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Ho is composed of 曰 yüeh to speak and an obsolete phonetic meaning vapour.

Wei see.

Jen see. [Père Zottoli has for this line "qui diceris homo," as though he had mistaken 爲 for 謂.]

Ts'an is composed of 虫 ch'ung insect, doubled, with a common phonetic.

T'u is composed of 口 k'ou mouth, with 土 t'u earth as phonetic.

Ssŭ see.

Fêng is composed of 虫 ch'ung insect as radical, with a common phonetic. It is a generic term for wasps, bees, hornet etc. [The colloquial term for a bee is 蜜蜂 mi fêng; 蜂蜜 fêng mi is honey.]

Niang is composed of 酉 yu which originally meant to make spirit or wine in the 8th moon when the millet is ripe, and is often used as radical in characters connected with wine, with a common phonetic.

Mi is composed of 虫 ch'ung insect as radical, with a common phonetic.