Most Common Chinese Characters (page 14)

(n./v.) leather; to reform; to dismiss (from official post) | (radical.) leather | (char.) (lit., of illness) grave, serious

(n./v.) stroke; to draw, to mark (same as 画) | (v.) scratch | (char.) worthwhile; paddle, row | (v.) to divide; to allocate or assign

(char.) enemy; oppose; to equal (in strength)

(v./conj.) send, deliver; to such an extent as to | (char.) fine, delicate | (char.) to express; to devote (one's efforts) to; manner or style

(adj./v.) old, stale; arrange, display; state, explain | (n.) Chen (Chinese surname)

(char.) (lit.) restrain; law, rule; ancient music standards; ancient Chinese poem of eight lines

(n./adj./adv./v.) foot, leg; football; enough, sufficient; fully, as much as; to suffice | (radical.) foot

(char.) condition, form, shape, state | (n.) (grammar) voice

(v.) protect; be partial to

(num.) seven, 7 | (n.) each of the seven seventh-day memorial ceremonies after sb's death

(char.) excitement, interest | (v./adv.) become popular; (dialect) permit; (dialect) maybe | (char.) start; (lit.) rise

(v./n.) send, dispatch; apportion; censure; sect, clique, school of thoughts, faction; pie (western pastry) | (char./m.) style, air; (lit.) river branch; (dialect) stylish; measure word for school of thought, political group, scene, speech etc.

(n.) child (not used alone)

(v.) test, check, examine | (char.) to produce the desired effect; desired or intended result

(char.) duty, responsibility | (char.) to blame; to demand; to interrogate; to punish by beating

(n./v.) battalion; camps; to run, to operate; to construct; to strive for

(n.) star, heavenly body; star-shaped object; celebrity; particle, bit; (of a steelyard) weight marks

(adj.) enough | (v./adv.) be enough or sufficient; to reach or touch; reach certain standard; quite, very

(char./m.) rules, regulations; item, clause; order; badge; (ancient times) memorial to the emperor; chapter, section | (n.) Zhang (Chinese family name)

(n.) sound; syllable; news | (radical.) sound

(conj.) and | (v.) follow; (of a woman) marry someone | (prep.) with (recipient of a action); (indicating involvement or relationship) with; (indicating comparison or contrast) with | (n.) heel (of the foot, a shoe, a sock, etc.)

(char.) mark, sign; record; to keep in mind | (char.) aspiration, will, ideal | (n.) (TCM) will

(n.) bottom, base, the lowest part (of sth) | (n.) (sometimes used with "r") background, foundation; ins and outs, heart of the matter | (n.) rough draft or copy of something; end of a year or month; remnants

(v.) to stand (up); to stop, to halt | (n.) (bus) stop, (train) station; station or center for rendering certain services

(adj.) strict, rigorous; severe, terrible; tight, close

(v.) hope anxiously, wait earnestly for | (v.) to cling to, to hold on to | (char.) bus | (char.) crust

(n.) example, case, instance | (char.) kind, class; precedent; rule, regulation; routine

(v./n.) to prevent, to guard; to defend; defense; (not used alone) dyke, dam, embankment

(char.) race, nationality; clan; class or group (with common features); to assemble; to execute the entire family (in ancient China)

(v.) offer, supply; to provide convenience or support | (v./n.) to offer (incense or offerings); to confess; sacrificial offering; confession

(char.) to imitate; to devote, to render service (to); effect

(v.) to continue; (spoken) to supply more | (char.) continuous, successive

(v.) apply; carry out; give (alms); bestow, grant

(v.) stay; keep sb from leaving; study abroad; keep, reserve; to accept | (v.) leave ... behind; pay attention to

(v.) say, speak; explain; negotiate; pay attention to, be particular about

(char.) mould; type, model; shape, form; example

(n./m./v.) material; making; fodder, manure; to anticipate; to take care of; pill (measure word for Chinese medicine)

(char.) finish, end; come to an end; die; whole, entire, throughout the process | (adv.) eventually

(v.) answer, respond | (v.) to answer (same as 答 in the second tone, used in 答应, 答理, etc.)

(adj./v.) tight; firm, fast; close; being in quick succession; strict; intense; short of money; pressing, urgent; to tighten