Most Common Chinese Characters (page 61)

(v.) to moisten, to wet; to touch; be stained with; to gain by one's association with sb

(v.) swindle (sb of sth); pretend; bluff sb into giving information

old variant of 齋|斋[zhai1]

(v.) conceal

(literary) tiger stripes; (by extension) ornate and brightly colored; (by synecdoche) young tiger; (fig.) strong; stalwart | (old) classifier for troops

(char.) adversity

(char.) consult, take counsel

(v./n.) spin, weave; thin silk cloth

(n.) tin, jar, pitcher, can | (m.) measure word, can (of soda, beer, etc.); jar (of jam, etc.)

(n.) barrel, bucket

(char.) soil; earth (as opposed to heaven); area, territory

(n.) cake, pastry, pudding

(char.) eulogize, praise, glorify; wish, hope; song of praise, ode; sacrificial songs in "The Book of Songs"

(char.) expand, inflate, blow up

(char.) harmonious; humorous

(v./n.) to build (by piling up material); rampart, fort; base (in baseball or softball)

Only in compound words

(char.) crack, crevice; (of space or time) gap; loophole; (lit.) rift, discord

(adj./v.) hot, spicy, peppery; vicious, ruthless; (of smell or taste) burn, bite, sting

(v.) bind, tie

(v.) spoil, bestow favor on

(interj.) hay! hey! (used as a form of greeting or calling for attention; used to express self-pride, praise or satisfaction)

(v.) to exchange; to cash; to add to

(n./v.) mold, mould, mildew (esp. on the surface of a moist area); to go mouldy, to go moldy | (n.) mycelium

(char.) dampen, frustrate

(char.) (lit.) delay; investigate, examine; argue | (char.) bow to the ground

(n.) spoke (of a wheel)

(v.) beg (for alms), supplicate, implore

(n.) gauze (of cotton or silk); yarn; textile products

(char.) skirt; skirt-shaped thing

laugh | giggle | (interjection expressing admiration, surprise etc)

(onomat.) the sound of wonderment or crying | (par.) used in place of 啊 after a word ending in u or ao

(v./n.) to embroider; embroidery

(n./v.) rod, pole; cane, walking stick; flog with a stick (punishment in ancient China)

(char.) pond; embankment; pit-shaped thing

(char.) (lit.) (of water) overflow; multiply; (of words) be superfluous; spread; low-lying flatland; marsh

axis | axle | spool (for thread) | roller (for scrolls) | classifier for calligraphy rolls etc

(v.) climb; pull down using hands; seek connections in high places; involve

shoulder | upper arm

(char.) make an analogy; example, analogy