Most Common Chinese Characters (page 90)

Only in compound words

beautiful | open-work silk

to bare

(n.) seed

who | which | what

guileless | sincere

(v.) to mix, to toss, to quarrel

(char.) orange; orange (color)

(v./conj.) (lit.) reach to, be up to, be until; and (to connect two nouns, or noun phrases to comprise a list)

surname Ao

Only in compound words

Only in compound words

Only in compound words

variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌 was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉 has replaced 剌)

prostitute

surname Xu | Taiwan pr. [Xu4]

used in the names of various herbaceous plants

(bound form) to mutter; to mumble

(char.) (drink, etc.) to one's heart's content; happy, hearty; (of battle) fierce

foot of a hill

small earthenware plate or basin | a monk's alms bowl | Sanskrit paatra

jade-like stone | clean and white | tinkling of pendants

Only in compound words

(n.) cereal seedlings; standing grain | (radical.) grain

twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

jade annulus

pregnant

broom

(v.) (lit.) sigh in regret or pity

armpit | (biology) axilla | (botany) axil | Taiwan pr. [yi4]

variant of 螂[lang2]

slope | hillside

to pull | to draw | to pull back | to withdraw | to flash past

to impeach

to drip | to strain or filter | a trickle

sorghum

(onom.) used in 喀嚓[ka1 cha1] and 啪嚓[pa1 cha1] | Taiwan pr. [ca1]

Only in compound words

neon (chemistry)

(v.) take along something to somebody, bring to somebody | (v.) (of mules or horses) draw back a step or two, move backward; fade