Most Common Chinese Characters (page 5)

(adj.) new; unused; recently married; newly, recently | (n.) Xin (the abbreviation of Xinjiang Province) | (char.) make new; the new

(pro.) oneself; one's own | (radical.) oneself | (n.) sixth of the ten heavenly stems

(char.) system, rule; to tailor; to formulate; to restrict | (v.) to make, to manufacture

(n./m.) body; (of clothes) suit | (radical.) body | (char.) main part of a structure; oneself; life; one's moral character and conduct; status

(n.) fruit; outcome, result | (adv./adj.) as expected; resolute, determined

(v.) add, plus, increase | (v.) denoting how to deal with what was mentioned before (used after a monosyllable adverb)

(n.) west | (radical.) west | (char.) (Buddhism) Western Paradise; the Occident, the Western world; (abbr.) Spain

(pro./conj.) (lit.) this, here; then

(n./adj.) month; monthly | (n.) moon; full-moon-shaped thing | (radical.) moon; meat, flesh

(n./v.) words, speech; dialect; to speak about

(v.) combine, join, add up to | (v.) to close; to suit, to conform with | (m.) 100 ml, 0.1 liter | (char./m.) whole, entire; (in ancient novels) round, bout (of fights or battles)

(v.) to return, to go back, to turn around | (v./m.) to reply, answer back; (of the number of occurrence) time; (an event) piece; (of a novel) chapter | (char.) circle, wind

(char.) special; spy, secret agent | (adv.) for a particular purpose; very, especially; (lit.) only

(v.) in place of, instead of, take the place of | (n.) period; generation; dynasty

(n.) inner, inside, within | (char.) (modesty) one's wife; internals; heart, mind; (lit.) the imperial palace

(n.) letter; message, news | (v./adv.) believe; profess faith in (a religion); at will, without a plan | (char.) true, real; trustworthy; evidence; trust, faith; fuse

(n.) watch, meter | (n./v.) form, table (for listing information); appearance; to show or express | (v.) (vernacular) to bring out or cure the cold (with traditional medicine) | (char.) relationship between children of a brother and a sister or of sisters | (char.) memorial (to an emperor); needle of a sundial

(char.) -ize, -ify (suffix used after a noun or an adjective to form a verb); (abbr.) chemistry | (v.) transform, turn, change; melt, dissolve | (v.) (variant of 花 v., rarely used now) to spend, to take time | (v.) digest; reduce; (of monks) beg alms

(adj.) old, aged; of long standing, old fashioned, outdated; former, original; (of colors) dark; (of vegetable) overgrown; (of food) overcooked | (adv.) often, regularly; for a long time; very | (radical.) old | (char.) old people; experienced; (prefix for) names of animals, plants, surnames

(v.) give, grant; make...suffer; make, allow, let | (prep.) for, to (indicating the recipient of an action); (followed by 我 in imperative sentences, indicating emphasis) | (prep.) to (after a verb indicating handing over of sth.); by, with (in passive sentences) | (char.) to supply, to provide; abundant, ample, well provided for

(char.) world, society; generation; through generations; lifetime; age, era; epoch

(m./n.) measure word for person; (Math.) digit, figure | (char.) place; position; throne; (information) bit

(m.) times (of repeating something) | (n./adj.) order, sequence; secondary, second-rate, inferior, poor | (m.) measure word for train numbers or flight numbers

(v.) spend, pass (of time) | (n./m.) limit, extent; rule, code of conduct; (one's) manner; time; degree (of angles, temperature, alcohol strength...); kilowatt-hour | (char.) tolerance, consideration | (char.) estimate, guess

(n.) door, gate; switch, valve; hole (in human body); way to do things; (biology) phylum | (m.) measure word for subjects of study, branches of science, marriage, relatives, artillery, etc. | (radical.) gate | (char.) family; school (of thought), (religious) sect; teacher's entrance hall; category

(n./m./v.) official post; measure word for number of terms one served on a post; to appoint, to assign sb. to a post; to assume or take up; undertake, bear | (v./conj.) allow, give free rein to; no matter

(adv.) often | (adj.) normal, common, fixed | (char.) law, order, discipline

(adv./n.) before, first; for the time being; first, lead, initiative; past, beginning | (char.) (lit.) elder generation, ancestor; (respectful term) late, deceased; leading, pioneering

(n.) sea; big lake; (fig.) large mass of (people or animals or things) | (char.) foreign; large (of capacity or size of a container)

(v./adj.) lead to; open up by poking; connect; notify; know; unblocked, through; (of writing) logical, coherent | (m.) for a complete activity (talking, etc) | (char./m.) authority, expert; common, general; whole, all; used for documents, letters, telegrams or phone calls

(v.) to teach, to instruct | (v./n.) teach, instruct; (same as 叫) make... (do sth.); religion

(n./adj.) son; child; youngster, youth; male | (radical.) son | (char.) suffix "r" (after noun to indicate intimacy or form a new word; after a verb, etc. to form a noun; etc.)

(adj.) former, original | (char.) source, origin; original form or shape; primary, basic; unprocessed | (char.) excuse, forgive; plain, level country

(n.) east | (n.) master, host

(n./m.) voice, sound; measure word used for sounds | (char.) declare, state; message, news; reputation; initial of a Chinese syllable; (phonetics) tone

(v.) mention; bring forward; draw, extract; summon (a prisoner for interrogation) | (v.) to carry (in the hand with the arm down); lift, raise; move up (a date) | (n.) rising stroke of Chinese character | (char.) beware of

(v./adv.) to stand; to erect; to set up; to draw up; to appoint, to designate; immediately, instantaneously | (radical.) stand | (char.) upright, vertical, erect; to exist, to live; (ancient) come to the throne

(conj.) and | (char.) to reach; to be as good as; be in time for; (lit.) reach by analogy, take into account

(prep.) than | (v.) to compare; to compete; to copy, to model after | (prep.) to (in a score) | (radical.) compare | (v.) to stand close together, be right next to; to collude with | (v.) to gesticulate; to rival, to parallel; to draw an analogy | (n.) ratio, rate, proportion

(char./m.) member (of an organization); person engaged in some field of activity; measure word for a brave soldier