Most Common Chinese Characters (page 26)

(n.) jade | (radical.) jade | (char.) (lit. of person, especially a woman) fair, beautiful; (term of respect) your

(v./n.) to apply weight to; to cool with ice or in cold water; town, township; trading center | (char.) calm, quiet; to daunt, to deter; to suppress; to guard; garrison post or town

(n.) snow | (char.) to clean, to wipe away (hatred, shame, etc.)

(n.) noon, midday; seventh of the twelve Earthly Branches

(v.) to practice, to exercise | (char.) to boil and scour raw silk; white silk; experienced, skilled, seasoned

(char.) to force, to compel; to approach; urgent, pressing | (char.) only used in the word 迫击炮

(n.) grandpa (father's side); respectful address for an elderly man; old term of address for a rich man; master, lord; god

(char./m.) piece of writing; single sheet (of paper); (measure word for papers, articles) sheet, leaf, piece

(n./adj.) meat, flesh; pulp or flesh (of fruit); (dialect) spongy, mushy; (dialect) slow-moving | (radical.) meat

(n.) mouth; something like a mouth; words, tongue

(n.) venue, public building, shop; mansion; government office; consulate

(adj./m.) everywhere, all over, all around; one time, once through (of an action)

(adv.) all, every, any, in all, altogether | (char.) ordinary, commonplace; (in religion) mortal world, secular world, earth

(char.) plinth; base, foundation

(n./adj./v.) hole, cavity; penetrating, clear; (lit.) to penetrate, to pierce

(v./n.) to roll up, to curl; to sweep along; to involve; roll | (m./n.) volume; book, scroll; file, dossier; examination paper | (m.) a roll (of toilet paper, camera film, etc.) | (adj.) (slang) overachieving, overworked

(char.) wide and smooth, broad and level; calm, composed; open, candid

(n./adj.) cow; stubborn, arrogant; (abbr. unit of force) newton | (radical.) cow

(char.) peaceful; appease, pacify; (lit., of a married woman) visit (her parents or relatives) | (n.) Ning (the abbreviation of Ningxia Province) | (adv.) would rather; (lit. in rhetorical question) how, could there be, could it be (pronounced as ning2 in Taiwan)

(n./m.) paper; measure word for letters or documents, etc.

(char.) all; various; every, each

(v.) teach, train | (v.) criticize | (char.) teachings, instructions; standard, example; to explain or interpret

(char.) private; personal, individual; selfish; personal interest; illicit; secretly; contraband

(n.) village; banker (in a gambling game) | (char.) serious, solemn; manor; place of business

(char.) ancestor; grandfather; founder, originator

(n.) silk | (char./m.) stringed instruments; a bit, a little | (n.) threadlike thing

(v.) turn upside down or inside out, turn over | (v.) to search or rummage; to cross, climb over; to deny or reverse; to translate; (oral) fall out, become hostile; to multiply

(adj.) fierce; sudden and violent; hot-tempered | (v.) to bulge, to stick out; (lit.) to ruin, to spoil

(char.) full of trees, wooded; dark, gloomy; (lit.) in multitudes

(n.) tower, pagoda

(v.) be silent or quiet; to write from memory

(v.) hold, grasp; shake (hands); possess, control; clench (the fist)

(n.) show, play, drama | (char.) to play; to make fun of

(v./adj./n.) hide, conceal; cover up; latent, hidden; indistinct; secret, privacy

(adj.) (of fruit, etc.) mature, ripe; (of food) cooked, prepared; processed | (adj.) familiar; skilled; deep, thorough | (adj.) mature, ripe; cooked, prepared; processed; familiar; skilled; deep, thorough (used in spoken Chinese, same as 熟 shu2)

(n.) bone; (moral) character, spirit; literary vigor; framework | (radical.) bone | (char.) bud; to roll

(v.) to visit; to consult; to seek by investigation

(adj.) weak; young; inferior; a little less than

(v.) cheat, deceive; make a wild guess; be muddled, be at a loss; lose consciousness | (v./adj.) cover; suffer; receive; ignorant | (n.) Mongol ethnic group

(n./v.) song, melody; to sing; to extol, to praise