Most Common Chinese Characters (page 65)

(char.) birds, fowls; birds and beasts

(adv.) (used in prohibition) never, not, don't

beautiful | graceful

(v.) take aim (at), concentrate one's gaze (on)

(m.) measure word for buildings or houses | (n.) stone pillar with Buddhist scriptures

old variant of 寇[kou4]

(char.) see

(v.) bribe

(v.) to step on, to trample, to tread; to degrade, to belittle, to demean

clap of thunder

(onomat.) hoot, toot, zoom

(char.) arch-shaped; to cup one hand in the other in greeting; to encircle | (v.) to arch; to push (with the body or part of the body); (of sprouts) sprout up from the soil

imperial concubine

(char.) (lit.) small; not have; smear

order (from above)

(v.) bind, tie, restrict

Only in compound words

sail

(v.) to soak; to flood; (of sweat or tears) to irritate the skin

(n.) wrist

(v.) boil, cook

pretty | winsome | to ask for sb's help | son-in-law (old)

variant of 卒[zu2]

(char.) to investigate, to survey; to proofread

(char.) (lit.) strong fragrance

(v./adj.) tease, play with, amuse; funny | (v.) induce; stop over

(char.) suburb

(adj.) inexpensive; despicable; humble, lowly; (term of modesty used in the past) my

(v.) to stir-fry; (dialect) to fire, to dismiss sb. from job | (v.) to speculate (stock); to boost through media coverage, to expose (scandal)

(char.) lustrous, bright, dazzling

(v./adj.) open; spacious

(n.) wax; candle | (char.) sacrifice offered at the end of a year in ancient China

(v./n.) imprison; prisoner

(literary) cold; chilly | (bound form) to tremble with fear

(n.) Gu (a surname); crime, guilt

(v./n.) put something under something else to raise it or make it level; cushion, mat | (v.) pay for somebody in advance; fill up; fill in a gap, insert

(char.) envy

(char.) of stalwart figure; chief, head

(char.) ballad, rhyme; rumor

(char.) deserted, lonely, solitary