12 strokes

breath

burn

(Cant.) soft

name of a place in northeastern Taiwan

(Cant.) to smoke

(used in names)

cook

fire

(Cant.) 火煱, to instant-boil thin slices of meat and vegetables in a chafing dish at the dining table

memorandum, official note

run fast, flee

a unit of animal power

wind

ape

cat

vulgar

ape

wild animal mentioned in short story by Lu Xun

to gather

an inferior gem

type of pearl

carved jade wine cup

old variant of 玟[min2]

ornament

the virtue of a gentleman

jade like stone

a jade tube used as an instrument

engrave, inlay, carve

variant of 琴[qin2], guqin or zither

peace

jar

jug

drooping leaves

old variant of 畝|亩[mu3]

rustic

to detain

repeat, duplicate

asthma

a scabby bald head

thin, emaciated, lean

a basket, square outside and round inside, used to hold boiled grain in State worship

surname Qiu

old variant of 眉[mei2]

see, look, gaze at

to long for

lance

the sound of stones knocking together

a grindstone

variant of 禍|祸, disaster

libation

to bind, as faggots of sheaves

non-glutinous rice

darnels, tares

taxes

wait for, wait until, as soon as

a bamboo frame on which silkworms spin their cocoons

a kind of bamboo

arrow end

thin outside skin of bamboo

a reed tool used in weaving to push the weft to the weaving mouth