Most Common Chinese Characters (page 71)

(bound form) water caltrop (Trapa species)

(m.) a measure word for lamp or lantern | (char.) small cup

(char.) conceal, hide

(onom.) chirp; squeak; creak

(v./n.) to lie down to sleep; bedroom; coffin chamber

(v.) pull somebody into one's arms, take on, take upon oneself, grasp; monopolize; fasten with a rope

(char.) marrow, pith; (fig.) quintessence

(v.) grasp, hold; control

(v.) feed, nurse (a baby) | (char.) (lit.) food being chewed in one's mouth

(char.) (lit.) arrow; vow, swear; feces, excrement | (radical.) arrow

(onom.) bang | pop | pow

(char.) flag, banner; (lit.) sign, mark

surname Shao | place name

(bound form) to cough

(v.) (lit.) hold something under the arm; coerce; hold hostage; harbor hatred or grudge

(n./m.) jar, vat, crock; jar-shaped vessel; compound of sand and clay

(v.) rub with hands; knead, roll; (lit.) bend, reform; (TCM) kneading

(adj.) greasy; sticky and slippery; fine and smooth; fed-up

(adj./v.) tame and docile; to domesticate, to tame

(n./v.) (mooring) cable, rope; thick cable; to fasten with a rope

part of the day | midday

(v.) be physically paralyzed; become weak or feeble

(v.) store, save, lay aside

(char.) (lit.) look for, hunt, seek

(char.) (deceive, indistinct - This character is not used alone)

(char.) secluded; rare; eccentric

the Sui dynasty (581–617 AD) | surname Sui

(char.) trailing plant's stems and branches; grow, multiply | (n.) tendrilled vine

(dialect) how, why | (lit.) to hold between teeth | see 咋咋呼呼

(v.) embed

(char.) devout, sincere, pious

(char.) side, bank (of a lake, river or road); borders (of a field)

Only in compound words

(n.) small dish, small plate

Only in compound words

(char.) unclear

toot | honk | to pout

(v.) to jump, to leap, to skip, to hop; (of someone or something) to appear (suddenly), to pop up

mound | burial mound | senior (i.e. eldest child or senior in rank)

(adj.) (lit) clear, deep (of water)