| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 古 | 古 | gǔ | - ancient - old - paleo- |
| 久远 | 久遠 | jiǔyuǎn | - old - ancient - far away |
| 古老 | 古老 | gǔlǎo | - ancient - old - age-old |
| 㲋 | 㲋 | chuò | - ancient name for an animal similar to rabbit but bigger |
| 乢 | 乢 | gài | - ancient variant of 蓋|盖[gai4] - ancient variant of 丐[gai4] |
| 佧 | 佧 | kǎ | - ancient name for an ethnic group in China |
| 傿 | 傿 | Yān | - name of an immortal - ancient place name - surname Yan |
| 匕 | 匕 | bǐ | - dagger - ladle - ancient type of spoon |
| 匴 | 匴 | suǎn | - ancient utensil for washing rice (or being used as a plate) - ancient bamboo container for hats |
| 叒 | 叒 | ruò | - old variant of 若[ruo4] - obedient - ancient mythical tree |
| 嗕 | 嗕 | Rù | - ancient tribe of northern China |
| 嘂 | 嘂 | jiào | - old variant of 叫[jiao4] - ancient musical instrument similar to ocarina |
| 坟 | 墳 | fén | - grave - tomb - CL:座[zuo4] - embankment - mound - ancient book |
| 壎 | 壎 | xūn | - ancient porcelain wind-instrument |
| 尊 | 尊 | zūn | - senior - of a senior generation - to honor - to respect - honorific - classifier for cannons and statues - ancient wine vessel |
| 幽 | 幽 | yōu | - remote - hidden away - secluded - serene - peaceful - to imprison - in superstition indicates the underworld - ancient district spanning Liaonang and Hebei provinces |
| 庱 | 庱 | Chěng | - surname Cheng - ancient area of modern day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province |
| 弈 | 弈 | yì | - ancient name for go (Chinese board game) |
| 彝 | 彞 | yí | - ancient wine vessel - ancient sacrificial vessel - Yi ethnic group - normal nature of man - laws and rules |
| 微 | 微 | Wēi | - surname Wei - ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing - Taiwan pr. [Wei2] |
| 忞 | 忞 | mǐn | - ancient variant of 暋[min3] |
| 斄 | 斄 | Tái | - ancient place name (a Han dynasty town in Shaanxi) - variant of 邰[Tai2] |
| 斛 | 斛 | hú | - ancient measuring vessel - fifty liters - dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) |
| 爰 | 爰 | yuán | - therefore - consequently - thus - hence - thereupon - it follows that - where? - to change (into) - ancient unit of weight and money |
| 爵 | 爵 | jué | - ancient bronze wine holder with 3 legs and loop handle - nobility |
| 犩 | 犩 | wéi | - ancient yak of South East China, also known as 犪牛[kui2 niu2] |
| 璋 | 璋 | zhāng | - ancient stone ornament |
| 畤 | 畤 | zhì | - ancient sacrifice |
| 砭 | 砭 | biān | - ancient stone acupuncture needle - to criticize - to pierce |
| 礮 | 礮 | pào | - ancient ballista for throwing heavy stones - variant of 炮[pao4], cannon |
| 禺 | 禺 | yú | - ancient area |
| 箜 | 箜 | kōng | - ancient harp - cf 箜篌, Chinese harp |
| 篹 | 篹 | suǎn | - ancient bamboo basket for food - variant of 匴[suan3] - bamboo container for hats |
| 簋 | 簋 | guǐ | - ancient bronze food vessel with a round mouth and two or four handles - round basket of bamboo |
| 絘 | 絘 | cì | - ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth |
| 艨 | 艨 | méng | - ancient warship - see 艨艟, ancient leatherclad warship |
| 菻 | 菻 | lǐn | - ancient name for east Roman empire |
| 蓟 | 薊 | Jì | - surname Ji - ancient Chinese city state near modern day Beijing |
| 角 | 角 | jué | - role (theater) - to compete - ancient three legged wine vessel - third note of pentatonic scale |
| 觳 | 觳 | hú | - ancient measuring vessel (same as 斛) - frightened |
| 邲 | 邲 | Bì | - surname Bi - ancient place name |
| 邴 | 邴 | bǐng | - ancient city name - happy |
| 邽 | 邽 | Guī | - surname Gui - ancient place name |
| 郙 | 郙 | fǔ | - ancient place name |
| 郝 | 郝 | Hǎo | - ancient place name - surname Hao |
| 郿 | 郿 | méi | - ancient place name |
| 邬 | 鄔 | Wū | - surname Wu - ancient place name |
| 鄗 | 鄗 | hào | - ancient place name |
| 鄮 | 鄮 | mào | - ancient place name |
| 邺 | 鄴 | Yè | - surname Ye - ancient district in modern day Hebei Province 河北省[He2 bei3 Sheng3] |
| 鄵 | 鄵 | Cào | - ancient place name (between present-day Xinzheng County 新鄭|新郑[Xin1 zheng4] and Lushan County 魯山|鲁山[Lu3 shan1], Henan) |
| 郦 | 酈 | Lì | - surname Li - ancient place name |
| 钿 | 鈿 | diàn | - to inlay with gold, silver etc - ancient inlaid ornament shaped as a flower |
| 铳 | 銃 | chòng | - ancient firearm - gun |
| 锱 | 錙 | zī | - ancient weight - one-eighth of a tael |
| 锾 | 鍰 | huán | - ancient unit of weight - money |
| 镈 | 鎛 | bó | - ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell - hoe - spade |
| 锏 | 鐧 | jiǎn | - ancient weapon like a long solid metal truncheon |
| 鬲 | 鬲 | lì | - ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs |
| 鼎 | 鼎 | dǐng | - 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 |
| 龠 | 龠 | yuè | - ancient unit of volume (half a 合[ge3], equivalent to 50ml) - ancient flute |
| 上古 | 上古 | shànggǔ | - the distant past - ancient times - antiquity - early historical times |
| 亭长 | 亭長 | tíngzhǎng | - ancient official title |
| 侍郎 | 侍郎 | shìláng | - ancient official title - assistant minister |
| 兕觥 | 兕觥 | sìgōng | - ancient type of drinking vessel |
| 典籍 | 典籍 | diǎnjí | - ancient books or records |
| 古今 | 古今 | gǔjīn | - then and now - ancient and modern |
| 古代 | 古代 | gǔdài | - ancient times - olden times |
| 古史 | 古史 | gǔshǐ | - ancient history |
| 古国 | 古國 | gǔguó | - ancient country |
| 古城 | 古城 | gǔchéng | - ancient city |
| 古堡 | 古堡 | gǔbǎo | - ancient castle |
| 古方 | 古方 | gǔfāng | - ancient prescription |
| 古书 | 古書 | gǔshū | - ancient book - old book |
| 古义 | 古義 | gǔyì | - ancient meaning - original or etymological meaning of a word |
| 古装 | 古裝 | gǔzhuāng | - ancient costume - period costume (in movies etc) |
| 古语 | 古語 | gǔyǔ | - ancient language - old expression |
| 古谚 | 古諺 | gǔyàn | - ancient proverb - old saying |
| 古道 | 古道 | gǔdào | - ancient road - precepts of the antiquity |
| 古都 | 古都 | gǔdū | - ancient capital |
| 古音 | 古音 | gǔyīn | - ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character - classical speech sounds |
| 司南 | 司南 | sīnán | - ancient Chinese compass |
| 垓下 | 垓下 | Gāixià | - ancient place name, in Anhui province |
| 大夏 | 大夏 | dàXià | - ancient kingdom at Khotan 和田 in modern Xinjiang |
| 大宛 | 大宛 | DàYuān | - ancient state of south west Asia |
| 崖州 | 崖州 | YáZhōu | - ancient name for Hainan Island 海南島|海南岛[Hai3 nan2 Dao3] |
| 投壶 | 投壺 | tóuhú | - ancient banquet game of throwing arrows into a pot, the winner determined by the number of arrows thrown in, and the loser required to drink as punishment |
| 故都 | 故都 | gùdū | - former capital - ancient capital |
| 方册 | 方冊 | fāngcè | - ancient books and volumes - classical writings |
| 东胡 | 東胡 | Dōnghú | - Eastern barbarian - ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China |
| 栈车 | 棧車 | zhànchē | - ancient vehicle made of wood and bamboo - CL:輛|辆[liang4] |
| 槜李 | 槜李 | Zuìlǐ | - ancient place in modern day Zhejiang Province |
| 楼兰 | 樓蘭 | Lóulán | - ancient oasis town of Kroraina or Loulan on the Silk road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊, modern Xinjiang |
| 犪牛 | 犪牛 | kuíniú | - ancient yak of South East China, also known as 犩[wei2] |
| 皇古 | 皇古 | huánggǔ | - ancient times |
| 絘布 | 絘布 | cìbù | - ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth |
| 经卷 | 經卷 | jīngjuàn | - volumes of classics - volumes of scriptures - ancient scrolls |
| 肃慎 | 肅慎 | Sùshèn | - ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China |
| 旧书 | 舊書 | jiùshū | - second-hand book - old book - ancient book |
| 舍人 | 舍人 | shèrén | - ancient office title - rich and important person |
| 艨艟 | 艨艟 | méngchōng | - ancient leatherclad warship |
| 艨冲 | 艨衝 | méngchōng | - ancient leatherclad warship - same as 艨艟 |
| 觱栗 | 觱慄 | bìlì | - ancient bamboo reed instrument - Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna) |
| 觱篥 | 觱篥 | bìlì | - ancient bamboo reed instrument - Chinese shawm (probably related to central Asian zurna) |
| 道台 | 道台 | dàotái | - taotai - ancient official title |
| 远古 | 遠古 | yuǎngǔ | - antiquity - ancient times |
| 遗书 | 遺書 | yíshū | - posthumous writing - testament - suicide note - ancient literature |
| 郎中 | 郎中 | lángzhōng | - doctor (Chinese medicine) - ancient official title - companions (respectful) |
| 针砭 | 針砭 | zhēnbiān | - to critique - to voice concerns about - ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles |
| 阮咸 | 阮咸 | ruǎnxián | - ancient Chinese stringed instrument |
| 陈仓 | 陳倉 | Chéncāng | - ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi - Chencang district of Baoji City |
| 震旦 | 震旦 | Zhèndàn | - ancient Indian name for China |
| 露台 | 露臺 | lùtái | - balcony - patio - flat roof - terrace - ancient imperial celestial observation terrace |
| 党项 | 黨項 | Dǎngxiàng | - Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group - ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227 |
| 龟兹 | 龜茲 | Qiūcí | - ancient Central asian city state, flourished in first millenium AD, in modern Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, Xinjiang |
| 古人类 | 古人類 | gǔrénlèi | - ancient hominid species such as Homo erectus, Neanderthal man etc |
| 古代史 | 古代史 | gǔdàishǐ | - ancient history |
| 古墓葬 | 古墓葬 | gǔmùzàng | - ancient tomb |
| 古希腊 | 古希臘 | gǔXīlà | - ancient Greece |
| 古文明 | 古文明 | gǔwénmíng | - ancient civilization |
| 古烽燧 | 古烽燧 | gǔfēngsuì | - ancient fire beacon towers (archaeological sites in Xinjiang) |
| 古罗马 | 古羅馬 | gǔLuómǎ | - ancient Rome |
| 古雅典 | 古雅典 | gǔYǎdiǎn | - ancient Athens |
| 尚书郎 | 尚書郎 | shàngshūláng | - ancient official title |
| 乌尔格 | 烏爾格 | Wūěrgé | - ancient name of Ulan Bator |
| 特洛伊 | 特洛伊 | Tèluòyī | - ancient city of Troy |
| 红樱枪 | 紅櫻槍 | hóngyīngqiāng | - ancient spear-like weapon, decorated with a red tassel |
| 党项族 | 黨項族 | Dǎngxiàngzú | - Tangut branch of the Qiang 羌 ethnic group - ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227 |
| 刀锯鼎镬 | 刀鋸鼎鑊 | dāojùdǐnghuò | - knife, saw and cauldron - ancient instruments of torture - fig. torture |
| 古墓葬群 | 古墓葬群 | gǔmùzàngqún | - ancient burial complex (archaeological site in Xinjiang) |
| 古巴比伦 | 古巴比倫 | gǔBābǐlún | - ancient Babylon |
| 古希腊语 | 古希臘語 | GǔXīlàyǔ | - Ancient Greek (language) |
| 奇门遁甲 | 奇門遁甲 | qíméndùnjiǎ | - ancient Chinese divination tradition (still in use today) |
| 历史久远 | 歷史久遠 | lìshǐjiǔyuǎn | - ancient history |
| 史前古器物 | 史前古器物 | shǐqiángǔqìwù | - prehistoric artifacts - ancient artifacts |
| 阿斯图里亚斯 | 阿斯圖里亞斯 | Āsītúlǐyàsī | - Asturias, northwest Spanish autonomous principality on the bay of Biscay - ancient Spanish kingdom from which the reconquista was based |
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