Most Common Chinese Characters (page 66)

short name for Sichuan 四川[Si4 chuan1] province | one of the Three Kingdoms 三國|三国[San1 guo2] after the Han dynasty, also called 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4], situated around what is now Sichuan province

(v.) swing; toss; throw off

(n.) end, limit, border; (lit.) waterside, bank

(v./n.) rest the head on, underlay; pillow

(char.) (lit.) to beg; beggar

(char.) to swim

crotch | 15th of the 28th constellations of Chinese astronomy

(char.) to secrete, to excrete, to seep out

(char.) exceed, go beyond, transcend; (lit.) even more

(v.) (of tiny insects such as mosquitoes) to sting, to bite; to make sure by repeating what one says

umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow

(adj./n.) dry, parched; (TCM) dryness

Only in compound words

surname Ji

(char.) door hinge; pivot; center of power

to detest

(n.) whale

(char.) great, large; to expand

(v./adj.) lean on/against; depend on; (lit.) biased, partial

(char.) insult, bully, humiliate; aggression and oppression

fence; hedge | (literary) screen; barrier | vassal state | Taiwan pr. [fan2]

to flick | to brush off | (of a breeze) to brush lightly over | (literary) to run counter to

(n.) crane (bird)

(v.) lose; erode, corrode

thick liquid | to starch

used in 芙蓉[fu2 rong2], lotus

(char.) rubbish, trash

(v.) to toast, to roast, to bake; to warm oneself by a fire

(v.) show something on the internet (traditional character can also be 晒) | (v.) bask (in the sun); (of the sun) shine upon; give the cold shoulder to (traditional character can also be 晒)

(n.) frost | (char.) frostlike powder; (cosmetics) cream; white, hoary

to plagiarize

(char.) (lit.) to hold in store, to contain; to accumulate; profundity

(char.) rubbish, garbage

(phr.) silk

(char.) islet, small island

hydrogen (chemistry)

hump or hunchbacked | camel

(char.) a stage costume and make-up; woman's personal adornments; dowry; to apply makeup

(v./m./n.) to tie, to bond; bunch, bundle; things that are bundled

(n.) (chemistry) lead (Pb); lead in a pencil