Most Common Chinese Characters (page 18)

(n./v.) circle, ring, loop; (of shooting) ring; link, one part of the whole; to surround, to encircle

(n./m./v.) line; raft; platoon; row, line; to put in order, to line up; to rehearse | (n./v.) (abbr.) volleyball team; (western-style dish) piece, slice of meat; discharge, emit; push | (v.) to shape a shoe with a last

(n.) happiness, good fortune

(v.) pay, intake; sew close stitches | (char.) admit, receive; accept; enjoy; bring into

(adj./n.) pleased, joyous; (dialect) vigorous; lover, sweetheart

(n.) thunder | (char.) mine

(char.) police, policeman; alarm | (char.) alert, vigilant; to alarm, to warn; to guard

(v.) to gain, to obtain; to capture | (v.) to harvest

(char.) to copy, to imitate; standard, example; fine example, model | (char.) mould, mold, matrix; appearance, shape

(char.) sufficient, full; to serve as | (v.) to fill; to pretend to be, to pose as

(v./adj.) shoulder, bear; suffer; lose, fail; owe, bear debt to; (math.) minus; (electrics) negative | (char.) carry (on the back); to rely on, to have at one's back; to enjoy; to betray

(n.) cloud | (n.) Yun (the abbreviation of Yunnan Province) | (char.) to say

(v.) stop, cease; stay; park (a car), place (coffin or body to wake) | (char./m.) settled, ready; (spoken Chinese) part (of a total), portion

(char.) tree; wood; coffin; plain, simple | (radical.) tree | (n.) (TCM) wood | (adj.) numb; wooden, slow in reaction

(v.) travel, rove around, wander, play | (v.) swim | (char.) reach, part of a river

(n.) dragon (legendary creature) | (radical.) dragon | (char.) dragon as the symbol of the emperor; thing resembling a dragon; huge extinct reptile

(n./v.) tree; to plant; to establish

(char.) to doubt, to suspect, to disbelieve; doubtful, uncertain, puzzled; question

(char./m.) layer, tier, floor, storey; (measure word) floor, component part, layer | (char.) to overlap, to pile (on top of another), to repeat

(adj./v.) cold; cold (in one's manner); (dialect) to let (foods) cool down | (char.) unfrequented, deserted; rare, unusual; unpopular

Only in compound words

(v.) to collide, to rush, to soar | (char.) important site or place, thoroughfare | (v./adj./prep.) to face; pungent, strong, vigorous; on the basis of, because of | (prep.) to, towards | (v.) to wash, to develop (photos); to pour boiling water on

(v.) shoot, fire; discharge in a jet; allude to; give forth, emit

(v.) omit | (char.) to capture, seize | (adj.) brief, sketchy | (char.) plan, scheme; brief account, summary | (adv.) slightly, a little

(char.) pattern, model, example; boundary, limit; (lit.) to control, to restrict | (char.) Fan (a surname)

(adv.) unexpectedly; (lit.) in the end, eventually

(n.) sentence | (m.) measure word for written sentences (poems, lyrics, etc.) | (char.) ancient name; variant of 勾

(n.) room (with a certain function); administration unit; family, clan; family member, wife; cavity

(char.) different; other, another; strange, unusual; to surprise; to separate

(char.) sharp, fierce, radical; emotionally-stirred | (v.) (of water) swash, dash; to incite, to stimulate; to fall ill from getting wet; (dialect) to chill (foods) by putting in cold water

(char.) the Han nationality | (n.) man

(n.) village

(onomat.) ha,aha (sound of laughing) | (v.) breathe out | (interj.) ha (expressing triumph or satisfaction, usually duplicated) | (char.) used in words 哈巴狗, 哈达, etc.

(char.) policy, plan, suggestion; to whip (a horse) | (char.) to plan, to scheme

(v.) act, perform | (char.) evolve, develop; deduce, elaborate; practice, drill

(adj./v.) simple; simplify | (char.) bamboo slip used for writing on; (lit.) letter | (char.) to select, to choose

(n./adj.) card; magnetic card; lagging, slow (of computer or Internet speed) | (v./n.) to get stuck; to have a tight control of; to clutch; clip; checkpoint | (char./m.) lorry, truck; cassette; (physics) calorie

(n.) charges for (crimes), guilt; illegal activity, offence; fault; hardship, misery

(v.) decide, judge; condemn, sentence | (char.) distinguish, discriminate; disparate, obvious

(v.) carry on a shoulder pole | (v.) to undertake, to take on | (n./m.) load, burden; a unit of weight (50 kilograms), used for things carried on a shoulder pole