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Ch'üan is composed of 入 ju to enter as radical, and 玉 yü jade, minus the dot, and means complete, perfect.

Tsai is composed of 土 t'u earth as radical, and 才 (lines, ) as phonetic, and means to be, to exist, to remain.

Tzŭ is composed of 艸 ts'ao vegetation as radical, with 幺 tender, duplicated. It means this, here, now, etc. [Eitel erroneously supplies "events" as a subject for tsai.]

Tsai see.

Chih see. It especially means to govern a country according to eternal principles, and also to cure a disease. Eitel has "good (sic) government" as if good was not part of the actual word, which of course it is.

Luan is composed of 乙 i a cyclical character, as radical, with 𤔔 luan to govern as phonetic, and originally meant to govern well, but is now used in the senses of rebellion, anarchy, confusion, etc.

Chih see. [和 ho harmony, here = with, is found as a variant.]

Hsing see.

Shuai is composed of 衣 i clothes as radical, with a corruption