A list of the hanzi, pinyin, and their meanings for each character and their personal weapons, if applicable. I crosschecked with a character list on baidu, so they should all be there; let me know if I missed anyone, or if there is an error (especially the pinyin…I relied on a dictionary for these). I’ve left out a few things that would be spoilers or characters that haven’t been mentioned yet (mainly from the Wen clan, there are a few that aren’t listed here).
I don’t know much Chinese, so the meanings are drawn directly from the character list provided by the fan translators (ExR) or from an online dictionary (marked with an asterisk *).
Also: I apologize for the long post! It doesn’t matter on mobile, but the third tone represented by the little caron, or wedge, above the vowel doesn’t look good on my theme. I’ve kept it without a read more so you can view it in the dash instead.
Edits: Thanks goes to extrapenguin who pointed out these things for me to add in!
Wèi Yīng [魏婴], Wèi WúXiàn [魏无羡], YíLíng LǎoZǔ (Patriarch) [夷陵老祖]
魏 – wèi, a surname containing the character 鬼 meaning ‘ghost’
无羡 – wúxiàn ‘to have no envy’ (無 ‘not, nothing, none’ is the traditional ver. of 无)
夷陵 – yílíng, a place; according to a dictionary, it means ‘barbarian mound’, a real place that was destroyed by the Qin; currently the city of Yichang in Hubei
陈情 – chénqíng, the * dictionaries say it means ‘to explain in full detail a situation or opinion’
Lán Zhàn [蓝湛], Lán WàngJī [蓝忘机], HánGuāng-Jūn [含光君]
湛 – zhàn from the word 湛蓝 zhànlán meaning ‘azure (blue)’
忘机 – wàngjī means ‘to be free of worldly concerns’, a Daoist phrase
含光 – hánguāng ‘to hold light’, 光 meaning ‘light’
君 – an affix of respect meaning ‘gentleman’ or ‘man of noble character’ (from the ExR translation Ch. 5)
避尘 – bìchén lit. ‘to avoid dust’, means ‘to avoid worldly matters’
姑苏 – Gūsū is the in-story place where the Lán clan resides
蓝 – lán means ‘blue’, the name of the clan that founded the sect
氏 – shì, translated here as ‘sect’
Lán Huàn [蓝涣], Lán XīChén [蓝曦臣], ZéWú-Jūn [泽芜君]
曦臣 – xīchén ‘a chancellor of the morning sun’
泽 – zé, *according to the dictionary either a pond/pool or luster/gloss
芜 – wú, *according to the dictionary, ‘overgrown with weeds’
朔月 – shuòyuè is a new moon
裂冰 – lièbīng ‘fractured ice’
启 – qǐ means ‘to start, open’
仁 – rén is the Confucian virtue of benevolence
Lán Yuàn [蓝愿], Lán SīZhuī [蓝思追]
愿 – yuàn, * means either ‘honest’ or a ‘hope/desire’ according to the dictionary
思追 – sīzhuī ‘to recollect and long for’
仪 yí is ‘appearance’, ‘etiquette’, or ‘gift’
云梦 – yúnmèng, * according to the dictionary, Yunmeng is a county in Xiaogan, Hubei
Jiāng Chéng [江澄], Jiāng WǎnYín [江晚吟], SānDú-ShèngShǒu [三毒圣手]
晚吟 – 晚 wǎn means ‘night’, 吟 yín means ‘to chant’
三毒 – the same as his sword, below
圣手 – shèngshǒu, *according to the dictionaries, a ‘highly skilled practitioner’ or ‘divine physician’…I’m guessing the former
三毒 – sāndú, lit. ‘three poisons’, refers to a Buddhist phrase of the ‘root of all turmoil—greed, anger, and ignorance’
紫电 – zǐdiàn, lit. ‘purple lightning’
厌离 – yànlí, ‘to dislike separation’
枫眠 – fēng is ‘maple’, mián means ‘to sleep’
紫鸢 – zǐyuān is ‘purple kite-bird’
兰陵 – * not sure what 兰 is referring to, but the dictionary says it’s either a surname or a part of the name of certain flowers like the orchid or lily magnolia; 陵 líng apparently means a ‘mound, hill or mountain’; (edit: Lanling is also a county in Shandong, Linyi)
Mèng Yáo [孟瑶], Jīn GuāngYáo [金光瑶], LiǎnFāng-Zūn [敛芳尊]
孟 – mèng is a surname that can also mean ‘first month of a season’, according to the dictionary; *take this with a grain of salt, I don’t know if it was chosen for the meaning or just as a name
光瑶 – guāng means ‘light’, yáo according to the translators would be ‘a radiant piece of jade’
敛芳 – liǎnfāng, ‘to hide fragrance’ or ‘hidden fragrance’
尊 – zūn is an honorific of some sort
恨生 – 恨 hèn is * ‘hate/regret’ and 生 ‘life, to be born, etc’
Jīn Líng [金凌], Rúlán [如兰]
凌 – líng is ‘to rise above’
如兰 – (edit: rúlán, ‘orchid-like’)
岁华 – 岁 suì has something to do with years according to the dictionary*; 华 huá * can mean ‘magnificent, splendid’
光善 – guāng is ‘light’; shàn is ‘kindness’
子轩 – 轩 xuān is ‘a tall pavilion’ and 子 just a component of people’s names; I think, in this case, 子 is pronounced zi without a tone, but correct me if I’m wrong
子勋 – 勋 is *according to the dictionary ‘medal, merit’
莫 – mò, a surname, *according to the dictionary it can mean ‘do not’ but I don’t think they were going for that lol
玄羽 – xuán is ‘mysterious’; yǔ is ‘feathers’
岐山 – Qíshān, * a county in Baoji, Shaanxi
Wēn Nìng [温宁], Wēn QióngLín [温琼林]
琼林 – qióng is * ‘fine jade/beautiful’; lín is ‘woods, forest’
情 – qíng means * ‘sentiment, emotion, feeling’
温情 – wēnqíng (edit: a phrase meaning ‘tenderness’)
若寒 – ruò is ‘as though’; hán is ‘coldness’
晁 – cháo, ?? dictionary just lists it as a surname
清河 – Qīnghé, a place irl; there might be two different places with this name? idk I didn’t look into it too much
聂 – niè, * a surname that also means ‘to whisper’
怀桑 – huái means ‘to hold’; sāng are mulberry leaves
Niè MíngJué [聂明玦], ChìFēng-Zūn [赤锋尊]
明玦 – míngjué, a ‘bright, penannular jade’ (penannular is an incomplete circle apparently); 明 means ‘bright’
赤锋 – chìfēng, a ‘crimson blade’
霸下 – bàxià is ‘to be under forceful power’; 下 is ‘under, below’ (the opposite, ‘above, up’ is 上)
From the ‘Grasses’ Chapters
Xuē Yáng [薛洋] – ChéngMěi [成美]
薛 – xuē, * a surname which can mean… ‘wormwood like grass‘ according to the dictionary
洋 – yáng * can be ‘ocean’ or ‘vast’
成美 – chéng * meaning ‘to accomplish, complete’; měi * meaning ‘beautiful, satisfactory’ according to the dictionary (I’m not sure where this name is mentioned, but he does seem to have been given it at some point when he was part of the Jin clan?)
降灾 – jiàngzāi is ‘to bring down disasters’
星尘 – xīngchén is ‘star’ + ‘dust’
霜华 – shuānghuá is ‘floral frost’; 霜 is ‘frost’; 华 is ‘floral/flowery’
Sòng Lán [宋岚], ZiChēn [子琛]
子琛 – zichēn, again I think 子 doesn’t have a tone here but correct me if I’m wrong; 琛 is ‘precious stone’
拂雪 – fúxuě is ‘to brush away snow’; 雪 is ‘snow’
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