Chinese Elements

This is a list of elements in which the usage is Chinese.

usage

type

Select filters then press SEARCH below

-Usage or language

Usage	clear
Language	clear

+Letters

Initial	clear
Start	clear
End	clear
Substring	clear
Pattern	clear help?
the letters in the pattern are compared to the letters in the name * is a wildcard that matches zero or more letters example: oo matches names which contain oo _ is a wildcard that matches exactly one letter example: __z matches names which have two letters and then z

+Meaning and keywords

Meaning	clear help?
	expand search to include grammatical forms
	expand search to include close synonyms
	expand search to include subclasses
	expand search to related elements
separate search terms with spaces search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes this field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign expand search to include grammatical forms: attempt to include grammatical forms of the meanings example: speak includes spoke expand search to include close synonyms: attempt to include synonyms of the meanings example: brave includes courageous expand search to include search narrower synonyms: attempt to include subclasses of the meanings example: reptile includes turtle expand search to related elements: allow related elements to inherit the meaning of the main form
Description	clear help?
	ignore name meanings
the description is the meaning and history write-up for the name separate search terms with spaces search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" matches names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' this field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus matches Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus ignore name meanings: keywords from the name meanings are ignored

+Origin

clear

+Length

clear

+Options

Sort	clear
Display	clear

yǔ 2 宇 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "house, eaves, universe".

yǔ 3 羽 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "feather".

yuán 1 元 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "first, origin".

yuán 2 原 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "source, origin, beginning" or "meadow, field, plain".

yuán 3 袁 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "long robe".

yuán 4 源 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "source, origin".

yuàn 1 媛 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beautiful woman".

yuàn 2 院 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "courtyard, institution".

yuè 1 月 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "moon".

yuè 2 悦, 悅 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "joy, pleased".

yuè 3 越 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the Yue people who inhabited southern China and northern Vietnam.

yún 1 昀 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sunlight".

yún 2 云, 雲 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "cloud".

yǔn 允 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "allow, consent".

zài 在 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "located at, exist".

zǎi 宰 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "kill, rule".

zāi 哉 Chinese
Chinese character used as an exclamation.

zàn 赞, 贊 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "help, support".

zǎo 早 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "early, morning, before, soon".

zé 泽, 澤 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "moist, marsh, grace, brilliance".

zēng 曾 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "great, increase". It also refers to the former state of Zeng, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hubei province.

zhái 宅 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "house, home".

zhāi 1 斋, 齋 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "vegetarian food, study room".

zhāi 2 摘 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pick, pluck".

zhāng 1 张, 張 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "stretch, extend".

zhāng 2 章 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "chapter".

zhào 1 照 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "shine, illumine, reflect".

zhào 2 赵, 趙 Chinese
Chinese character referring to an ancient city-state in what is now Shanxi province.

zhào 3 肇 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "start, begin".

zhǎo 沼 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "pool, pond".

zhāo 昭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bright, luminous".

zhé 哲 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wise, sage".

zhèn 1 镇, 鎭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "town, market place".

zhèn 2 震 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "shake, tremor, excite".

zhēn 1 贞, 貞 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "virtuous, chaste, loyal".

zhēn 2 珍 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "precious, rare".

zhēn 3 真 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "real, genuine, true".

zhèng 1 正 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "right, proper, correct".

zhèng 2 政 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "government".

zhèng 3 郑, 鄭 Chinese
Chinese character referring to the ancient state of Zheng, which existed from the 9th to 4th centuries BC in what is now Henan province.

zhí 直 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "straight, direct, honest".

zhì 1 志 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "will, purpose, ambition".

zhì 2 智 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "wisdom, intellect".

zhì 3 治 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "govern, administer".

zhī 1 知 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "know, perceive, comprehend".

zhī 2 枝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "branch, limb".

zhī 3 芝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "sesame".

zhī 4 织, 織 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "weave".

zhī 5 之 Chinese
Chinese character formerly meaning "it, him, her", which acts now as a possessive marker.

zhōng 1 中 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "middle".

zhōng 2 忠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "loyalty, devotion".

zhōu 1 舟 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "boat, ship".

zhōu 2 周 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "circumference". It also refers to the Zhou dynasty, which ruled in China from the 11th to 3rd centuries.

zhōu 3 洲 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "continent, island".

zhú 1 竹 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "bamboo".

zhú 2 烛, 燭 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "candle, torch, light, shine".

zhù 筑 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lute, zither, build".

zhǔ 主 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "master, owner".

zhū 1 洙 Chinese
Chinese character referring to a river in Shandong.

zhū 2 珠 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "jewel, pearl".

zhū 3 朱 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "vermilion red, cinnabar". It also refers to the ancient state of Zhu, which was located in present-day Shandong province.

zhūa 挝, 撾 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "beat, strike".

zhuāng 妆, 妝 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "adornment, makeup".

zhǔn 准 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "approve, permit".

zǐ 子 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "child".

zōng 宗 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "lineage, ancestry".

zòu 奏 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "play music, complete".

zūn 1 遵 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "obey, follow, honour".

zūn 2 尊 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "respect, revere".

zǔo 佐 Chinese
Chinese character meaning "help, aid".