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  *他* | 他* | *他
he; him (used for either sex when the sex is unknown or unimportant) / (used before sb's name for emphasis) / (used as a meaningless mock object) / (literary) other
HSK 1
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  *和* | 和* | *和
(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. [han4]) / (math.) sum / to make peace / (sports) to draw; to tie / (bound form) harmonious / (bound form) Japan; Japanese
HSK 1
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  *和* | 和* | *和
(literary) harmonious (variant of )
HSK 1
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  *和* | 和* | *和
old variant of
HSK 1
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  *喝* | 喝* | *喝
to drink / variant of
HSK 1
what are you doing? / what's he up to?
HSK 1
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  *河* | 河* | *河
river (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉
HSK 2
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  *合* | 合* | *合
variant of
HSK 3
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  *合* | 合* | *合
to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of
HSK 3
other people / sb else / he, she or they / I, me (referring to oneself as "one" or "people")
HSK 4
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  *盒* | 盒* | *盒
small box / case
HSK 5
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  *核* | 核* | *核
pit / stone / nucleus / nuclear / to examine / to check / to verify
HSK 7-9
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  *核* | 核* | *核
variant of / to investigate
HSK 7-9
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  *伊* | 伊* | *伊
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / (preceding a noun) that
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *和* | 和* | *和
surname He
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  *和* | 和* | *和
to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others
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  *夫* | 夫* | *夫
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
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  *贺* | 贺* | *贺
surname He
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  *贺* | 贺* | *贺
to congratulate
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *禾* | 禾* | *禾
cereal / grain
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  *渠* | 渠* | *渠
(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条) / (literary) big; great / (dialect) he; she; him; her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *饸* | 饸* | *饸
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *何* | 何* | *何
surname He
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  *何* | 何* | *何
what / how / why / which / carry
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  *龁* | 龁* | *龁
(literary) to gnaw; to bite
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  *喝* | 喝* | *喝
to shout
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  *鹤* | 鹤* | *鹤
crane
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  *赫* | 赫* | *赫
surname He
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  *赫* | 赫* | *赫
awe-inspiring / abbr. for 赫茲|赫兹, hertz (Hz)
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  *褐* | 褐* | *褐
brown / gray or dark color / coarse hemp cloth / Taiwan pr. [he2]
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  *荷* | 荷* | *荷
Holland / the Netherlands / abbr. for 荷蘭|荷兰
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  *荷* | 荷* | *荷
lotus
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  *荷* | 荷* | *荷
to carry on one's shoulder or back / burden / responsibility
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  *貉* | 貉* | *貉
raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) / raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan (Japanese: tanuki) / also pr. [hao2]
(onom.) he he / mischievous laughter
Yellow River or Huang He
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  *颌* | 颌* | *颌
(bound form) jaw
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  *菏* | 菏* | *菏
He river in Shandong
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  *壑* | 壑* | *壑
gully / ravine / Taiwan pr. [huo4]
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
a student should not be guided until he has made an effort to express his thoughts (idiom)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阖* | 阖* | *阖
door / to close / whole
dabbler / dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canadian doctor, worked for communists in Spanish civil war and for Mao in Yan'an, where he died of blood poisoning
lit. to beat a drowning dog (idiom) / fig. to pulverize an (already defeated) enemy / to hit sb when he's down
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吓* | 吓* | *吓
to scare / to intimidate / to threaten / (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut / (interjection showing astonishment)
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  *盍* | 盍* | *盍
why not
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  *呵* | 呵* | *呵
expel breath / my goodness
did I ever ...? (or "did he ever ...?" etc)
lit. win an inch, want a foot (idiom); fig. not satisfied with small gains / give him an inch, and he'll want a mile
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  *翮* | 翮* | *翮
quill
each takes what he needs (idiom)
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  *涸* | 涸* | *涸
to dry / to dry up
splitcharactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *TA* | TA* | *TA
he or she
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗬* | 嗬* | *嗬
(interjection expressing surprise) oh! / wow!
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  *劾* | 劾* | *劾
to impeach
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  *郃* | 郃* | *郃
name of a person
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
lit. not hiding anything he knows, not stopping before he has said it through (idiom) / fig. frank; outspoken
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *怹* | 怹* | *怹
he / she / (courteous, as opposed to )
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  *垎* | 垎* | *垎
(literary) (of soil) dry and hard / (used in place names)
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  *鸖* | 鸖* | *鸖
old variant of 鶴|鹤
lit. to kill the donkey when the grinding is done (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has ceased to be useful
lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用|卢藏用, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *嗃* | 嗃* | *嗃
scold with severity
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *龢* | 龢* | *龢
used in given names and as a surname
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *佢* | 佢* | *佢
(Cantonese) he, she, it
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盉* | 盉* | *盉
vessel similar to a kettle, but with three or four legs, used in ancient times for warming wine
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纥* | 纥* | *纥
tassels
lit. to boil the hound once it caught the rabbit (idiom) / fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *暍* | 暍* | *暍
hot
to allow (sb to do as he pleases)
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞨* | 鞨* | *鞨
buskin / name of a tribe / turban
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  *猲* | 猲* | *猲
frightened / terrified
each one does what he thinks is right (idiom) / each goes his own way
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *翯* | 翯* | *翯
glistening plumage of birds
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  *鹖* | 鹖* | *鹖
crossbill / long-tailed pheasant
a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom)
lit. the birds are over, the bow is put away (idiom); fig. to get rid of sb once he has served his purpose
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *阂* | 阂* | *阂
obstruct
with an undeserved reputation (idiom); unwarranted fame / nowhere near as good as he's made out to be
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盍* | 盍* | *盍
variant of
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鉌* | 鉌* | *鉌
small bell
to throw stones at sb who has fallen down a well (idiom) / to hit a person when he's down
lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
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  *蠚* | 蠚* | *蠚
to sting
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  *焃* | 焃* | *焃
fiery / bright
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  *鲄* | 鲄* | *鲄
(archaic) blowfish
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  *佫* | 佫* | *佫
surname He
Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom); fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㪃* | 㪃* | *㪃
to beat; to hit
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  *餲* | 餲* | *餲
deep-fried noodle cake, also known as 饊子|馓子
Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争
He county in Guangxi
Zheng He (1371-1433), famous early Ming dynasty admiral and explorer
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *惒* | 惒* | *惒
old variant of
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  *欱* | 欱* | *欱
variant of
Xie He (479-502), portrait painter from Qi of Southern dynasties 南齊|南齐
Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和

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