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‘ε [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 00 [Total Strokes] 03 [Unicode] 5927 [Pinyin] da4 dai4 tai4 [Korean] dae da tae [Japanese] dai tai [Definition](1) Great, big, vast, tall, extensive. Noble, high in rank. Very, much. (2) To make great. (3) Old, grown-up. (4) Greatly, loudly. [Credit] acm

‘ε‘S [Pinyin] da4quan2 [Korean] daejeon [Japanese] daizen [Definition](1) Total completion; completely prepared, fully set, perfectly complete. Replete. (2) The full set of written works on a particular topic, or by a particular author. [Credit] acm

‘ε•v [Pinyin] da4fu1 [Korean] daebu [Japanese] daifu [Definition]An officer of the state in imperial Chinese government. A minister. [Credit] acm

‘ε›{ [Pinyin] Daxue [Korean] Taehag [Japanese] Daigaku [Definition](1) The Great Learning. From section 43 of the Liji (βX‹L), selected by Zhuxi to be one of the four major books in Confucian studies, attributed to Confucius. (2) In modern East Asian languages, "higher learning" or University. [Credit] acm

‘召•Φ [Pinyin] da4xiao3bian4 [Korean] daesobyeon [Japanese] daishouben [Definition](1) Feces and urine. Shit and piss. (2) A privy. [Credit] acm

‘ε’κ [Pinyin] da4di3 [Korean] daeji [Japanese] taitei [Definition](1) Generally ispeakingj; in general; mostly; for the most part. [‘εŠT] (2) A senior, an elderly person. Same as ‘ε’ο. [Credit] acm

‘εˆΣ [Pinyin] da4yi4 [Korean] daeeui [Japanese] dai-i [Definition]The drift of, the scope of, outline. General idea. [Credit] acm

‘ε’ο [Pinyin] da4di3 [Korean] daeji [Japanese] taitei [Definition]Probably; for the most part; in general. About, around, approximately. [Credit] acm

‘ε’ο [Pinyin] da4di3 [Korean] daejeo [Japanese] taitei [Definition](1) A senior, an elderly person. Same as ‘ε’κ. (2) Generally ispeakingj; in general; mostly; for the most part. [‘εŠT] [Credit]

‘ε•Ώ [Pinyin] da4bing4 [Korean] daebyeong [Japanese] taihei [Definition](1) Great power, influence, authority, such as would be sufficient to rule a country. (2) One who stands out among his peers. [Credit] acm

‘εγS [Pinyin] da4jing1 [Korean] daegyeong [Japanese] daikei [Definition]Great principle. Great eternal value. [Credit] acm

‘εŒΎ [Pinyin] da4yan2 [Korean] daeeon [Japanese] daigen [Definition](1) Fine words. (2) To talk big, boast, proclaim. [Credit] acm

‘ε‰ί [Pinyin] da4guo4 [Korean] daegwa [Japanese] daika [Definition](1) A serious error; grave fault. (2) Hexagram number 28 in the Yijing: "Great Excess," "Preponderance of the Great." [Credit] acm

“V [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 01 [Total Strokes] 04 [Unicode] 5929 [Pinyin] tian1 [Korean] cheon [Japanese] ten [Definition]Heaven, sky, air, firmament. God, nature, destiny; weather. [Credit] acm

“Vγ [Pinyin] tian1shang4 [Korean] cheonsang [Japanese] tenjou [Definition]'The heavenly realm.' [Credit] acm

“V’n [Pinyin] tian1di4 [Korean] cheonji [Japanese] tenchi [Definition]Heaven and earth. The universe, the world; all of existence. [Credit] acm

“VŽq [Pinyin] tian1zi5 [Korean] cheonja [Japanese] tenshi [Definition](1) In classical literature, the emperor or "son of heaven." (2) In Buddhist sutras, the lowest level of gods (devataa). (3) Children of gods (deva-patra). [Credit] acm

“Vν [Pinyin] tian1chang2 [Korean] cheonsang [Japanese] tenjou [Definition]The immutable principles of Heaven. [Credit] acm

“VŠ± [Pinyin] tian1gan1 [Korean] cheongan [Japanese] tenkan [Definition]The ten celestial stems, which are b zhia, ‰³ yi, •Έ bing, ’š ding, •θ wu, ŒΘ ji, M geng, h xin, p ren, and α‘gui. In combination with the cyclical series of twelve earth branches (\“ρŽx) they form the sexegenary cycle used for identifying days and years. [Credit] acm

“V•Ά›{ [Pinyin] tian1wen2xue2 [Korean] cheonmunhag [Japanese] tenbungaku [Definition]Astrology. The study of patterns and bodies in the firmament. [Credit] acm

“V•Ά [Pinyin] tian1wen2 [Korean] cheonmun [Japanese] tenbun [Definition]Shapes and patterns, such as constellations, which are discernible in the heavens. [Credit]

“V“ϊ [Pinyin] tian1ri4 [Korean] cheon'il [Japanese] tenjitsu [Definition](1) The sun. (2) The emperor. (3) The recovery from blindness to vision. [Credit] acm

“VŸi [Pinyin] tian1yang1 [Korean] cheon'ang [Japanese] tenou [Definition]Calamities from heaven. Heaven's displeasure. [Credit] acm

“V‘R [Pinyin] tian1ran2 [Korean] cheonyeon [Japanese] tennen [Definition]A natural condition, lacking human interference. [Credit] acm

“V•¨ [Pinyin] tian1wu4 [Korean] cheonmul [Japanese] tenbutsu [Definition]The things created by heaven. [Credit] acm

“V‹… [Pinyin] tian1qiu2 [Korean] cheongu [Japanese] tenkyuu [Definition]The heavenly sphere. The heavens, esp. as viewed by the ancients, as being part of a huge sphere in relation to the earth, which is marked by the various patterns and heavenly bodies, such as moon, sun, stars, planets and constellations, all of which serve as astrological objects. [Credit] acm

“VαΑ [Pinyin] tian1zhen1 [Korean] cheonjin [Japanese] tenshin [Definition]Something as it originally is, without artificiality. [Credit] acm

“VŽ± [Pinyin] tian1zhu2 [Korean] cheonchug [Japanese] tenjiku [Definition]A translation for sindhu, an ancient name for India. [Credit] acm

“Vδo [Pinyin] tian1yu3 [Korean] cheonyeo [Japanese] tenyo [Definition]"To receive from heaven;" "to be assigned by heaven." A being's innate, inborn qualities. Confucian thinkers such as Mencius believed that all human beings are innately good. [Credit] acm

“V‹• [Pinyin] tian1xu1 [Korean] cheonheo [Japanese] tenko [Definition](1) The Great Void; the universe; unlimited (realm). (2) Completely empty and void. [Credit] acm

“VŽ‘ [Pinyin] tian1zi1 [Korean] cheonja [Japanese] tenshi [Definition]Natural endowments. [Credit] acm

‘Ύ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 01 [Total Strokes] 04 [Unicode] 592A [Pinyin] tai4 [Korean] tae [Japanese] tai ta [Definition](1) extreme(ly). (2) Great, grand, greatest. (3) Beginning. (4) Thick, fat. [Credit] acm

‘Ύγ [Pinyin] tai4shang4 [Korean] taesang [Japanese] taijou [Definition](1) The best, greatest, penultimate. (2) Great antiquity. (3) The emperor. [Credit] acm

‘Ύ˜ϊ [Pinyin] tai4fu4 [Korean] taebu [Japanese] taifu [Definition]Grand Tutor (in the palace of the crown prince). This was an honorary title given to a high official. In ancient China the three highest ranking officials were the San Gong ŽOŒφ "Three Dukes." The Taifu was the second of these. [Credit] acm

‘Ύ•½ [Pinyin] tai4ping2 [Korean] taepyeong [Japanese] taihei [Definition](1) Peace throughout the land or world. (2) Easy, easygoing, carefree. As one pleases, freely; willfully. (3) The name of a 500 fascicle compilation done during the Song at the order of the emperor, which contains stories and biographies from the Han to the Five Kingdoms period. [Credit] acm

•v [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 01 [Total Strokes] 04 [Unicode] 592B [Pinyin] fu1 fu2 [Korean] bu [Japanese] fu fuu [Definition](1) Husband, man. A laborer or artisan. (2) A sage, a distinguished person. (3) This, that, he. A demonstrative pronoun. (4) An initial particle: now, now as regards to this; therefore, moreover, however. (5) A preposition, like ‰—. (6) A final particle, like ŒΑ. [Credit] acm

•vl [Pinyin] fu1ren2 [Korean] buin [Japanese] fujin [Definition](1) The wives of feudal lords in ancient China. (2) The concubines of the emperor. (3) The wives of high officials. (4) A legal wife, as opposed to a concubine. (5) A lady; Madame; Mrs., Ms., esp. used respectfully towards the wife of another man. (6) One's own mother. [Credit] acm

•v•w [Pinyin] fu1fu4 [Korean] bubu [Japanese] fufu [Definition]Husband and wife. [Credit] acm

•vŽq [Pinyin] fu1zi5 [Korean] buja [Japanese] fushi [Definition]You, sir. [Credit] acm

šν [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 01 [Total Strokes] 04 [Unicode] 592C [Pinyin] guai4 jue2 [Korean] kwae [Japanese] kai ketsu [Definition](1) To decide, settle. (2) Yijing hexagram 43: "resoluteness." (3) An archer's glove. [Credit] acm

šξ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 01 [Total Strokes] 04 [Unicode] 592D [Variant]Ÿg [Pinyin] yao1 ao3 [Korean] yo o [Japanese] you [Definition](1) Young, youth. (2) Youthful beauty. (3) Soft, gentle, flexible. (4) premature death. [Credit] acm

šξά [Pinyin] yao1zhe2 [Korean] yojeol [Japanese] yousetsu [Definition]Die young; premature death. [Credit] acm

šξΐ [Pinyin] yao1shi4 [Korean] yoseo [Japanese] yousei [Definition]Die young; premature death. [Credit] acm

šξθ„ [Pinyin] yao1e4 [Korean] yowal [Japanese] youatsu [Definition]To stop up. [Credit] acm

‰› [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 02 [Total Strokes] 05 [Unicode] 592E [Pinyin] yang1 ying1 [Korean] ang [Japanese] jou ei [Definition](1) [yang1 ang jou] Center, middle. (2) Half. (3) Wide. (4) [ying1 ei] To beg, to entreat. (5) To finish, to end. [Credit] acm

ŽΈ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 02 [Total Strokes] 05 [Unicode] 5931 [Pinyin] shi1 yi4 [Korean] sil [Japanese] shitsu [Definition](1) To lose, to miss, to lose sight of. To disappear. (2) To neglect, forget. (3) To be deficient, to fail, to misinterpret. (4) To err, to make a mistake. An omission, a failing. A fault of omission, as contrasted with guo (‰ί) a fault of commission. [Credit] acm

ŽΈˆΚ [Pinyin] shi1wei4 [Korean] silwi [Japanese] shitsui [Definition]To lose one's rank and position. [Credit] acm

šο [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 02 [Total Strokes] 05 [Unicode] 5932 [Variant]–{ [Pinyin] tao1 ben3 [Korean] do bon [Japanese] tou hon [Definition](1) [do tou] To advance (quickly). (2) [bon hon] Sometimes (mistakenly) used for 75-1 –{ [672C]. [Credit] acm

ˆΞ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 03 [Total Strokes] 06 [Unicode] 5937 [Pinyin] yi2 [Korean] i [Japanese] i ebisu tairaka [Definition](1) Foreign(ers), barbarians. For the ancient Chinese, the Eastern tribes, such as the Koreans. Later extended to include European and American peoples. (2) Peaceful, at ease; to quiet, to calm, to settle; settled. (3) To level, make level, equal, even or smooth. (4) Common, usual, ordinary. The ordinary course of nature, the way of the world. (5) Safe. (6) Distant. (7) To eliminate; to exterminate; to kill, to execute. (8) Injuries, wounds. (9) Grades, classes. (10) Great, big. (11) A Chinese family name. (12) In Chapter 14 of the Daodejing, it is usually, by context, translated as "invisible." [Credit] acm

šπ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 03 [Total Strokes] 06 [Unicode] 5938 [Variant]ŒΦ [Pinyin] kua1 [Korean] gwa [Japanese] ka ko [Definition](1) Boast, brag; talk in a loud voice. (2) (Sit) astride (a horse). (3) Weak, soft. [Credit] acm

šρ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 04 [Total Strokes] 07 [Unicode] 593E [Pinyin] jia2 jia1 [Korean] hyeob [Japanese] kyou [Definition](1) To hold between two things, as with tweezers, pliers. To cut with scissors. (2) Be held between two things. (3) Be attached to; come close to. (4) Narrow. small space. [Credit] acm

‰‚ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 5944 [Pinyin] yan1 yan3 [Korean] eom [Japanese] en [Definition](1) To cover, conceal. (2) A long time. (3) Quickly, suddenly, abruptly. (4) To conceal one's strength. [Credit] acm

Šο [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 5947 [Variant]šς [Pinyin] qi2 ji1 [Korean] gi [Japanese] ki [Definition](1) Strange, odd, weird, out of the ordinary. (2) Mysterious, profound. (3) Scary; bad. (4) Unlucky. (5) Odd, single, the surplus. [Credit] acm

ŠοI [Pinyin] qi2qiao3 [Korean] gigyo [Japanese] kikou [Definition]With rare skill; ingenious. [Credit] acm

“ή [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 5948 [Pinyin] nai4 na4 [Korean] nae na [Japanese] dai na [Definition](1) To have an effect on; to do something about something or somebody; to affect; to deal with. (2) What, how, how could it be, why? (3) A kind of tree. [Credit] acm

•ς [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 5949 [Pinyin] feng4 [Korean] bong [Japanese] bu hou [Definition](1) To receive with both hands. (2) To offer, to serve. To present. (3) Respectfully; to have the honor to. (4) Receive, hear, listen. Worship, admire. [Credit] acm

•ςŽ [Pinyin] feng4chi2 [Korean] bongji [Japanese] buji [Definition](˜Ε) (1) To put into practice. (2) To memorize; to preserve, maintain. (3) Holding to the precepts etc., with a reverent mind. [Credit] acm

•ς‹³ [Pinyin] feng4jiao1 [Korean] bonggyo [Japanese] bukyou [Definition](˜Ε) To do real practice according to the teachings. To receive (and revere) the teachings. [Credit] acm

•ςβJ [Pinyin] feng4si4 [Korean] bongsa [Japanese] houshi [Definition]To offer sacrifices to one's ancestors or to other spirits, gods, etc. [Credit] acm

•ςs [Pinyin] feng4xing2 [Korean] bonghaeng [Japanese] houkou [Definition](1) To carry out the orders of the ruler. (2) An officer who carries out the orders of the ruler. [Credit] acm

•ςŒ} [Pinyin] feng4ying2 [Korean] bongyeong [Japanese] hougei [Definition]To meet and address a ruler or noble. [Credit] acm

–z [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 05 [Total Strokes] 08 [Unicode] 5954 [Pinyin] ben1 ben4 [Korean] bun [Japanese] hon [Definition]To run away, to flee, to escape; to retreat. [Credit] acm

–z”g [Pinyin] ben1bo1 [Korean] bunpa [Japanese] honba [Definition](1) Fierce waves; fast current. (2) To be in a rush; to be struggling. [Credit] acm

šυ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 594E [Pinyin] kui2 [Korean] gyu [Japanese] kei [Definition](1) The name of a star, associated with literary learning. (2) The crotch, thigh, groin. (3) Be straddle-legged; to stride. [Credit] acm

‘t [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 594F [Pinyin] zou4 [Korean] ju [Japanese] sou [Definition](1) To report to the throne; memorialize the emperor. (2) To play music, celebrate. (3) To go forward, advance, display. Accomplish, achieve, finish. (4) To collect, to gather. [Credit] acm

‘t“ [Pinyin] zou4dao1 [Korean] judo [Japanese] soutou [Definition]To slit with a knife. The movement of the cooking knife. [‘‘Žq€ —{ΆŽε} [Credit] acm

šτ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 5950 [Pinyin] huan4 [Korean] hwan [Japanese] kan [Definition](1) Clear, bright, distinct. Shining, luminous. (2) Great, successful, flourishing. [Credit] acm

Œ_ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 5951 [Pinyin] qi4 qie4 xie4 [Korean] gye geul seol gyeol [Japanese] kei kai ketsu kechi setsu sechi kitsu kochi [Definition]{I} [qi4 gye kei](1) Writing cut into bamboo or wood used as records prior to the invention of paper. [Œ”] (2) A contract, promise, agreement, bond. [–ρ] (3) To unite, to meet, match, agree with, conform to, adapt. [‡] (4) A divining instrument. (5) To be separated from; to cut; be cut off. (6) Grieve over, lament over. {II} [xie4 seol setsu] (1) An ancestor of King Yang of the Yin. Mathews says "one of the ministers of the emperor Shun." {III} [qie4 gyeol kitsu] (1) To toil long and hard. (2) To be separated for a long time. (3) The name of a state--Khitan. [Credit] acm

ϊ  [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 5953 [Pinyin] she1 [Korean] cha [Japanese] sha ta [Definition](1) To extend, stretch out, put out, hang out. (2) To open (up). [ŠJ] (3) Selfish, spoiled; wasteful, extravagant. [˜Κ] [Credit] acm

šσ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 06 [Total Strokes] 09 [Unicode] 5955 [Pinyin] yi4 [Korean] hyeog [Japanese] eki yaku [Definition](1) The game of go. Gambling. (2) Be piled up. (3) Largeness, be large. (4) Be pretty, beautiful, lovely. (5) Grieve over, lament, be distressed. (6) To dance lightly. [Credit] acm

“… [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 07 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 5957 [Pinyin] tao4 [Korean] tu to [Japanese] tou [Definition](1) Amass, accumulate, pile up. (2) Large, great. (3) Long. (4) A corner, a nook, a recess. [Credit] acm

šχ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 07 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 5958 [Variant]œQ [Pinyin] zang4 zhuang3 [Korean] jang [Japanese] sou zou jou [Definition]Flourishing, successful, great. [Credit] acm

šφ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 07 [Total Strokes] 10 [Unicode] 595A [Pinyin] xi1 [Korean] hae [Japanese] kei [Definition](1) What, why, how, which? (2) A servant. [Credit] acm

ϊ‘ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 08 [Total Strokes] 11 [Unicode] 595B [Pinyin] {huang} [Korean] hwang [Japanese] kou [Definition]Clear, bright, open, revealed, disclosed. Clear luminescence penetrating throughout the world. [Credit] acm

ϊ’ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 08 [Total Strokes] 11 [Unicode] 595D [Pinyin] diao [Korean] jo [Japanese] chou [Definition](1) Great, large. [‘ε] (2) Much, many. [‘½] [Credit] acm

šω [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 12 [Unicode] 5960 [Pinyin] dian4 [Korean] jeon [Japanese] ten [Definition](1) To discern, decide, determine, settle. (2) To offer goods to the gods or Buddha. (3) To place, put aside for future use. [Credit] acm

šψ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 12 [Unicode] 5962 [Pinyin] she1 [Korean] sa [Japanese] sha [Definition](1) Be extravagant; be wasteful; live in luxury. (2) Be proud, pompous, arrogant. [Credit] acm

ϊ£ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 12 [Unicode] 5963 [Pinyin] - [Korean] aeng [Japanese] ou kou [Definition](1) Clear, bright. (2) The name of a bridge. [Credit] acm

‰œ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 09 [Total Strokes] 12 [Unicode] 5965 [Variant]šϊ [Pinyin] ao4 yu4 [Korean] o ug [Japanese] ou oku [Definition]The modern form of 37-10 šϊ. [Credit] acm

šϊ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 10 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 5967 [Variant]‰œ [Pinyin] ao4 yu4 [Korean] o ug [Japanese] ou oku [Definition](1) The southwest corner of the house, where the family shrine is. The most rear, or inside part of the house; bedroom. (2) Deepest, hidden, most internal part. Core, kernel. [Credit] acm

§ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 10 [Total Strokes] 13 [Unicode] 5968 [Variant]ΰΠ [Pinyin] jiang3 [Korean] jang [Japanese] shou [Definition]Simplified variant of 37-11 šϋ [596C]. [Credit] acm

šό [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 11 [Total Strokes] 14 [Unicode] 5969 [Variant]™» [Pinyin] lian2 [Korean] ryeom [Japanese] ren [Definition](1) An incense box. (2) A make-up box. A lady's dressing case. (3) A bridal trousseau. [Credit] acm

’D [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 11 [Total Strokes] 14 [Unicode] 596A [Pinyin] duo2 [Korean] tal [Japanese] datsu [Definition](1) To snatch, to grasp, to take away. To settle, to decide. To surpass. (2) To determine, to decide. (3) To deny, to negate. [Credit] acm

šϋ [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 11 [Total Strokes] 14 [Unicode] 596C [Variant]§ΰΠ [Pinyin] jiang3 [Korean] jang [Japanese] shou [Definition](1) To recommend, encourage, push, advance. (2) Praise, laud, respect. (3) Aid, assist, help. Also written as 94-11 ΰΠ (i.e. with Œ’ on the bottom, instead of ‘ε). [Credit] acm

•± [Radical] 037 [Strokes] 13 [Total Strokes] 16 [Unicode] 596E [Pinyin] fen4 [Korean] bun [Japanese] fun [Definition](1) To be stirred up; be excited, be encouraged (by). Flap the wings. (2) To shake, to activate. (3) Become angry or indignant. [Credit] acm

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