Most Common Chinese Characters (page 94)

anxious | worried

halberd | long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade | combined spear and battle-ax

surname Kui

sickness

to smooth hair with a wet brush | (of a mouth, wing etc) to close lightly | to sip

(old) privet (genus Ligustrum) | (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction; (fig.) mainstay; pillar; backbone

variant of 箋|笺[jian1]

(bound form) clam | used in 蛤蚧[ge2 jie4]

pupil of the eye

dipper | ladle

(v.) steelyard, balance, scales; (in Taiwan) to weigh

variant of 跺[duo4]

(char.) careless and illegible | (char.) (lit. of rain) heavy; puddles on the road; heavy rainfall

Chinese celery

(phonetic) | command to a horse | clatter (of horses' hoofs)

(bound form) to put in order | to arrange properly | circumspect | well-behaved | to give (sb) an order

used in 栩栩[xu3 xu3] | jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)

(literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning)

used in 骷髏|骷髅[ku1 lou2]

(bound form) of or by the wife, as opposed to a concubine (contrasted with 庶[shu4])

(n./v.) (chemistry) halogen; bittern; thick salted gravy; thick infusion; to stew with spices in salty water or soy sauce | (radical.) salt

grand

temples | hair on the temples

Chinese catalpa (Catalpa ovata), a tree that serves as a symbol of one's hometown and whose wood is used to make various items | (bound form) printing blocks

(onom.) whooshing | swishing | rustle of skirts

(v.) think over, worry about

to dredge (a river)

Only in compound words

(fragrant plant)

(onom.) to pump (water)

ruler's seal

(n.) high water, flood

shackles | fetters | manacle

used in 髑髏|髑髅[du2 lou2] and 骷髏|骷髅[ku1 lou2]

same as 渤海[Bo2 Hai3], Bohai Sea between Liaoning and Shandong | Gulf of Zhili or Chihli

(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container | radical no. 108

hoop | to bind with hoops

(n.) filling, stuffing

name of a river

garrison