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  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
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  *書* | 書* | *書
book / letter / document / CL: , 冊|册, / to write
HSK 1
to read a book / to study / to attend school
HSK 1
good-looking; nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation
HSK 1
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  *開* | 開* | *開
to open (transitive or intransitive) / (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / (directional complement) away; off / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文 / abbr. for 開本|开本, book format
HSK 1
book / notebook / Japanese-style self-published comic (esp. an erotic one), aka "dōjinshi" / CL: / edition
HSK 1
specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc) / article, report or program etc on a specific topic
HSK 3
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  *定* | 定* | *定
to fix; to set; to make definite / to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc) / to congeal; to coagulate / (literary) definitely
HSK 4
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  *折* | 折* | *折
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
HSK 4
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  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
to place an order / to book ahead
HSK 4
to write / literary work / book / article / writings / CL:
HSK 4
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  *冊* | 冊* | *冊
book / booklet / classifier for books
HSK 5
booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment
HSK 6
(technical) manual / (book of) directions / synopsis (of a play or film) / specification (patent) / CL:
HSK 6
pocket-sized / pocket (book etc)
HSK 6
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  *經* | 經* | *經
classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济
HSK 7-9
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  *墳* | 墳* | *墳
grave / tomb / CL: / embankment / mound / ancient book
HSK 7-9
treasure-house / treasury / treasure-trove (often fig., book of treasured wisdom)
HSK 7-9
shift in the trend of events / turnaround / plot shift in a book / turn in the conversation
HSK 7-9
the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / gossip / gossipy
HSK 7-9
fragment (of speech etc) / extract (from book etc) / episode (of story etc)
HSK 7-9
to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request
HSK 7-9
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  *損* | 損* | *損
to decrease; to lose / to damage; to harm / (coll.) to ridicule; to deride / (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes:
HSK 7-9
(Tw) to cram; to study (from Taiwanese 齧書, Tai-lo pr. [khè-su], lit. to gnaw a book, similar to Mandarin 啃書|啃书)
a book on Chinese (herbal) medicine / Chinese materia medica
entire book; unabridged book
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  *恆* | 恆* | *恆
permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes ()
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  *鼎* | 鼎* | *鼎
ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
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  *著* | 著* | *著
to make known / to show / to prove / to write / book / outstanding
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  *詩* | 詩* | *詩
abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经, the Book of Songs
Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC
Yi Zhuan, commentary on the "Book of Changes" or "I Ching" 易經|易经
Book of Jonah
electronic book / e-book / e-book reader
hardcover (book) / elaborately packaged / opposite: 簡裝|简装
quotation (from a book or existing source)
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
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  *籍* | 籍* | *籍
(bound form) book; record; register / (bound form) place of one's family or ancestral records / (bound form) membership
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  *易* | 易* | *易
surname Yi / abbr. for 易經|易经, the Book of Changes
envelope / wrapper / (book) jacket / (record) sleeve
at a glance / (in book titles) overview
Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬, Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer
The Book of Changes ("I Ching")
white paper (e.g. containing proposals for new legislation) / white book
name of a book / reputation as calligrapher
Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客 on geology, geography, plants etc
special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卦* | 卦* | *卦
divinatory diagram / one of the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经 / one of the sixty-four divinatory hexagrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
reference book
book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general)
canonical text / treasury (i.e. book of treasured wisdom)
main text (as opposed to footnotes) / main body (of a book)
copy (of a document) / book with model calligraphy for copying
reader / an instructional book
page of a book
admonition / exhortation / dictum / the biblical Book of Proverbs
spring and autumn / four seasons / year / a person's age / annals (used in book titles)
Batman, comic book superhero
course of study (commonly used in book titles)
address book / directory
Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
author's preface / autobiographical notes as introduction to a book
Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经
Genesis (first book of the Bible) / the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西 ethnic group
your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly
pornographic novel / dirty book
Book of Micah
imperial edict / heavenly book (superstition) / obscure or illegible writing / double dutch
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
reference book (such as dictionary, almanac, gazetteer etc)
revised edition (of a book)
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *掩* | 掩* | *掩
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
impression of a book / opinion expressed in a book review
lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day
memorandum / aide-memoire / memorandum book
study of the Book of Changes 易經|易经
banned book
to revise and enlarge (a book) / to augment a purchase order
second-hand book / old book / ancient book
the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
book review / book notice
commemorative album; autograph book; (graduation) yearbook
the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经
Superman, comic book superhero
book format, similar to in-4°, in-8° etc (a 16-kai format 16開|16 is roughly A4) (abbr. to 開|开)
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  *簿* | 簿* | *簿
a book / a register / account-book
to close (box, book, mouth etc)
notes on the use of a book / guide to the reader
Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school
edition (of a book etc) / edition number
binding and layout (of a book etc)
diary (book)
subtitle (of a book etc); subheading
(often used in book or chapter titles) general introduction; overview
same as 書經|书经 Book of History
random thoughts / (in book titles etc) impressions / jottings
obscene book / pornography
to broadcast a lecture, a book reading etc
outer skin / surface / leather cover (of a book) / drum skin / leather upper (of a shoe)

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