Most Common Chinese Characters (page 64)

(phonetic sound for Buddhist terms)

(adj./n.) on land; drought, dry spell, aridness | (adj.) dry, arid

Oh! (interjection indicating slight surprise) | also pr. [yao1]

(adj.) salty | (adv.) (lit.) all, altogether

where | how

(char.) reproach, reprimand; (lit. of an official) be demoted and banished

surname Wan

(n.) paddy, rice

(v.) cast, found, mint, make (mistake)

(char.) forge, beat, hammer

used in the transliteration of Greek letters

surname Zhan

(v.) get killed; collapse, perish

(char.) seem as if; all of a sudden, suddenly; not clear

(v.) to reduce in value, to depreciate | (v.) (lit.) to demote, to degrade; to belittle, to disparage

(char./m.) candle; (lit.) to light up; an old term for watt

(char.) shock, frighten, astonish

(char.) rush pith; lamp wick; (generally referring to) the center of something | (char.) fuse; forked tongue of a snake

(n.) juice

surname Huan

Only in compound words

variant of 驢|驴[lu:2]

(v./adj.) to decay, to rot; to obliterate, to wear away; senile

surname Jing

(n.) commission (in a business) | (char.) servant; to hire, to employ

thou

(char.) mediocre, commonplace; busy | (char.) used in the word 碌碡

(prep./adv.) till, up to; so far, all along (used before 未 or 无)

short name for Hebei 河北[He2 bei3] | surname Ji

(n.) thorns, chaste tree (not used alone)

surname Cui

(n.) goose (wild)

(char.) gentry; sash, girdle (worn by ancient officials and literary men)

coral

(n.) notice or announcement; name list; horizontal inscribed board (over a gate)

(char.) recite; read aloud; narrate, recount

(v.) be close to, be near; to depend on

accomplished | elegant

(n./adj.) alcohol, spirit; pure

(n.) bamboo flute; whistle