Most Common Chinese Characters (page 60)

(char.) steep; (lit.) suddenly, abruptly

(n.) claw, talon, paw; foot of a utensil | (radical.) claw | (n.) claw, talon, paw, unguis

(n.) hare, rabbit

(char.) blackish red, dark red | (char.) grand, magnificent; abundant, rich; ardent; hospitable | (n.) Yin Dynasty (later period of the Shang Dynasty in Chinese history)

(char.) (of a woman) chaste; loyal, faithful; (lit.) practice divination (in ancient times)

(char.) to recommend; (lit.) to sacrifice; (lit.) straw mat, straw

(adj.) mute, dumb; speechless; hoarse, husky; (of a bomb) unexploded

(n.) charcoal; charcoal fire, (fig.) misery; (dialect) coal; coal-like substance

(n.) tomb

(v.) blink

(v.) to fight, to wrestle; to throb, to beat; to spring upon

(v.) to cough | (interj.) Oh, ah (expressing surprise, regret or sadness)

(v.) bring or hold together, gather up; approach, draw near; add up; comb (hair)

(n.) mother's brother, uncle; wife's brother, brother-in-law; husband's father

(char.) (lit.) dim; ignorant; conceal, hide; take the liberty of, offend

(v.) do without authority; usurp, arrogate to oneself; expert in, to be good at

(adj.) bright, clear; frank; (of feelings) cool, good | (char.) to deviate

(char.) (used in the word) curry | (char.) (used in translation) coffee, cafe

(v.) put, place; put aside; put in, add; hold, contain | (v.) (oral) to stand, to bear, to endure

good fortune | official salary

Only in compound words

(n./v.) whistle; (of birds) warble, chirp; sentry post; to patrol

(char.) consolidate; fortified, stable | (n.) Gong (Chinese surname)

thin, tough silk fabric

(n.) spiral shell, snail, conch; whorl (in a fingerprint)

(v.) to wrap, to envelop; to sweep off, to make away with

(char.) former, past

surname Xuan

(char.) (lit) wrong, false

(n.) (person) spy; espionage

(n.) turtle, tortoise | (radical.) turtle | (char.) used in the word 龟裂 | (char.) used in the name of ancient state 龟兹

(n.) son's wife, daughter-in-law; wife of a relative of the younger generation

(n.) ginger | (n.) Jiang (a surname)

(v.) be blind; (of a bomb) fail to explode; (of plants) fail to produce fruits; (dialect) waste; become tangled | (adv.) foolishly, vainly, groundlessly

(v./n./adj.) to wrong, to treat unjustly; case of injustice; enmity, hatred; not worth

(n.) crow

(n./v./m.) (botany) fleabane; be fluffy, be disheveled; (of luxuriant plants) clump, cluster

(n.) lane, alley

gem

(v./n.) to plant; to insert; to impose or force sth on sb; to tumble; to suffer a setback; seedling