Chinese Character Library — Meanings, Pronunciations & Radicals

To escape; to flee; to run away

A Chinese surname; to encounter, to meet.

to meet unexpectedly; to encounter by chance

to go against; to disobey; contrary

A rarely used Chinese character with obscure meaning, sometimes interpreted as a

distant, far; different; distinct

to choose; to select; to elect

to yield; to concede; to abdicate

to flee; to abscond; to escape

Leisurely; calm and content; variant of 悠 meaning leisurely, remote in time or space.

Leisurely, carefree, wandering at ease — describes a state of freedom from

Strong; powerful; firm

to penetrate; to pass through; to permeate

To pursue, chase; to drive out, expel; to follow in sequence, one by one

To seek; to match; to pair

To pass, hand over, transmit; to send or deliver; to substitute or replace

To transmit; to pass on; to hand over

Way, road, route, journey; path, course, means.

Path, track, trail; a small road or footpath; by extension, to go directly, to take a shortcut.

Distant, far away; to keep at a distance; remote.

to stay; to stop; to linger

To advance; to move forward; to progress

This, these — a demonstrative pronoun indicating something near the speaker in; often used in Classical Chinese and formal contexts.

To pass through; to connect; to communicate

to stroll; to roam; to wander around

to go against; to oppose; to contradict

to pass away; to die; to elapse (of time)

to show off; to flaunt; to indulge

fast, quick, rapid; speed, velocity; to invite, to hasten

to make; to build; to create

to retreat; to shrink back; to hesitate

to meet, to encounter; to happen upon; to come across

To connect, link, join; continuous, successive; in succession

Suo — an archaic character referring to the ancient state of Suo; also appears in some Buddhist texts.

To return; to go back; to turn around

Winding, meandering — describes a continuous, curving path or route; often used in literary contexts to depict scenic, serpentine roads or rivers.

Japanese character meaning 'valley' or 'ravine', used primarily in place names and

Lai — an archaic Chinese character meaning 'to come', 'to arrive', or; now extremely rare in modern usage.

To run quickly; to hurry; to rush. An archaic or variant form of 奔 (bēn).

To cross; to pass through; to intersect

To walk quickly; to hurry; to hasten. Also used in classical Chinese to describe rapid movement.

To spurt; to gush out; to burst forth

to evade; to avoid; to escape from (responsibility, punishment, etc.)

To catch, to capture; to arrest; to reach, to attain

Lu — a Chinese surname; also means to walk cautiously or to arrive.

to roam, to wander, to travel for pleasure; variant form of 遊 (yóu)

Week — refers to a period of seven days; a cycle or period; also used in words for weekly, circulation, or rotation.

Advance, enter, progress; to move forward or into a place; to promote or recommend.

To walk; to travel; to move about.

To go far; to surpass; to excel

Kui — refers to a broad, level road or thoroughfare; a main road; an open path.

Winding, meandering, circuitous — describes a long, twisting, or sinuous path or

Distant, far away; to keep at a distance; archaic variant of 逖.

Escape, flee; leisurely, carefree; transcendent

To reach, to arrive at; to achieve, to attain; to express, to convey

Far, distant, remote; to keep at a distance; to keep away from.

Patrol; to patrol; logic (abbreviation for 逻辑).

to compel; to force; to press

To walk; to move; to travel. (Note: This character is extremely rare in modern usage and

To exceed; to go beyond; to surpass