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券
quàn

bond, certificate, deed; ticket; contract

刹
shā

temple, shrine, monastary; an instant, a moment; to brake

刷
shuā

brush; to clean, to scrub

制
zhì

system; to establish; to manufacture; to overpower

剁
duò

to chop by pounding, to hash, to mince

剂
jì

dose; medicine; measure word for medicines

剀
kǎi

to sharpen; careful, thorough

劾
hé

to look into; to impeach, to charge

劼
jié

cautious, discreet, prudent

劵
juàn

certificate, ticket; title deed

势
shì

power, force; tendency, attitude

匊
jū

handful

匋
táo

pottery

匦
guǐ

chest, casket, small box

卑
bēi

humble, low, inferior; to despise

单
dān

single, individual, only; lone

卖
mài

to sell; to betray; to show off

協
xié

to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize

卓
zhuō

profound, lofty, brilliant

卒
zú

soldier; servant; at last, finally

卦
guà

divination, fortune-telling

卺
jǐn

nuptial wine cup

卷
juǎn

book, scroll, volume; curled up; to curl, to roll

卧
wò

to crouch; to lie down

卹
xù

sympathy, pity; comfort

厕
cè

toilet, washroom; to mingle

厓
yá

precipice; river bank, shore; surname

变
biàn

to change, to transform, to alter; rebel

参
cān

to take part in, to intervene; ginseng

取
qǔ

to take, to receive, to obtain; to select

叁
sān

three (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

受
shòu

to receive, to get, to accept; to bear

叔
shū

uncle; father's younger brother

叀
zhuān

spindle; to hang

叕
zhuó

to connect

呱
gū

to wail, to cry; to swear at

呵
hē

to scold; to yawn; the sound of someone laughing (when repeated)

呼
hū

to breathe, to exhale, to sigh; to call, to shout

呤
lìng

purine

呣
ḿ

interjection or exclamation indicating a question

命
mìng

life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction

呶
náo

talkative; clamour, hubbub

呢
né, ne

wool; interrogative or emphatic final particle

呸
pēi

to spit at

呻
shēn

to moan, to groan; to chant

呫
tiè

to taste, to sip, to lick; to whisper; petty

味
wèi

taste; smell, odor; delicacy

呷
gā

to swallow, to suck, to drink

呦
yōu

the sound of a deer bleating

周
zhōu

Zhou dynasty; circumference

咑
dā

trumpet

咚
dōng

onomatopoetic, a thumping sound

咄
duō

a cry of anger

咐
fù

to instruct; to order

咕
gū

mumble, mutter, murmur; rumble

和
hé

harmony, peace; calm, peaceful

咎
jiù

fault, defect; error, mistake

咀
jǔ

to suck; to chew

咔
kā

used in transliterations

咖
kā

coffee; used in transliterations

咙
lóng

throat

咛
níng

to enjoin, to instruct; to charge

咆
páo

to roar

咅
pǒu

to spit out

咝
sī

onomatopoetic, a hissing sound

咏
yǒng

to sing, to hum, to chant

咂
zā

to suck, to smack the lips

咋
zǎ

question-forming particle: why? what? how?; to bite; loud

咒
zhòu

to curse; to damn; incantation

哎
āi

interjection of surprise

固
gù

to solidify; strength

国
guó

country; nation