Most Common Chinese Characters (page 20)

surname Yi | abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4], Iraq | abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3], Iran

(n.) bosom | (v.) have something in mind; to conceive (a child) | (char.) mind, heart; think of, yearn for

(char.) carry out; hold, grasp; take charge of; stick to one's views; written acknowledgment

(m.) measure word for set and pair (glasses, gloves) | (adj.) secondary, assistant | (char.) subsidiary, accessory, accord with, correspond with

(v./adj./adv.) to confuse, to jumble up; entangled, disorderly, messy; riotous; upset, perturbed; at random, indiscriminately; arbitrarily | (char.) (of sexual relationships) improper, promiscuous, licentious

(v.) fight, resist | (char.) to refuse, to defy; to contend with, to be a match for

(v.) violate, disobey | (v.) to occur again, have a recurrence of, break out again, to commit | (char.) criminal

(v.) chase, go after; recall, think back; do thing retroactively; seek, pursue; court (a woman); look into

(v.) to help | (n./m.) gang, clique; secret society; group, band (measure word of people) | (n.) side, upper (of an object which is usually hollow); outer leaves (of a cabbage)

(char.) declare, announce; drain off (liquids); reference to Xuancheng (Anhui)

(n.) Buddha; Buddhism; Buddhist scripture | (char.) (seemingly)

(char./m.) year; year for crops; time; year (of age)

(char.) plane, ship; to sail or fly

(adj.) excellent, superior | (char.) abundant; to give special treatment; (old term) actress and actor

(adj.) queer, odd, bewildering, strange | (v./adv.) to blame; quite, really | (char.) find...odd or strange, be surprised; monster, evil, demon

(adj.) fragrant, sweet-smelling; savory, delicious; having good appetite; (of sleep) sound; popular | (radical.) fragrant | (n.) spice, perfume; incense, joss stick

Only in compound words

(n.) field, farmland; open area abundant in mineral resources | (n.) Tian (a surname) | (radical.) field

(n./adj.) iron; unalterable; strong or unyielding as iron; cruel, ruthless | (char.) arms, weapon

(v.) to control; to accuse; to turn a container upside down (to let the liquid out); to keep part of the body unsupported

(n.) tax, duty, (also: revenue)

(n./adj.) left, the left side; (geography) east; inferior position; neighbor; unorthodox; incorrect; opposite; revolutionary

(n./adj.) right, the right side; the Right, conservative | (char.) (in ancient China) right side regarded as the side of precedence

(m.) measure word for jobs, gifts, newspapers, documents, etc. | (char.) part of, portion; (suffix) used to form a unit

(v.) wear, put on | (v.) to penetrate, to pass through, to string

(char.) art; skill

(v./adj.) have one's back to, to recite, do something behind one's back; unlucky; hard of hearing | (n.) back (of a person or any object) | (v.) carry on back; to shoulder, to take on | (v.) to recite | (v.) to do sth. behind one's back, to hide away; to break, violate; to move/sit/stand with the back towards

(m.) period of time; short period, spell | (char.) (old) disposition or formation of troops; battle, front

(n.) grass; straw | (adj.) illegible, hard to read; being a draft, preliminary | (char.) cursive style of writing

(n.) foot | (char.) base, leg; waste material; football player; footnote; related to carrying or transporting manually

(adv.) all, categorically, without exception | (char.) rough, approximate; broad outline; manner, deportment, air; (lit.) scene, situation

(char.) hate | (adj.) evil, vice; bad; fierce, ferocious | (char.) (used in 恶心) | (interj.) (lit.) oh (expressing surprise)

(m.) (esp. in spoken) measure word of basic Chinese monetary unit (same as "yuan"); basic monetary unit of other currencies (such as "dollars") | (n./m.) piece, cut, lump

(m.) ...time (frequency for meals, reproach, admonishment, beating, etc.) | (adv./v.) suddenly; to pause; (calligraphy) to pause and let the brush stay on the paper | (char.) tired; to settle; (head) kowtow; (feet) stamp

(av.) dare to do..., have the courage to..., venture | (char.) have the courage, be brave; (humble term) | (av./adv.) be certain, be sure; (dialect) perhaps

(v.) keep, maintain; abide by; guard; watch over; be close to

(n.) wine, spirit, alcohol

(n.) island

(v./n.) support from under; sth serving as a support | (char./m.) rely on; give as a pretext; (physics) torr (a unit of pressure) | (v.) entrust, trust

(char.) center; to entreat; (lit.) finish