Most Common Chinese Characters (page 78)

(adj.) cunning, sly (not used alone)

(char.) wander, walk up and down; hesitate, fluctuate

saltpeter | to tan (leather)

(char.) incite, stir up; fan (a fire)

(char.) soap; black; (old term) yamen runner (for yamen, refer to 衙门)

(n.) helm, rudder

to suck | used in 囉嗦|啰嗦[luo1 suo5] | used in 哆嗦[duo1 suo5]

(n.) wolf-like animal with short forelegs

(char.) boots

(v.) cover, seal, muffle

sore | skin ulcer

ancient place name | surname Hao

(adj.) severe, harsh; excessively detailed

(char.) dirty, ugly (this character is not used alone)

(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia) | (bound form) madder red; dark red; alizarin crimson

(v.) twist between hands; rub with hands

common rue (Ruta graveolens) | (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage)

(n.) sauce, thick sauce, paste

(v.) rent, hire, lease

Only in compound words

soldier's pay

(char.) broad-leaf plants

uranium (chemistry) | Taiwan pr. [you4]

used in 舌苔[she2 tai1]

to pardon (a convict)

satin

side of a ship or an aircraft

(n.) chopsticks

beginning | first day of lunar month | north

(char.) (avaricious - not used alone)

(char.) confused, disorderly

variant of 廝|厮[si1]

variant of 婿[xu4]

(char.) open, spacious; quiet; (lit.) scanty, sparse

(char.) apprehensive, cautious; be fearful

(adj.) rough, coarse; poor

(char.) divinatory symbols; fortune telling; divination

(n.) Chinese scholar tree

(v.) dig, remove; hold on to, cling to | (v.) steal from pockets; gather, rake up; braise, stew

surname Pei