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bēi Cup; trophy

běn This; root; basis; capital; chief; original; our; according to; book; edition; measure word for books, plants

丿 Grain in the fields; millet

End; tip; minor details; end of; powder; opera role

shù Skill; method

wèi Have not; not; eighth of the Earthly Branches

zhá Correspondence

zhú used in certain plant names

duǒ measure word for things shaped like flowers, clouds etc.

Machine; aircraft; crucial point; opportunity; organic; important task; idea; adaptable

Rice; husked seed; small grain; metre

piáo a surname

quán Right or entitlement; advantageous position; expediency; for the moment; counterweight; balance

xiū Rest; cease; discard one's wife; don't; good fortune

xiǔ Rotten; senile

biāo A star formation

cái Material

chā Pitchfork

广 chuáng Bed; bed-like

cūn Village; rustic

dāi Stay; look vacant; dull-witted

Prevent; birchleaf pear

gān Pole

gāng Bridge; flagpole

Extremity; pole; utmost; sheer

kùn Stricken; besiege; difficulty; fatigued; drowsy; sleep

Plum

Wooden rail

máng Mango

Wash (hair); receive

Ancient place name

shā Fir

sòng Song Dynasty; Song state; sone (a measure of volume of sound)

Square stool

xián Idle; unoccupied; leisure

xìng Apricot

场r yáng Poplar

zhàng Rod; stick

bǎn Board; plank; blind; clappers; hard plate; stern expression

cǎi Pick; mine; gather; select

chéng Touch

chǒu Handcuffs

chǔ Pestle; pound; poke

cōng Fir

fāng a type of tree; a square timber pillar

fēng Maple

gǎo Bright

gòu Compose; fabricate; a composition

guì Cabinet; wardrobe

guǒ Fruit; outcome

jiǎn Soap

jié Outstanding person

lín Forest; circles (e.g. social)

méi Piece

miǎo Growing tip; end of a time period

niǔ A kind of tree in ancient books

see (枇杷) Loquat

Loquat

qiāng Gun; spear; gun-shaped implement

ruì Tenon

shū Pivot; centre

sōng Pine (tree); loose; relax; soft; release; dried meat floss

wǎng Spent in vain; framed; crooked; pervert

Analyze; dissect; divide

xiāo Brave; ringleader; hang (a person's severed head)

yǎo Distant and out of sight

zhěn Pillow; rest the head

zhī Branch; measure word for stemmed flowers; measure word for thin, stiff things

zhù Shuttle of a loom

zōng a place name

bǎi Cypress

biāo Symptom; sign; standard; tag; prize; tender for; a (regiment)

bǐng Handle; stem; pretext

Berlin (柏林)

chá Check; examine; investigate; look up

chēng Tamarix

Root of a tree

dòng Ridgepole

gān Mandarin orange

gōu A type of orange

jiā Cangue

jià Rack; support; withstand; kidnap; quarrel; measure word for supported things

Citron

Bough; axe-handle

Dry up; wither; shrivelled; dregs

lán Fence; shed; news column; list of items in a form; billboard

Oak

líng Eurya plant

liǔ Willow

lóng Cage; window

Smoke tree

mǒu A; a certain (thing or person); this or that (person)

nài Crab apple

níng Lemon

píng Chessboard

róu Soft; soften; gentle

shān Grid

shì Persimmon

shù Tree; plant; establish

tuó Main beam of roof

tuò Watchman's rattle

xiá Pen (for animals)

xiāng Each other; mutually; see for yourself

xiāo Empty

yóu Teak

yuè a place name

zhà Fence

zhà a place name

zhàn Shed; plank road on a cliff face; storehouse

zhè Cudrania bush

zhī Gardenia

zhǐ Wild orange

zhì Comb; use a comb

zhù Column; post

zuò Oak or the silkworm that feeds on it

ān Eucalyptus

àn Case; plan; desk

bāng Clap; knock; rat-a-tat

bīng Palm

chái Firewood

dàng Shelves; files; grade; booth

Grid; pattern; bearing; obstruct

gēn Root; offspring; base; source; completely; radical (chem.)

guā Chinese plant

guāng Sugarpalm

guì Cinnamon; laurel

guì Juniper

Examine; true

héng Truss

variant pronunciation

huà Birch

huán a surname

huì used in names

jié an ancient ruler's name

jié Well-sweep

jiù Tallow tree

see 橘

juàn Nose ring (of an ox)

kǎo Castanopsis

kuàng Frame; window frame; circle some text

lǎo see (栲栳)

Pear

Chestnut; tremble

luán Golden-rain tree

niè Target; standard

西 Habitat

Alder

qiáo Bridge

ráo Oar

shuān Switch; gun bolt; stopper

táo Peach

tǐng Club; frame; flower stem

tóng Tung oil

wéi Mast

Chinese parasol tree

西 restless

xiào School; field officer

Vivid

xún Cotoneaster

Mountain pass

yàng Appearance; form; manner; sample; measure word for kinds

zhēn Post at end of a wall

zhì Shackles

zhū Plant; trunk; measure word for plants

zhuāng Pile or stake; measure word for abstract things

zhuō Desk

Drumstick

gěng Stalk; straighten; frank; stubborn; block

Handcuffs

jiǎn Inspect; check up; restrain oneself

jué Rafter

lái Dogwood

líng Lattice

méi Flowering plum

sào Conical

suō Shuttle

suō Tree fern

Ladder; elevator

tǒng Barrel

xiè Apparatus; weapon; shackles

zhì a place name

zhuō Joist

Chinese catalpa

bàng Stick; excellent

bēi A form of persimmon

chēn Treasure

chǔ Paper Mulberry

chuí Wooden club

chuí Wooden club

see (棠棣) Chinese brush cherry

Casket

guān Coffin

gùn Stick; rascal

guǒ Coffin

Thorny plant

Gather; rural fair; collection; volume

jiàn Wooden plug

jiāo Pepper

Small tree in ancient writings

Measure word for trees

Shoddy

léng Edge or ridge at the intersection of two surfaces

liáng Starling

lín Beautiful jade

luó see (桫椤) Alsophila spinulosa

mián Cotton; cotton-like substance

péng Shed; awning; ceiling

Drinking vessel

Chess; chess piece

qiàn Wood block edition

quān Wooden drinking vessel

sēn Heavily wooded; dense; dreary

táng Birchleaf pear

Coconut

Chair

zhào Oar; row

zhí Flora; grow; plant establish

zhuī Vertebra

zōng Palm; coir

chá Stubble; bristles

chá Raft

chèn Coffin

chuán Rafter

chuí Wooden club

椿 chūn Chinese mahogany

duàn Chinese linden

dùn Shield

ɡài Outline; generally; deportment; scenery

huái Scholar tree

jiē pistache

see (山毛榉)

kǎi Model; regular script

lǎn Olive

liàn Chinaberry

lóu A building with more than one level; level; used in shop names

see (棕榈) Palm

méi Lintel

nán Nanmu tree

pǐn Measure word for roof truss

qiū Catalpa

shèn Mulberry

shǔn Railing

xiē Wedge

xuàn Shoe tree or last; block for a hat; fill with padding

yíng Pillars at the front of the main hall; a unit of measurement of buildings

Elm

bǎng Roll; notice; notice board

bīn Crabapple

cuī Rafter

fěi Torreya

gāo see (桔槔)

gǎo Withered

jiǎ Chinese catalpa

jiàn Banister; animal cage

liú Pomegranate

Standard; imitate; model

Maple

róng Banyan

shuò Lance

sǔn Tenon

xiè Pavilion

xiè Titanite

zhà Extract by pressing; pressing machine

zhēn Hazel (tree); hazelnut

zhū Sweet oak

zuì Red plum

cáo Trough; drink container; groove

chū Heaven tree

gǎn Olive

héng Horizontal; transverse; perpendicular; place cross-wize; flagrant; horizontal stroke

Oak

槿 jǐn see (木槿)

qiáng Mast

táng Door frame; measure word for frames

xiàng Oak; rubber tree

yīng Cherry; cherry blossom

zhāng Camphor tree

zhū Small wooden pile for tethering animals

chéng Orange; orange colour

chú Cabinet

Orange tree or fruit

jué Wooden stake

Scull; shield

qiáo Firewood; gather firewood

qín see (林檎) Crabapple

shēn Ablaze

tóng Kapok tree

see (木樨) Osmanthus; scrambled eggs

yuán see (香橼) Citron

yuè Shade of a tree

zūn Bottle

see (黄檗)

gǎo a place name

léi A military tactic using rolling logs

lǐn Purlin

méng see (柠檬) Lemon

tán Wingceltis (tree)

Proclamation of war; denounce

yán Eaves

chá Sassafras

niè Shoot at the base of a plant

jiù Bier

Seven, as written on cheques

rǎn Dye; contract (a disease)

jiǎng Oar

sāng Mulberry

zāi Plant; seedling; grow; impose something on someone; tumble; setback

dié Spy; spying

liáng Roofbeam; purlin; bridge; ridge; ancient dynastic and state names

Drainage; great

dié Chatter

dié Battlements

dié Fold

náo Scratch

Ancient wooden flag of a travelling dignitary

shé Sort out divining stalks

tuǒ Ellipse; ellipsoid

xiè Get rid of; dredge

dié Credentials; tome

Oar

léng same as 棱

dié Dish

Couch

dié Butterfly

cāo Grasp; operate; speak; exercise;

dié Tread

qiāo Hem

qiāo Sled

qíng Candlestick

zǎo Wash

zào Noise; chirp; become popular

dié Flounder

mào Inspire

sāo Stench

zǎo Pendant of beads on coronet

zào Dry

zào Impatient

fēn Fragrant wood

shēn Deep; depth; profound; intimate; dark (colour); late; greatly

巟b shū Comb

tàn Explore; prospect; scout; crane; inquire into

Paint; lacquer

丿 què Monopoly

fán Fence

pān Climb; hold onto; implicate; seel influential friends