Most Common Chinese Characters (page 9)

(char.) compass; regulation, rule; to plan; to advise

(num.) ten thousand; very great number, myriad | (adv.) by all means, absolutely, extremely

(v.) fetch, get, take, withdraw; gain, incur; choose, select

(v.) pull, drag, tug | (v.) to transport by vehicle; to organize or move troops; to press-gang | (v.) to play (bowed string instrument); (table tennis) to lift | (v.) (can be metaphorical) to drag out, spin out; owe, be in arrears (with) | (v.) (dialect) to bring up; to help out; (spoken) to chitchat | (v.) to involve, drag in; to solicit, canvass; (spoken) empty the bowels | (v.) slit, make a cut, slash | (char.) used in 半拉

(char.) lattice; pattern, style; quality; (lit.) impede, obstruct, hinder; (lit.) to examine or study; to hit, to beat | (n.) square, check (formed by crossed lines); (linguistics) case

(v./prep.) look over, gaze into distance; towards | (char.) reputation; reputable person; hope, expect; pay a visit; streamer sign of a shop; (lit.) hate | (n.) full moon; 15th day of a lunar months, day of the full moon

(v./n.) to feel, to sense; to become aware; (lit.) to wake up; sense (of touch, sight, hearing, etc.) | (n.) sleep

(char.) art, technique; method, tactics | (char.) used in 白术, 苍术, 莪术

(v.) to lead; to accept; to receive, to draw | (n.) collar, neck (of a garment) | (char./m.) neck (part of the body); outline; possess, occupy; comprehend; measure word for robes or mats

(adv.) altogether, in all; together | (char.) common, general; have or undertake together; (abbr.) the Communist party

(char.) true, reliable; firm, resolute | (adv.) really, indeed, surely

(v.) to transfer, to pass on, to transmit, to spread | (v.) to conduct, to express, to be contagious, to summon | (n.) biography; commentaries on classics; used in titles of story or novel

(n./v.) master, teacher; model, example; person skilled in a certain profession; (of a Buddhist monk) master; learn, imitate

(char.) watch, observe, look at | (char.) view, appearance; opinion | (n.) Taoist temple

(adj./v.) (of liquid or gas) clear; clarified; to count; to settle or pay off (debts) | (n.) Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) | (char.) pure, spotless; unmixed; just and honest; quiet, silent; to purify

(char.) present, now; modern | (pro.) this

(v.) to cut, to cut off, to slice; (math.) be tangent | (v./adj./adv.) correspond to; feel the pulse (of TCM); anxious; close to; must, be sure to

(n.) courtyard; designation for certain government offices; public place; college, institution

(v.) let, allow, make; make way for | (v.) give way, yield (to...); invite; convey, transfer | (prep.) by

(v.) know, recognize | (char.) have a sense of; knowledge | (char.) (lit.) remember, commit to memory; mark, sign

(v.) wait | (char.) season, time; state, condition; inquire after

(v.) bring, take | (n.) belt, band, tape; tire, tyre; zone | (v.) to do something else simultaneously, to bear or wear, to have, to lead, to bring up (a child)

(v.) instruct; guide, lead; conduct; direct

(v.) compete for, contend for; fight, struggle; quarrel, argue with

(v./n.) carry, transport; move, turn around; use, utilize; luck

(v.) laugh, smile; ridicule, mock at

(v.) to fly; (of objects) drift, float (in the air); to volatilize | (char.) unexpected, groundless; very fast, swiftly | (radical.) to fly

(n./v.) wind; to air-dry | (n.) news, information | (char.) custom, trend; scene; attitude; groundless, ungrounded | (radical.) wind

(n./v.) step; stage, situation; (lit.) to step

(v.) to change, to alter, to transform, to convert | (v.) to revise; to switch over to; to amend; to correct, to make right

(v.) receive, accept; collect; arrest; put sth away; gain; harvest; restrain; conclude

(n.) root; base, origin, cause; offspring; (Math.) root; (chemistry) radical | (m.) measure word for long and thin things | (char.) base, source; base (of part of body or object); completely, thoroughly

(v.) do, work; do... as a profession, work as... | (adj.) dry; empty, void; adoptive | (adv.) in vain | (n.) dried food | (char.) without water; hollowly, without real meaning; to offend, to interfere; to concern; heavenly stem | (radical.) dry | (char.) trunk, main part; cadre; able; capability

(v.) to make, to create, to produce; to invent, to cook up | (char.) (lit.) to arrive at; to train or educate; (of skills) reach (a certain level)

(char.) to say, to talk; speech, word; character, word, sentence

(char.) join; contact; continue, extend; antithetical couplet

(v.) to grasp or hold (in one's hand); to maintain | (char.) to be in charge, to run, to manage; to support; to oppose; to control, dominate

(n./m.) group, team; set, series, suite | (v.) form, compose

(pro./adv.) per, every, each; on each occasion; (lit.) often

(char.) cross a river; aid, help; benefit, be helpful | (char.) name of place in Shandong Province