| 1 | 大 | 大 | dà | da4 | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; older (than); oldest; eldest; greatly; very much; (dialect) father; father's elder or younger brother | |
| 2 | 开 | 開 | kāi | kai1 | to open; to start; to turn on; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); to operate (a vehicle); carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 , book format | |
| 3 | 眼 | 眼 | yǎn | yan3 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); Classifiers: 只 ; classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 4 | 界 | 界 | jiè | jie4 | boundary; scope; extent; circles; group; kingdom (taxonomy) | |