Most Common Chinese Characters (page 89)

(char.) irrigate, water

magpie

(arch. introductory particle) | then | and then

Only in compound words

(char.) mushroom

(bound form) testicle

(char.) norm, model, make; regular script (Chinese calligraphy) | (char.) (botany) Chinese pistache

(v./n.) ferment; yeast, leavening

surname Ru

zinc (chemistry)

abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2] in southwest China

Only in compound words

(literary) to compile; to edit (variant of 纂[zuan3])

jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies | sundial | (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount; a smidgen; a speck

curtain

Only in compound words

(v.) (oral) beat, hit; (dialect) smash

(char.) slander, calumniate

(adj.) blunt, tough, stubborn | (char.) blunt, tough, stubborn (only used in 倔强 or 倔犟)

calf of leg | decay | protect

surname Xie

(n./v.) a hoe; to remove weed with a hoe; uproot, eradicate

to be angry at | to be displeased and annoyed

sulfur

(v.) bring together, collect, assemble | (v.) collect, hoard, accumulate, save

sore | boil | scab

used in 霹靂|霹雳[pi1 li4]

to shout | to bawl | to yell (to urge on an animal) | to hawk (one's wares)

frightened

block | gate pillar | pier | classifier for clusters of plants | classifier for rounds in a card game: trick | (archaic) watchtower

Yi ethnic group

(char.) chimney

used in 逍遙|逍遥[xiao1 yao2]

then | at once | always | (archaic) luggage rack on a chariot

mast

majestic | dignified

to classify | to twist silk | silk thread

to palpitate

(char.) calamity; to bring disaster to

frame | classifier for paintings etc | Taiwan pr. [zheng4]