| 古 | gǔ | ancient; old; paleo-; surname Gu |
| 今 | jīn | today; modern; present; current; this; now |
| 韵 | yùn | beautiful sound; appeal; charm; vowel; rhyme; in Chinese phonetics, the medial and final sound of a syllable (i.e. excluding the initial consonant) |
| 会 | huì | can; be possible; be able to; will; be likely to; be sure to; to assemble; to meet; to gather; to see; union; group; association; CL:个; a moment (Taiwan pr. for this sense is ) |
| 会 | kuài | to balance an account; accountancy; accounting |
| 举 | jǔ | to lift; to hold up; to cite; to enumerate; to act; to raise; to choose; to elect |
| 要 | yāo | to demand; to request; to coerce |
| 要 | yào | important; vital; to want; will; going to (as future auxiliary); may; must |
| 古今 | gǔ jīn | then and now; ancient and modern |
