Most Common Chinese Characters (page 32)

(char.) to print, to publish; to delete, to correct; periodical, publication

(char./m.) unit of length of ten feet; senior, elder; husband | (v.) to measure (land), to survey

(v.) quick-boil, quick-fry | (v.) explode; to occur unexpectedly

(char.) crow; black | (pro.) (lit. used in rhetorical questions) what, how

(char.) to use as a servant; military service; forced service; battle; (old term) servant

(v.) copy, trace; retouch, touch up

(v.) to wash; to develop (photos); to erase (a tape recording, etc.); to shuffle (cards) | (char.) clear (from a charge of guilt); kill everyone, devastate; eliminate, clear away; (lit.) washing utensil

used in 瑪瑙|玛瑙[ma3 nao3]

(v./n.) to worry; to suffer from; trouble, disaster

(adj.) fine, subtle; wonderful; clever, ingenious, miraculous

(char.) mirror; glass, lens

(v.) to sing | (v.) to call, to cry

(v./adj.) to annoy, to vex; (polite term) to trouble; annoyed, bored; restless, irritable

(v.) sign one's name; make brief comments | (n.) bamboo slips used for divination; slender pointed piece of wood or bamboo; label

(n.) celestial being, immortal; god, divinity; master

(pro.) that, another; other party

(literary) not | used in transliteration

(char.) disease, illness | (char.) (TCM) lump in the abdomen

(char.) resemble; imitate, copy

(v.) incline, lean, bend | (char.) tendency; collapse, overturn; empty, pour out; exhaust; (lit.) overwhelm

(n.) board, plate; brand; cards, dominos, mahjong, etc.; shield; tunes in traditional poems or plays

(v.) get stuck; sink, cave in | (char.) (of a town) be captured/ conquered; frame up; defect, deficiency; trap, pitfall

(n.) bird | (radical.) bird

(v.) to roar, to rumble, to bombard; to drive off, to shoo away | (onomat.) bang, boom (loud sound of canon, fire work, etc.)

(pro.) we, us (include speaker)

(n.) dish, vegetable

(v.) to close; to end | (v.) to block, to obstruct

(char.) to exert oneself, to work hard; to raise, to lift

(v./n.) celebrate; occasion for celebration

(v.) remove, withdraw, evacuate

(n.) tear | (n.) (TCM) tears

(n.) tea

(char.) disease | (char.) quick, swift, strong; to hate; to have pain; suffering, pain

(char.) reason; predestined relationship, fate; edge | (conj./prep.) (lit.) because; (lit.) along

(v.) broadcast | (v.) to sow, to disperse

(char.) bright; (of sound) loud and clear

(v./n.) to prevent, to stop, to restrict; Chinese surname; (plant) birch-leaf pear

(char.) milk; breast; to breast-feed | (char.) grandma from father side; title (of respect) for elder lady (not used alone)

(n.) season, period of time; the fourth or youngest among brothers

red | pellet | powder | cinnabar