Most Common Chinese Characters (page 43)

surname Shen

(n.) pavilion; cabin; (in old times) woman's chamber; shelf, rack; cabinet

surname Mu

(v./n.) bend; yield to; treat unjustly; be in the wrong; a Chinese family name

(char.) purpose, aim; decree; (lit.) tasty

(n./v.) sleeve; to tuck inside the sleeve

(v.) to hunt; to seek, to go after

(n.) arm | (char.) arm (only used in 胳臂)

(n.) snake | (char.) see 委蛇

(char.) congratulate

(char.) post, pillar, column, pole; column-shaped thing

(v.) throw, toss; abandon; show, appear; sell in large quantities or at low prices

(n.) mouse, rat | (radical.) rat

a type of standing harp, smaller than konghou 箜篌, with 5-25 strings

(n.) dagger, axe | (radical.) spear

(n./adj.) prison, jail; firm, durable, fast | (char.) enclosure for animals; sacrificial animal (used in ancient ceremony)

(char.) modest, unpretentious; be inferior to; (lit.) to abdicate

(v.) take a step, stride | (char./m.) advanced in age, aged; (unit of distance) mile

(char.) delude, cheat; bully, take advantage of

(m.) ton

(n.) certain musical instruments; referring to Chinese lyre (see 古琴)

(v.) decline, wane | (adj.) old and feeble, weak | (v.) (lit.) to decrease in order and degree

(n./m.) flask, jar, bottle, vase

(v./adj.) to get annoyed; to irritate; unhappy, upset

(char.) swallow (not used alone) | (char.) Yan (one of the seven powerful ducal states in the Warring States Period)

(char.) Second (month, brother); middle, intermediate; a surname

(char.) guide, lead, induce; lure, seduce, entice

(n.) wolf

(n.) pond, reservoir | (n.) enclosed place with raised sides, moat

(adj./v.) painful, hurting; to love dearly, dote (on...)

surname Lu | abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]

(n./v.) battle, war; to rely, to depend on | (char.) weapons; to hold (a weapon)

(n./v.) champion; to crown with; to be first; to put a cap on (ancient ceremony for young men symbolizing adulthood) | (char.) cap, hat; hat-shaped thing

(n./m.) grain, granule, pellet; measure for grain and grain-like things

(char.) distant (in space or time), remote, far

surname Lü

(char.) black; profound; distant; unreliable | (radical.) mysterious

(char.) dust; this world

surname Feng

(v.) console, soothe; nurture, foster; stroke, caress