big

Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods

dialect

Chinese character

wall

therefore

to blame

courtyard

to puke

Chinese character

name of a feudal state

surname Yun

(bound form) to fall from the sky

(literary) to force; to coerce

(exclamatory or interrogative particle)

I or me

surname Zan

flea

Chinese character

how

used in 叱咤[chi4zha4]

to open

oak

to deep fry

to blink

Chinese character

to fight

a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle

to sway in the wind

felt (fabric)

surname Zhao

bright

surname Zhao

a thorny tree

Chinese character

legendary bird whose feathers can be used as poison

Japanese variant of 姬

square

frame

river in Guangdong province

precious thing

gizzard

Chinese character

to struggle to get free

political

to raise

excel

hideous

Chinese character

used in 繁峙[Fan2 shi4]

comb

to advance

8 in. length unit of Zhou dynasty

finger

(orange)

robe of a Buddhist monk or nun

end of axle outside of hub

gardenia

respectful (ly)

used in 胼胝[pian2zhi1]

to repeat

seed

used in 柊葉|柊叶[zhong1ye4]

handleless cup

a (large) bell (CL:架[jia4])

axis

Chinese character

daytime

Chinese character

helmet

(dialect) to wrap with straw

continent

surname Zhu

pillar

wick of an oil lamp

to pray for

(used as a bound form in 薴烯|苧烯[ning2 xi1], limonene)

surname Zhu

used in 茱萸[zhu1yu2]

to throw

(Internet slang) the three 子's that symbolize success in life: a house, a car and a wife (房子[fang2 zi5], 車子|车子[che1 zi5] and 妻子[qi1 zi5])

brick

Chinese character

to sculpt

to bury

to chop

turbid

billion

seeds

hoe up soil around plants

used in 鳧茈|凫茈[fu2ci2]

now

to consult

beauty

used in 瘛瘲|瘛疭[chi4zong4]

general; overall

to play music

a stand for food at sacrifice

ancestor

yesterday

blessing

to grant or bestow

archaic variant of 遂[sui4]

ancient name for an animal similar to rabbit but bigger

Chinese character