Most Common Chinese Characters (page 6)

(v./n.) explain; unbind; cut apart, dissect; divide, separate; dismiss; understand; solve a math problem; (Math.) solution | (v.) send under guard, escort | (n./v.) acrobatic (on horse); a surname; (spoken) get the point, see

(n./m.) water; river; area of water; flood (disaster); liquid; extra income; washing | (radical.) water | (n.) (TCM) water

(n./v.) name; be called, have the name of | (char.) famous; fame; excuse; express, describe; own or possess | (m.) measure word for person or standing in a competition

(adj./adv.) true, genuine, authentic; clear, unmistakable; really, indeed, truly | (char.) portrait; natural character, inherent quality; referring to the regular script in Chinese calligraphy

(char.) discuss, argue; decide on; theory; opinion, statement; dissertation (used in the titles) | (char.) (abbr.) The Analects of Confucius, the Analects | (prep.) by, according to

(n.) place; part, aspect (of sth. being considered) | (char.) to approach, to handle; to punish | (v.) to reside; get along with; be in a situation, be situated in | (n.) department | (m.) for a particular landscape or location

(v.) walk; leave, go; run; (euphemism) pass away; (of objects) move; reveal; lose the original shape or flavor; visit; do sth in some way | (radical.) run | (radical.) walk

(char.) meaning; righteousness; chivalry, sense of honor; righteous; artificial; adopted

(pro.) each or every (of a group); all | (adv.) (of more than one side) to do the same thing or be of certain nature

(v.) enter, go in; join, be admitted | (radical.) enter | (char.) put in, put into; income; suit, conform to; (abb.) the entering tone 入声

(pro.) several, a few; how many? | (n.) small table (in Taiwan, pronounced in the tone ji3) | (radical.) small table | (adv.) almost, nearly

(m.) (family member, knife, well, water in mouth, etc.) | (n.) mouth (of human or animal); entrance, opening; edge of a knife; age of a draught animal | (radical.) mouth | (char.) one's taste; people, population; port; cut, crack, hole; gate way of the Great Wall

(v.) recognize, identify; admit; enter into a certain relationship with; offer to do; resign oneself to...

(n./m.) long and narrow piece; stripe; measure word for long and thin things (trousers, road..., dogs), for people | (char./m.) twig; order; item, article; (measure word) for sth that can be listed item by item (e.g. in official documents)

(adj./v.) flat, level, smooth; on the same level, in a tie; to make level or even, to equal; to soothe (anger) | (char.) level; fair, impartial; set right; calm, peaceful; conquer, suppress; common, ordinary; level tone

(n.) department, faculty; series, system; (geology) system | (v.) to tie, to fasten | (char.) relate to, depend on; miss, be concerned; (lit.) detain; (lit.) tie, fasten | (v.) (lit.) be

(n./v.) gas; air; breath; to get angry; to enrage, to make...angry | (radical.) steam | (n.) (TCM) qi, chi (an active principle forming part of any living thing in the traditional culture) | (char.) weather; smell; spirit, morale; airs, manners; bullying, insult

(n./v.) topic, question, exercise (homework, test); subject, topic; to inscribe

(v./adj.) to live; to keep alive, to survive; alive, living, live | (adj./adv./n.) vivid; movable; exactly; work, job, product

(pro.) (ancient Chinese) you; that; like that | (char.) (suffix) used as part of an adjective

(v./n.) to replace, to change; (lit.) to experience; (in ancient times)　watch (one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was divided) | (adv.) more, even more; (lit.) furthermore

(adv.) don't; (used with "shi" to raise a supposition of sth undesirable happening) | (v./pro.) to leave, to distinguish; other | (v./adj.) (dialect) dissuade from, win over; (of writting) awkward; not getting along well; unpleasant | (char.) difference; classification, category | (v.) (dialect) (of direction) to turn; (of idea or temper) to change | (char.) unique, uncommon, special; miswritten, misspelled, mispronounced | (v.) to fasten (using a pin); to clip into; to trip, to stumble (sb.)

(v.) knock, beat; be smashed; attack, fight; mix; (wild animals) catch, hunt | (v.) dispatch, make (phone call), shoot (gun) | (v.) play (games, e.g. cards, video games, ball games in which hands are used, etc.) | (m.) dozen | (prep.) from, since, through | (v.) draw, ladle; write; buy; inject; speak or act in a way; go through or perform (physical action), experience (physical phenomena); design, calculate | (v.) (of food or other objects) make; pack up, tie up; weave, knot; hoist, hold up; draw, paint

(char.) woman, female; daughter, girl | (radical.) woman

(v.) to become different; to change or turn into; to transform | (char.) unexpected incident; changeable, changed; to sell off

(num.) four, 4

(n./adj.) spirit, vigor; god; countenance, expression; supernatural, marvelous | (n.) (TCM) mind; spirit; vitality

(v./adj./adv.) to sum up; overall, general; chief, head; always; after all, sooner or later, anyway

(pro.) (lit.) who, what, which, when, where; (rhetorical questions) why, how come | (n.) He (Chinese family name)

(n.) electricity | (v.) get an electric shock; (formal) send a telegram | (char.) lightning; telegram

(v.) to count; be reckoned as; scold | (n.) (math) number, figure; (grammar) number; fate, destiny | (char.) (lit) frequently, repeatedly | (num.) several, a few

(adj./v.) safe, quiet, calm; to install, to fit; to harbor, to cherish; to confer (a title) on..., to impute (sth to sb) | (m.) ampere | (pro.) where (asking for location); how (used in rhetorical questions) | (char.) safe, secure; comfortable, cozy; be content with; to pacify, to calm, to stabilize; to find a place for

(v./adj./adv.) to lack; to owe; to lose; few, little; for a short while | (char.) young; young master

(n.) newspaper, periodical; report; telegram | (v.) to report; to reply; to repay; to revenge

(adv.) just, a moment ago, just now; (for emphasis) really, actually | (adv.) not until (used to indicate that something happens later than is expected); only | (n.) talent, ability; talented person

(v./n.) to form; to knot; to form a relationship with; to conclude, to settle; (Anatomy) node | (v.) to bear, to produce (fruit); to stammer, to stutter | (char.) solid, durable, sturdy (never used alone)

(adv./adj./v.) on the contrary, instead; opposite (in direction), upside down, reverse, inside out; to combat, to oppose; to rebel against | (char.) to turn over, to reverse; to return, to counter; counter-revolutionary, reactionary; to generalize

(v.) bear; receive; be subjected to; (oral) be pleasant to

(char.) eye; item; catalogue; title; (lit.) to look or see | (radical.) eye | (n./m.) mesh; (biology) order; (Go game) eye

(adv.) (used to express admiration, exclamation, or dissatisfaction) too, over; (after "bu" to soften the tone of negation) quite, excessively; (before "bu" to emphasize negation) too, over | (char.) highest, greatest; great-grand, senior; remotest