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  *月* | 月* | *月
moon / month / monthly / CL: 個|个, 輪|轮
HSK 1
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  *越* | 越* | *越
to exceed / to climb over / to surpass / the more... the more
HSK 2
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  *約* | 約* | *約
to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise
HSK 3
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  *曰* | 曰* | *曰
to speak / to say
HSK 7-9
balance (of an account, bill etc) / surplus / remainder
HSK 7-9
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  *越* | 越* | *越
generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods / abbr. for Vietnam 越南
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  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
surname Yue
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  *樂* | 樂* | *樂
music
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  *閱* | 閱* | *閱
to inspect / to review / to read / to peruse / to go through / to experience
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  *躍* | 躍* | *躍
to jump / to leap
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  *鑰* | 鑰* | *鑰
key / also pr. [yao4]
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  *粵* | 粵* | *粵
Cantonese / short name for Guangdong 廣東|广东
Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
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  *岳* | 岳* | *岳
surname Yue
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  *岳* | 岳* | *岳
wife's parents and paternal uncles
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  *嶽* | 嶽* | *嶽
surname Yue
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  *嶽* | 嶽* | *嶽
high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge
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  *閲* | 閲* | *閲
Japanese variant of 閱|阅
Wen Zhong (-467 BC), adviser to the state of Yue during Spring and Autumn period
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  *玥* | 玥* | *玥
pearl used in sacrifice
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  *鉞* | 鉞* | *鉞
battle-ax
History of the Southern States Wu and Yue (traditional rivals), compiled by Han historian Zhao Ye 趙曄|赵晔, 10 extant scrolls
the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC), namely: Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓公|齐桓公, Duke Wen of Jin 晉文公|晋文公, King Zhuang of Chu 楚莊王|楚庄王, and alternatively Duke Xiang of Song 宋襄公 and Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公 or King Helu of Wu 吳王闔閭|吴王阖闾 and King Gou Jian of Yue 越王勾踐|越王勾践
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  *抈* | 抈* | *抈
to bend
lit. to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue 勾踐|勾践, in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) / fig. to maintain one's resolve for revenge
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  *龠* | 龠* | *龠
ancient unit of volume (half a , equivalent to 50ml) / ancient flute
History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋 or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋, sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约 in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁, 100 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋史)
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  *軏* | 軏* | *軏
crossbar for yoking horses
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  *禴* | 禴* | *禴
spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject
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  *狘* | 狘* | *狘
jump
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together
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  *爚* | 爚* | *爚
bright / fiery
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  *礿* | 礿* | *礿
spring imperial ancestral sacrifice
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  *趯* | 趯* | *趯
to jump
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  *樾* | 樾* | *樾
shade of trees
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  *矱* | 矱* | *矱
standard / norm / Taiwan pr. [huo4]
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  *刖* | 刖* | *刖
to amputate one or both feet (punishment in imperial China) (one of the five mutilating punishments 五刑)
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  *噦* | 噦* | *噦
to puke / to hiccup / Taiwan pr. [yue1]
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  *籥* | 籥* | *籥
flute / key
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  *瀹* | 瀹* | *瀹
to cleanse / to boil
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  *鸑* | 鸑* | *鸑
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  *楽* | 楽* | *楽
Japanese variant of 樂|乐
"The Story of Yue Fei", biography of Song dynasty patriot and general Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞
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  *戉* | 戉* | *戉
variant of 鉞|钺
Yue Fei (1103-1142), Song dynasty patriot and general
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
Pan Yue (247-300), later known as 潘安, prominent Western Jin poet, also famous for his good looks, such that his name became a byword for "extremely handsome man"
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞
Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist
Zhao Ye, Han dynasty historian, author of History of the Southern States Wu and Yue 吳越春秋|吴越春秋
Taishanese, a language of the Yue language group 粵語|粤语 spoken in Jiangmen 江門|江门 and in the Chinatowns of North America
Sun Yue (1973-), PRC female pop star / Sun Yue (1985-), PRC basketball star
King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸
Yue state / generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historical periods
lit. Zhang Fei fights Yue Fei / fig. an impossible combination / an impossible turn of events (idiom)
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  *悅* | 悅* | *悅
pleased
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  *曱* | 曱* | *曱
used in 曱甴


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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