Most Common Chinese Characters (page 73)

(n./m.) left-falling stroke (a stroke of Chinese character); (for things resembling the left-falling stroke) | (v.) cast aside, disregard; skim (off) | (v.) throw, fling; stretch one's closed lips (to one side); (spoken) turn one's feet out when walking

surname Su

(n.) dung, excrement

surname Yin

Only in compound words

mentally deranged | crazy

Only in compound words

Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC), mythical leader who tamed the floods | surname Yu

surname Liao

(char.) frugal, thrifty, economical

(n./m.) (written) invitation; brief note; card with the name, age, birthplace of a person; (herbal medicine) dose | (char.) be submissive, be obedient | (char.) be close to; be relevant, have something to do with | (n.) book containing models of calligraphy or painting for learners to copy

(v./m.) fry in shallow oil; simmer in water, decoct; decoction (of herbal medicine)

(char./m.) thread; detailed, orderly; strand, lock, wist, skein

surname Dou

(m./n.) cluster, bunch; group

(char.) used to form onomatopoeias or certain adjectives | (n.) arris, edge; ridge, corrugation

to knock | to kowtow

(char.) shout, cry | (char.) same as 讷

Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia | surname Yao

(n.) Villa; a large detached single family home surrounded a plot of land

oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers

(v.) to iron; to heat up (in hot water) | (v.) perm (hair) | (v./adj.) scald, burn; very hot, scalding

(n.) frog

(adj.) wicked, bad | (radical.) death

Only in compound words

(n./adj.) green onion, scallion; pale green

(literary) dizzy | (literary) dazzled; bewildered | to dazzle (variant of 炫[xuan4])

one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth | female principle | ☷ | ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)

(n./adj.) outline; wide, extensive

(char.) avoid as a taboo; forbidden work, taboo; (ancient China) name of emperor or high-ranking officials which were regarded as taboo

(bound form) to cry; to weep loudly | (bound form) (of a bird or animal) to crow; to hoot; to screech

at first | suddenly | abruptly | to spread | (of hair) to stand on end | bristling

(n.) petal; section, clove; (anatomy) valve

(v./adj.) correct, rectify; pretend, feign; strong, powerful

postscript | to trek across mountains

to twist | crooked | unjust | in vain

branch | stem | stalk | CL:根[gen1] | to block | to hinder | (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) | prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc)

(char.) toilet

(v.) carve, chisel, cut (jade) | (char.) used in the word 琢磨

(v.) mock, satirize