Most Common Chinese Characters (page 4)

(char.) bright; light; tomorrow or next year; sight; sharp-eyed; explicit; to understand; to expound | (adj./adv.) clear, distinct; evidently, apparently | (n.) Ming (dynasty)

(char.) sex; gender; character, nature; quality; (grammar) gender; suffix used to form nouns and adjectives

(v.) know, understand, be aware of | (char.) knowledge; intimate friend; to inform; (lit.) be in charge of

(v./adj./adv.) keep intact; complete; whole, entire; without exception; entirely

(num.) three, 3; third; more than two, several

(adv.) (of an action continuing or repeating) again; in addition to | (radical.) right hand | (adv.) (coexistence of conditions or qualities) both... and...; moreover, furthermore | (adv.) (introducing a fraction in addition to a whole number) and; but, on the other hand | (adv.) (in a negative statement or rhetorical question for emphasis)

(v.) close, shut; lock away; (of appliances) turn off; (of company) close down; to concern | (n.) mountain pass; customhouse; critical time, hard time, barrier | (char.) area outside a city gate; bolt, latch; critical juncture, key point

(m.) o'clock | (n.) drop (of liquid); spot, dot, speck | (n.) dot stroke; appointed time, scheduled time; refreshment, snack | (v.) to mark, to dot; to nod or point (of head or finger); to touch on very briefly; to order or choose (song, food) | (v.) to light, to kindle; to hint, to point at | (v.) to count, to check one by one; to decorate, to adorn | (m.) a little; item, piece (suggestion, advice, etc.)

(adv./v.) exactly; just (doing something); to straighten, to set right | (char.) (lit.) first month of the lunar year | (adj.) (of color or taste) pure; straight; upright; appropriate, legal; principal, chief; (of design) regular; (math and physics) positive | (char.) situated in the center; standard; to rectify; to correct (mistakes); obverse; (of time) punctual

(char.) occupation; business, enterprise; property; school work; already; (lit.) to be engaged in; (Buddhism) karma | (radical.) profession, business

(n.) outside, exterior | (char.) foreign country; other than one's own; additional, extra; informal, unofficial; remotely related; (relatives) of mother's side

(adv./prep.) going to, about to; with, by means of; (used before a noun or noun phrases) showing the influence on sb. or sth. | (n.) General (in Chinese chess) | (char.) (lit.) to command, to lead; high-ranking officer, general; backbone | (char.) (lit.) ask, wish

(num.) two (used instead of 'er' in some cases); both (sides or parties); a couple of, a few | (m.) 50 grams

(adj.) tall, high | (adj.) above standard or average level, superior | (n.) height, vertical measurement; (geometry) altitude | (char.) your, his, her or their (polite expression for something of other's) | (n.) Gao (a surname) | (radical.) tall

(n./m.) space between; (within) a definite time or place; room; measure word for the smallest units of rooms, houses, etc | (char.) opening, gap; separate, keep apart; sow discord | (v.) to thin out

(prep./v.) (be done) by; via; from; by means of; due to; to obey, to follow; (lit.) to abide by | (char.) cause, reason; to pass through

(v./prep.) ask; inquire after; interrogate; hold responsible; care, bother; consult; to; from

(adv.) very, quite

(adv.) most | (adv.) (before a location or place) the farthest or nearest | (char.) number one, best, top

(adj.) heavy; strong; serious | (v./adv./m.) to repeat, to overlap; again, repeatedly; layer | (n./v./adj.) weight; to consider as important, lay stress on; discreet, composed

(v./adv./conj.) be side by side; together; simultaneously; (used before a negative for emphasis with a tinge of refutation) actually, definitely; (used between two verbs or verbal phrases, etc.) and | (v.) to merge

(n.) thing, matter; outside world, other people; content, substance

(n./m.) hand; (for skill or proficiency), (first, second, third) hand, (smallest tradable stock) unit | (radical.) hand | (char.) hold in one's hand; handy; by hand or personally; means; person good at sth or in a certain profession

(v.) ought to, should; promise, consent | (v.) to answer; to accept (an invitation); to suit; to come true, to be confirmed

(char.) to fight, to wage a war; war, battle, combat; to tremble, to shake

(prep./adv.) against, towards, to; until now, all along | (v.) to face, to turn towards; to have an unfair preference for | (char.) preference, tendency, inclination

(n.) head; hair, hair style; chief, leader | (m.) measure word for large animals (like pig, cow, sheep, elephant etc.); for garlic or onion | (num./adj.) first (used before a numeral); previous, last (used before 年 or 天) | (n.) end, top (of sth); beginning or end; remnant; side, aspect

(n./m./v.) liberal arts, humanities; (used in old times for) copper cash; to tattoo | (radical.) written language | (char.) script; written language; article; literary language; culture; etiquette; civil; refined; certain natural phenomenon; cover over (mistakes)

(char.) body; part of the body; mass; shape, state (of a substance); system; style; experience personally; put oneself in other's position | (char.) see 体己 | (n.) (grammar) aspect of a verb

(char.) politics; political power; administrative affairs of certain government departments; affairs of a family or an organization

(adj.) beautiful; very satisfactory; (dialect) be pleased with oneself | (char.) to beautify; beautiful things; (abbr.) America (the country and the continent)

(adv./v.) to each other, mutually; towards (indicating the object of an action); to evaluate by seeing for oneself | (n.) looks, appearance; carriage, bearing; (physics) phase position | (char.) minister; image, picture, photo; exterior; prime minister (in feudal times); (lit.)assist

(v.) see; meet (with); be exposed to; appear to be; refer to | (v.) (lit) show, appear | (radical.) see | (char.) view, opinion

(n./prep.) quilt; by (used to indicate the passive voice) | (char.) to cover (with); to suffer (from)

(char.) sharp, keen, glib-tongued; favorable; profit; benefit; interest; do good

(char.) ten (used in multipliers and fractions); assorted, varied, miscellaneous | (char.) character used in 什么 - what

(num.) two, 2 | (radical.) two | (char.) inconstant; different; (dialect) stupid

(v.) wait | (n./m.) grade, rank; kind, type | (char.) equal in number or degree | (conj.) until, when | (aux.) and so on, and so forth, etc.; indicating the end of an enumeration

(char.) to generate, to produce, to yield; product | (v.) to give birth to, to bear, to be delivered of | (char.) property, estate | (v.) to make, to manufacture, to create

(conj./adv.) or; perhaps; (lit.) slightly | (pro.) (lit.) someone, some people