(し) (n) (1) child (esp. a boy); (2) (See 子爵) viscount; (3) (hon) master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius); (4) (See 諸子百家) philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings; (5) (arch) you (of one's equals); (n-suf) (6) -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...) [EDICT]
(ね) (n) first sign of Chinese zodiac (The Rat, 11pm-1am, north, November) [EDICT]
(こ) (n,n-suf) (1) child; (2) (also 仔) young (animal); (3) (also 娘) young woman; young geisha; (4) offshoot; (5) (See 元も子もない) interest; (6) (abbr) (See 子株・2) new shares; (7) (arch) bird egg; (n-suf) (8) (after a noun or -masu stem) -er (often of young women); (P) [EDICT]
(み) (n) (1) fruit; nut; (2) seed; (3) (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; (4) content; substance; (P) [EDICT]
(す) (suf) (arch) (hon) honorific (or familiar) suffix used after a name [EDICT]
(zǐ, ㄗˇ) son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat [CE-DICT]
(zi, ㄗ˙) (noun suff.) [CE-DICT]
为
(wéi, ㄨㄟˊ) as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do [CE-DICT]
(wèi, ㄨㄟˋ) because of; for; to [CE-DICT]
基
(き) (n) (1) {chem} (See 官能基) group; (2) (See 遊離基) (free) radical; (ctr) (3) counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones) [EDICT]
(もとい) (n) (1) (arch) basis; foundation; (2) cause [EDICT]
(もと) (n) (1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; (5) (元 only) (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (ctr) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (n) (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip; (P) [EDICT]
