Character points
henning
February 10, 2008 at 07:21 PM posted in General DiscussionLet's see if I keep this up...
henning
February 16, 2008 at 06:36 PM
Group 亦 (yì)
Motivated by Lesson:
F0792 马丁· 路德 · 金
Taken from character: 迹
Taken from word: 匿迹 (go into hiding)
迹 ( 跡, 蹟 )
Pron: jī, jì
Main radical: 辶
Meaning: footprint, mark, trace, vestige, sign, indication
Examples: 古迹 (historical sites), 神迹 (miracle), 手迹 (someones original handwriting or painting), 遗迹 (trace, vestige, remain), 踪迹 (track, footprint), 迳迹 (track), 匿迹 (go into hiding)
亦
Pron: yì
Main radical: 亠
Meaning: also, too, likewise
Examples: 亦即 (namely, that is)
奕
Pron: yì
Main radical: 大
Meaning: in sequence, orderly, abundant, graceful
弈
Pron: yì
Main radical: 廾
Meaning: Chinese chess game
湙
Pron: yì
Main radical: 氵
Meaning: flowing like water
帟
Pron: yì
Main radical: 巾
Meaning: tent, canopy
henning
February 16, 2008 at 05:21 PM
Group 若 (ruò)
Motivated by Lesson:
F0792 马丁· 路德 · 金
Taken from character: 匿
Taken from word: 匿迹 (go into hiding)
匿
Pron: nì
Main radical: 匚
Meaning: to hide
Examples: 匿迹 (go into hiding), 藏匿 (conceil, hide, harbor)
若
Pron: ruò, ré, rě, rè
Main radical: 艹
Meaning: if, supposing, assuming; similar
Examples: 若是 (if), 假若 (if, supposing, in case)
暱
Pron: nì
Main radical: 日
Meaning: familiar, intimate, close, to approach
惹
Pron: rě
Main radical: 心
Meaning: to irritate, to vex, to offend, to incite
Examples: 惹起 (to provoke, to stir up, to incite, to arouse attention)
喏
Pron: rě, nuò
Main radical: 口
Meaning: to salute, to make one's curtsy
蹃
Pron: nuò
Main radical: 足
Meaning: trample
诺 ( 諾 )
Pron: nuò
Main radical: 诺
Meaning: to promise, to assent, to approve
Examples: 诺贝尔 (Nobel price), 允诺 (to promise, to consen to do sth.t)
锘 ( 鍩 )
Pron: nuò, tiǎn
Main radical: 钅
Meaning: no, nobelium (chem.)
逽
Pron: nuò
Main radical: 辶
Meaning: walk
henning
February 15, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Impressive site, hape. Definately keep that going. You should do it in English, though, to reach a wider audience for that beautiful piece of work.
My intention here is a slightly different one, though, not as ambitious as yours. I want to collect groups for myself.
Background: I score at about 2500-3000 in the character-test applet.
http://www.clavisinica.com/character-test-applet.html
which is defniately not enough to read at a better news level (and I am not even talking about writing). I still often confuse characters or am even totally blank. I one misunderstood the core meaning of a text (with no online dict in sight) because I did not know the meaning of 瓣. And don't get me started about places/ plants/ animals / dishes/ chengyus or persons .
I became convinced that I need a go for a more detailed and systematic attack on *groups* of characters. I base this primarily on the phonetic component as furyougaijin suggested in his excellent post.
These 2 excellent ressources guide me. They are esp. interesting for rarer characters:
http://zhongwen.com/
http://zdic.net/
user76423
February 15, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Henning, my website http://taeglich.chinesisch-trainer.de/index.php?alle=2 (in German) decomposes, analyzes and explains (thru etymology and/or with mnemonics) characters, shows collocations of characters and links them to many other valuable web ressources. As this works better with traditional characters, the focus is on those. Until now 617 characters are explained, and I hope to go on with one character per day. I am doing this primarily for myself to do a great leap forward in my passive and hopefully also active character knowledge.
henning
February 15, 2008 at 05:46 PM
Group 犮 (bá)
Motivated by Lesson:
F0792 马丁· 路德 · 金
Taken from character: 拔
Taken from word: 不克自拔 (cannot free oneself)
拔
Pron: bá, bèi
Main radical: 扌
Meaning: pull up, pull out, select, promote, lift, capture
Examples: 拔除 (pull out, remove), 拔根 (uproot), 海拔 (height above sea-level), 提拔 (promote), 选拔 (select the best
犮
Pron: bá,quǎn
Main radical: 犬
Meaning: (old) to pull up
跋
Pron: bá, bèi
Main radical: 足
Meaning: travel, walk, cross mountins, postscript
题跋 (short comments, prefix and postscript), 序跋 (prefix and postscript), 跋涉 (trek)
軷
Pron: bá
Main radical: 車
Meaning: sacrifice
菝
Pron: bá, bì
Main radical: 艹
Meaning: smilax china (some kind of plant, obviously)
Example: 菝葜 (smilax)
鲅
Pron: bà, bō
Main radical: 鱼
Meaning: gobioid (fish name)
茇
Pron: bá, bèi
Main radical: 艹
Meaning: grass, thatch, betel
魃
Pron: bá
Main radical: 鬼
Meaning: drought demon
胈
Pron: bá
Main radical: 月
Meaning: muscle flesh, white meat
炦
Pron: bá
Main radical: 火
Meaning: fire energy
henning
February 14, 2008 at 01:04 PM
Group 夬 (guài)
Motivated by Lesson:
B0791 Valentine's Day
Taken from character: 快
Taken from word: 情人节快乐 (happy Valentin's day)
快
Pron: kuài
Main radical: 忄
Meaning: fast, quick, swift
Examples: 快递 (express delivery), 快活 (happy), 快乐 (happy, merry), 快捷 (computer shortcut), 快速 (high speed), 赶快 (at once, immediately), 尽快 (as quickly as possible), 加快 (to speed up), 凉快 (nice and cold, pleasantly cool), 轻快 (light and quick, agile), 愉快 (cheerful, happy, delighted), 痛快 (jolly)
夬
Pron: guài
Main radical: 大
Meaning: deceive, one of the 8 diagrams, parted, fork, certain, old for: divide, seperate
筷
Pron: kuài
Main radical: 竹
Meaning: chopstick
Example: 筷子 (chopsticks)
块 (塊)
Pron: kuāi, kuài
Main radical: 土
Meaning: piece, chunk, lump, (measure word for chunks, lumps) (kuāi), unit/coll. for yuan, fast, rapid, swift (kuài)
Examples: 一块 (a piece), 血块 (gore), 石块 (stone, rock), 石块 (block), 板块 (tectonic plate)
駃
Pron: kuài, jué
Main radical: 馬
Meaning: gallop
决 (決)
Pron: jué
Main radical: 冫
Meaning: to decide, to determine, breach (a dyke), execute a person
Examples: 决定 (to decide, to determine, to resolve), 取决 (to depend upon), 未决定 (pending), 判决 (court judgement), 决心 (determination, resolution), 决赛 (finals), 决不 (not at all) , 决心 (determination, resolution, determined, firm and resolute, to make up one's mind)
玦
Pron: jué
Main radical: 王
Meaning: half-circle jade ring; broken piece of jade
鈌
Pron: jué
Main radical: 釒
Meaning: to pierce, to stab, to take
抉
Pron: jué
Main radical: 扌
Meaning: dig, pick, choose, select, gouge, pluck out
Example: 抉择 (decision, to decide)
诀 (訣)
Pron: jué
Main radical: 讠
Meaning: secrets (of an art), to take leave of, to bid farewell
Examples: 秘诀 (trick), 诀窍 (know-how)
觖
Pron: jué, guì, kuì
Main radical: 角
Meaning: to dissatisfied, to criticize, to long for
鴃
Pron: jué
Main radical: 鳥
Meaning: butcherbird, shrike (a sort of bird)
鈌
Pron: jué
Main radical: 釒
Meaning: to pierce, to stab, to take
henning
February 14, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Group 青 (qīng; jīng)
Motivated by Lesson:
B0791 Valentine's Day
Taken from character: 雯
Taken from word: 情人节 (Valentin's day)
情
Pron: qíng
Main radical: 忄
Meaning: feeling, emotion, passion, situation
Examples: 情报 (spy intelligence), 情感 (emotion), 情景 (situation, circumstances), 情节 (plot), 情理 (reason, sense), 情人节 (Valentin's day), 心情 (mood), 调情 (flirt), 同情 (compassion, relent, sympathize), 网际色情 (cyberporn)
青
Pron: qīng; jīng
Main radical: 青
Meaning: green (blue, black)
Examples: 青春 (youth), 青菜 (green vegetables), 青草 (grass), 青年 (youth), 青蛙 (frog), 青鱼 (herring), 青铜 (bronze)
晴
Pron: qíng
Main radical: 日
Meaning: clear, fine (weather)
Examples: 晴朗 (sunny and cloudless), 晴天 (sunny), 晴雨表 (barometer)
请 (請)
Pron: qǐng, qīng, qíng, qìng
Main characters: 讠
Meaning: to ask, to invite, please (do sth), to treat (to a meal, etc), to request
Examples: 请问 (may I ask...), 邀请 (invite), 申请人 (applicant), 请求 (request)
碃
Pron: qìng
Main radical: 石
Meaning: (stone)
精
Pron: jīng, jìng, qíng
Main radical: 米
Meaning: energy, perfect, excellent, refined, very, proficient
Examples: 精力 (energy), 精度 (precision), 精彩 (brilliant), 精确 (accurate, precise), 精神 (vigor, vitality), 精液 (semen), 酒精 (alcohol), 酒精 (elf)
睛
Pron: jīng, jǐng
Main radical: 目
Meaning: eye
Examples: 眼睛 (eye), 眨眼睛 (wink)
菁
Pron: jīng
Main radical: 艹
Meaning: leek
Example: 芜菁 (turnip)
凊
Pron: jìng
Main radical: 冫
Meaning: cool, fresh, to cool, surname
婧
Pron: jìng
Main radical: 女
Meaning: modest, supple
静 (靜)
Pron: jìng
Main radical: 青
Meaning: still, calm, quiet, not moving
Examples: 安静 (quiet), 宁静 (tranquil, tranquility, serenety!), 冷静 (cool, cool-headed), 静默 (silence), 静脉 (vein)
靖
Pron: jìng, jīng
Main radical: 青
Meaning: pacify; appease; calm, peaceful, quiet
靓 (靚)
Pron: jìng, liàng
Main radical: 青
Meaning: make up (face)
猜
Pron: cāi
Main radical: 犭
Meaning: to guess
Examples: 猜测 (guess, conjecture, surmise), 猜疑 (be suspicious, have misgivings), 猜忌 (be suspicious and jealous of)
henning
February 14, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Group 文 (wén)
Motivated by Lesson:
C0790 Study Abroad
Taken from character: 雯
Taken from word: 雯雯 (name of the female lead)
Warning: Obscure characters ahead
雯
Pron: wén
Main radical: 雨
Meaning: multicolored clouds, cloud patterns (name)
文
Pron: wén
Main radical: 文
Meaning; language, culture, writing, formal, literary
Examples: 中文 (Chinese language), 天文 (astronomy), 古文 (classic Chinese), 文章 (article, essay), 文雅 (elegant, refined), 文学 (literature), 文明 (civilized, civilization), 文凭 (diploma), 文件 (document, file), 文化 (culture, cultural), 文档 (computer file), 文本 (version, text)
蚊
Pron: wén
Main radical: 虫
Meaning; mosquito
Example: 蚊子 (mosquito)
蚉
Pron: wèn
Main radical: 虫
Meaning: name of a river, variant of 蚊: mosquito
螡
Pron: wén
Main radical: 虫
Meaning: old for 蚊: mosquito
汶
Pron: wén, mén, mín, wèn
Main radical: 氵
Meaning: (a river in Shandong province)
纹 (紋)
Pron: wén
Main radical: 纟
Meaning: line, streak, stripe; wrinkle
Examples: 皱纹 (wrinkle), 条纹 (stripe), 指纹 (fingerprint)
紊
Pron: wěn, wèn
Main radical: 糸
Meaning: confused, involved, tangled, disorder (wěn), involved, tangled (wèn)
Examples: 紊乱 (disorder)
芠
Pron: wén
Main radical: 艹
Meaning: (old. lit. for a sort of grass)
妏
Pron: wén
Main radical: 女
Meaning: (old female name)
魰
Pron: wén
Radical: 魚
Meaning: flying fish
彣
Pron: wén
Main radical: 彡
Meaning: literary talent
抆
Pron: wěn, wèn
Main radical:扌
Meaning: wipe, rub off
玟
Pron: wén, mín, méi
Main radical: 王
Meaning: streaks in jade, gem
玟
Pron: wén, mín, méi
Main radical: 王
Meaning: jade-like stone (mín), veins in jade (wén)
忞
Pron: mín, mǐn
Main radical: 心
Meaning: strive to become stronger
砇
Pron: mín
Main radical: 石
Meaning: (old version of 玟: jade-like stone)
henning
February 13, 2008 at 07:33 PM
Group 甫 (fǔ):
Motivated by Lesson:
E0789 最低工资
Taken from character: 敷
Taken from word: 入不敷出 (expenditures exceed income)
敷
Pron: fū
Main radical: 攵
Meaning: announce, apply
Examples: 敷衍 (apathetic; perfunctory), 入不敷出 (expenditures exceed income)
甫
Pron: fǔ, pǔ, pù
Main radical: 用
Meaning: just, only (lit.)
旉
Pron: fū
Main radical: 方
Meaning: to state, to announce
尃
Pron: fū
Main radical: 寸
Meaning: to state to, to announce, to spread over
傅
Pron: fù
Main radical: 亻
Meaning: tutor, (surname)
Example: 师傅 (master)
缚 (縛)
Pron: fú, fù
Main radical: 纟
Meaning: to bind, to tie
Examples: 缚上 (attach), 束缚 (bind, restict)
赙 (賻)
Pron: fù
Main radical: 贝
Meaning: contribute to funeral expenses
糐
Pron: fū
Main radical: 米
Meaning: rice cake, (name)
榑
Pron: fú, fù
Main radical: 木
Meaning: (old; for certain types of trees)
禣
Pron: fu
Main radical: 礻
Meaning: (old)
溥
Main radical: 氵
Pron: pǔ, bó, bù, fū, pò
Meaning: extensive, pervading; big, great, vast, wide; widespread
Examples: 溥仪 (name of the last Qing emperor)
麱
Pron: fū
Main radical: 麥
Meaning: (name)
郙
Pron: fǔ
Main radical:阝
Meaning: (ancient place name)
俌
Pron: fǔ
Main radical: 亻
Meaning: (old)
辅 (輔)
Pron: fū
Main radical: 车
Meaning: to assist, to complement, auxiliary
Examples: 辅导 (to coach), 辅程序 (subprogram), 辅助 (to assist, to aide)
黼
Pron: fǔ
Main radical: 黹
Meaning: (embroidery)
脯
Pron: fǔ, pú
Main radical: 月 candied fruit (fǔ), chest/thorax (pú)
铺
Pron: pū, pù
Main radical: 钅
Meaning: to spread (pū), a bed, a store (pù)
Examples: 床铺 (bed), 店铺 (shop), 铺设 (pave)
埔
Pron: pǔ, bù
Main radical: 土
Meaning: port, plain, arena, market
Example: 柬埔寨 (Cambodia)
匍
Pron: pú
Main radical: 勹
Meaning: crawl, lie prostrate
葡
Pron: pú, bèi
Main radical: 艹
Meaning: grapes
Examples: 葡萄 (grape), 葡萄乾儿 (raisin), 葡萄酒 (wine)
浦
Pron: pǔ
Main radical: 氵
Meaning: beach
Example: 黄浦江 (Huangpu river)
蒲
Pron: bó, pú
Main radical: 艹
Meaning: type of rush; vine
Example: 蒲公英 (dandelion)
哺
Pron: bǔ
Main radical: 口
Meaning: evening meal
Examples: 哺乳 (breast feed), 哺乳动物 (mammal), 哺养 (feed)
henning
February 13, 2008 at 05:32 PM
Hi goulniky,
thanks for the additional input! Very welcome.
I try to base the groups on memorizability and the phonetic-part comes in natural. There is no formalizable rule here, though, it is subjective and groups vary in size and structure.
Bases for the collection are (building up on furyougaijin's suggestions):
http://zhongwen.com/
http://zdic.net/
http://dict.chinesepod.com/
a CEDICT-based dictionary
as well as the Google-Input, which I use to harvest characters.
I keep the collection in Excel and transfer the characters to a flashcard-program.
I don't care about frequency so once in a while some very strange characters will pop up. The next prepared group - 甫 - contains lots of those. It is actually pretty monstrous.
goulnik
February 13, 2008 at 05:09 PM
henning, don't forget :
嘭 pēng (noise made by shutting window, etc.)
radical 口 (kǒu) not surprisingly for an onomatopoeia (i.e. sound) or 象声 xiàngshēng.
It's interesting that while not explicitely stated, your Groups are actually based on phonetic components. Shows the importance of the phonetic+radical construct (and it's limits as a pronunciation clue).
henning
February 13, 2008 at 05:03 PM
Group 长:
Motivated by Lesson:
E0789 最低工资
Taken from character: 胀
Taken from word: 通货膨胀 (inflation)
胀 (脹)
Pron: zhàng
Main radical: 月
Meaning: to swell, swollen
Examples: 通货膨胀 (inflation); 胀大 (to swell); 胀起 (bulge)
长 (長)
Pron: cháng, zhǎng, zhàng
Meaning: length, long, forever (cháng), grow develop, chief, head (zhǎng)
Examples: 班长 (class monitor), 部长 (head of state); 年长 (senior) 长大 (grow up), 波长 (wave length)
张 (張)
Pron: zhāng, zhàng
Main radical: 弓
Meaning: a measure word for flat things, to open up
Examples: 一张 (a sheet), 夸张 (to exaggerate), 开张 (open a business), 紧张 (tense, nervous), 慌张 (flustered)
涨 (漲)
Pron: zhǎng. zhàng
Main radical:氵
Meaning: to rise -: prices, rivers etc. (zhǎng), to swell (zhàng)
Examples: 涨价 (rise in price), 暴涨 (rise suddenly), 上涨 (rise, go upwards)
帐 (帳)
Pron: zhàng
Main radical: 巾
Meaning: account, debit credit, curtain, tent, mosquito net
Examples: 帐单 (bill, check), 帐户 (bank/computer account), 帐号 (account number), 转帐 (transfer money to/from account), 帐蓬 (tent), 蚊帐 (mosquito net)
账 (賬)
Pron: zhàng
Main radical: 贝
Meaning: account
Examples: 账单(bill), 账号 (account number), 账户 (account)
怅 (悵)
Pron: chàng
Main radical: 忄
Meaning: regretful, upset, despair, depressed
Example: 怅惘 (void, distracted, listless)
henning
February 13, 2008 at 04:55 PM
Group 彭
Motivated by Lesson:
E0789 最低工资
Taken from character: 膨
Taken from word: 通货膨胀 (inflation)
膨
Pron: péng
Main radical: 月
Meaning: to swell, swollen
Examples: 膨胀 (to expand, to swell); 通货膨胀 (inflation)
彭
Pron: péng
Main radical: 彡
Meaning: (surname, diverse placenames)
Examples: 彭县 (county in Sichuan)
澎
Pron: pēng, péng
Main radical: 氵
Meaning: sound of waves
Examples: 澎 (sound of waves); 澎湃 (surge)
henning
February 11, 2008 at 09:04 AM
correction: in the examples for 巷 it should be 巷 instead of 祭巷
henning
February 11, 2008 at 09:02 AM
Group 巳 (sì)
Motivated by Lesson:
E0785: 似曾相识
Taken from character: 异 (yì)
Taken from word: 诡异 (spooky)
巳
Pron: sì
Main radical: 巳
Meaning: 6th earthly branch, 9-11 a.m.
异 (异; 異)
Pron: yì
Main radical: 廾
Meaning: to raise, to stop (异); different, unusual, strange (異)
Examples: 诡异 (spooky); 特异 (special); 差异 (difference); 诧异 (flabbergastered; astonished); 怪异 (weird); 惊异 (amazement); 奇异 (fantastic; odd; bizzare); 异步 (asynchronous); 异常 (abnormal); 异性 (heterosexual), 异议 (dissent); 异质 (heterogeneous); 优异 (exceptional)
祀
Pron: sì
Main radical: 礻
Meaning: offer sacrifice to
Examples: 祭祀 (offer sacrifices to gods or ancestors)
巷
Pron: xiàng, hàng
Main radical: 巳
Meaning: lane, alley
Examples: 祭巷 (lane, alley), 大街小巷 (large streets and small lanes)
包
Pron: bāo
Main radical: 勹
Meaning: to cover, to wrap, to hold, to include, to take charge of, package, wrapper, container, bag, to hold or embrace, bundle, packet
Examples: 包裹 (wrap up, bundle, package); 包涵 (forgive, excuse); 包含 (include); 包括 (comprise of, include); 包装 (package); 包子 (baozi); 书包 (schoolbag)
熙
Pron: xī
Main radical: 灬
Meaning: prosperous, splendid
Examples: 熙熙攘攘 (burstling)
henning
February 11, 2008 at 08:55 AM
Group 危 (wēi):
Motivated by Lesson:
E0785: 似曾相识
Taken from character: 诡 (guǐ)
Taken from word: 诡异 (spooky)
危
Pron: wēi
Main radical: 厄
Meaning: danger, to endanger
Examples: 危害 (to jeopardize, to harm, to endanger); 危机 (crisis); 危险 (danger); 安危 (safety); 危地马拉 (Guatemala)
诡 (詭)
Pron: guǐ
Main radical: 讠
Meaning: sly, crafty, accuse, deceive
Examples: 诡异 (spooky); 诡计 (deceit)
垝
Pron: guǐ
Main radical: 土
Meaning: delapidated
佹
Pron: guǐ
Main radical: 亻
Meaning: depend upon; support; almost succeed, crafty, suddenly
姽
Pron: guǐ
Main radical: 女
Meaning: squiet and nice
跪
Pron: guì
Main radical: 足
Meaning: kneel
Examples: 跪下(kneel), 跪拜 (worship on bended knees)
henning
February 10, 2008 at 07:31 PM
Group 尉 (wèi)
Motivated by Lesson:
C0787: Iron Your Clothes
Taken from character: 熨 (yùn)
Taken from word: 熨斗 (熨斗; an iron)
尉
Pron: wèi
Main radical: 寸
Meaning: (surname), milit. official, to quiet; old for: iron (!)
Examples: 陆军中尉 (lieutenant)
熨
Pron: yùn, yù, wèi
Main radical: 火,
Meaning: an iron, to iron
Examples: 熨斗 (to iron)
慰
Pron: wèi
Main radical: 心
Meaning: console, comfort
Examples: 安慰 (console, comfort), 自慰 (masturbate)
蔚
Pron: wèi
Main radical: 艹
Meaning: azure, blue
Examples: 蔚蓝 (azure, blue)
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February 17, 2008 at 09:35 PMGroup 人 over 彡 (zhěn)
Motivated by Lesson:
D0794 To Love or Be Loved
Taken from character: 珍
Taken from word: 珍贵 (precious)
珍
Pron: zhēn
Main radical: 王
Meaning: precious, valuable, rare
Examples: 珍珠 (pearl), 珍惜 (cherish, value), 珍爱 (cherish), 珍藏 (collection, collect), 珍贵 (precious)
(人 over 彡)
Pron: zhěn
Main radical: 彡
Meaning: dense hair
疹
Pron: zhěn, chèn
Main radical: 疒
Meaning: measles; rash; fever
Examples: 疹子 (rash), 痲疹 (measles)
诊 ( 診 )
Pron: zhěn
Main radical: 讠
Meaning: examine or treat medically
Examples: 诊断 (diagnosis), 诊断 (clinic), 诊治 (to diagnose and treat)
轸 ( 軫 )
Pron: zhěn
Main radical: 车
Meaning: strongly (as of emotion), cross board at rear of carriage
胗
Pron: zhēn, zhěn, zhūn
Main radical: 月
Meaning: pustules of any kind, a rash or eruption.measles, various kinds of fever, gizzard
畛
Pron: zhěn
Main radical: 田
Meaning: border, boundary, field-path
聄
Pron: zhěn
Main radical: 耳
Meaning: (old for: border, boundary, field-path)
眕
Pron: zhěn
Main radical: 目
Meaning: restraint, to restrain anger
袗
Pron: zhěn, zhēn
Main radical: 衤
Meaning: unlined garments; hem of garment
紾
Pron: zhěn, tiǎn
Main radical: 糹
Meaning: crooked, obstinate
鉁
Pron: zhēn
Main radical: 釒
Meaning: old for precious, valuable
昣
Pron: zhěn
Main radical: 日
Meaning: bright
抮
Pron: zhěn
Main radical: 扌
Meaning: to turn
沴
Pron: lì
Main radical: 氵
Meaning: foul and poisonous in confusion; out of harmony, miasma
参 ( 參 )
Pron: cān, cēn, sān, sǎn,shēn
Main radical: 厶
Meaning: to take part in, to participate, to join, to attend, unequal, varied, irregular
Examples: 参加 (participate), 参军 (join the military), 海参 (hai3 shen1 - sea cocumber)
惨 ( 慘 )
Pron: cǎn
Main radical: 忄
Meaning: sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel
Examples: 悲惨 (miserable, tragic), 惨剧 (tragedy, calmity), 惨遭 (suffer), 凄惨 (miserable)
掺 ( 摻 )
Pron: chān, càn, shǎn, xiān
Main radical: 扌
Meaning: to mix (chān), to grasp (shǎn), delicacy of a woman's hand (xiān)
黪 ( 黲 )
Pron: cǎn
Main radical: 黑
Meaning: grey black
骖 ( 驂 )
Pron: cān
Main radical: 马
Meaning: outside horses of a team of 4
The monster group 虍 (with 虐!) will hopefully come tomorrow...