Most Popular Chinese Characters 1 to 100

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Seq.num. Character Pronunciations and explanations

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[de] ; w de my; gode high, tall; shdethat's it, that's right;... sh...de one who...;. T sh shuHny de. He is one who speaks Chinese.

[d] md goal[d] true, real; dqu certainly

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[y] one, a little; d-y first, primary; knykn have a (quick)look at

[y] (used before tone #4); y g rn one person; ydng certain;

yyng same; yyu January[y] (used before tones #2 and #3); ydi nr a little; yxi some{Compare with(F) yo, which also means "one"}

3 [sh] to be,? shbush? is (it) or is (it) not?; shf u whether ornot, is (it) or is (it) not?

4 [b] not[b] (used before tone #4); b sh isn't

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[le] ;!N lile! You have come! ! W lile! I've gotten tired! ! N

h ole! That's OK (now)! . W zh q ngle y wi kren. I invited only one guest.

[li o] end, finish, settle, dispose of, know clearly, to be able, (= li oji) understand, comprehend; li olia clearly understand, settle (a debt/etc.), to be intelligent; li ole[lio] (= lia) to survey/watch{Compare with z child}

6 [rn] person; rnli humankind;? y u rn ma? Is there anybodyhere?

{Compare with r enter}

7 [w ] I, me, my; w men we, us{Compare with zh o seek}

8 [zi] at; xinzi now; cnzi exist

9 [y u] have, there is; miy u haven't, there isn't; ? Y umiy u? Is there or isn't there? Have (you) or haven't (you)?; y ude some[yu] (= yu) again, both... and...

10 [t] he, him, his, (she, her, it, its), (= qt) other[tu] (in classical texts) someone else, something else

11 (F)[zh] this; zhr here

[zhi] this (before classifier)

12 [zhng] middle, in; Zhnggu China

[zhng] hit (a target)

13 [d] big;? dud? how large?; dxi o size; dji everybody[di] difu doctor

{Compare with ti very and m tree}

14 (F)[li] come; yunli originally, as a matter of fact; linin

coming/next year(s)[lai] (when used as a verb complement); q lai get up


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[shng] above, on, over, top, (go) up, last, previous

[sh ng] sh ngshng 3rd tone in Mandarin[shang] (when used as a verb complement)

{Compare with xi under}

16 (F)[gu] (= guji) country, state, nation, ; ZhngguChina; Migu USA

17(F,)

[g] ; grn personal;grnzhy personal homepage

[g] zg oneself

18 [do] to, towards, until, arrive, reach

19 (F)[shu] explain, scold, refer to, (= shuhu) speak, say; yushupersuade[shu] try to persuade; yushu lobbying

20 (F)[men] ; w men we; rnmen people, persons

21 (F)[wi] for, for the sake of, in order to, in this connection[wi] do, act, act as, be, become; rnwi think or believe that...;y wi think or believe erroneously that...{Compare with bn do}

22 [z ] child, son; z n sons and daughters; rzi son[zi] (noun suffix); zhuzi table{Compare with le }

23

[h] together, with, (F) harmony, gentle, mild, kind, ; hpng peace[H] Japan

[huo] nu nhuo nice and warm[h] join in singing, compose a poem in reply

[hu] mix with water[hu] mix, blend

[h] complete a set in Mahjong

24 [n ] (Alternative feminine form: n ) you, your; n men you (plural)

25

[d] earth, ground, soil, place, position, distance; dzh the Twelve

Terrestrial Branches

[de] , ~ly; kuide z uwalk quickly

26 [ch] go out, come out, in direction out from something, emit, issue,prouce; chxin appear, emerge, (F)

27 [do] way, path, channel, way, say, a streak (of light), doctrine, , (= Dojio) Taoism; zhdao know[d o] (= d o) lead; = l ngd o leader

28 [y] also, as well; yx perhaps

29 (F)[sh] period, season, (= shjin, = shhou) time, (= xi osh)hour

30 [nin] year, ;jnnin this year; mngnin nextyear; qnin last year; zhngnin middle age31 [de] ; z ude kui walk


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quickly

[d] get, reach, achieve[di] should

32 [ji] just, simply, right away;jiyo about to (do something);!

Zh jish w ! This is simply me!; . T jiyo q. He is about toleave.

33

[n] that[ni] that (before classifier)

[nu] chnnu deep meditation[nu] wnu helpless, unfortunately

[n ] (= n ) what?[ni] (= ni before classifier) which?

34 [yo] want, will, shall, need, important, essential; zh yo main,fundamental[yo] yoqi demand

35

[xi] below, under, (go) down, next (as opposed to previous/last)

{Compare with shng above}

36 [y ] use, take, according to, because of, in order to; ky OK, may; su y so, therefore, as a result; y wi beyond, except

37 [shng] give birth, life; xinsheng mister, gentleman, Sir

38 (F)[hu] can, able, meet, meeting, society, union, party

[kui] kuij accounting[hu ] hur moment

39 [z] from, since, (= zj ) self; zrn nature{Compare with m eye and bi white}

40 (F)[zhe] [zho] touch

[zhu] wear clothes, dress, touch

[zho] put in, add, (F) make move in chess, trick, decieve

41 [q] go, leave, depart (opposite of li)

42 [zh] , it (in classical texts)

43 (F)

[gu] pass, cross, go by, exceed, ;

gu m l cross the street; . w qguo Zhnggu

li ng c. I have gone to China twice.

44 [ji] home, house, family; guji nation; dji everybody[jie] zhngtinjie all day long;jil (at) home, (in the) family

45 (F)[xu] study, learn; xuxio school; xusheng student{Compare with z written character}

46 (F) [du] correct, answer, treat, agree, mutual, pair; dubuq excuse me

47

[k] ~able, (= ky ) may, can, (= ksh) but, however; k'iloveable, cute; k'nng possible, probable, maybe; kk uklCoca Cola

[k] khn khan

48 [t] she, her


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49 [l ] neighbourhood, half kilometer, , (F ,) in, inside,

lining;? n li? where?; nli there; zhli here50

[hu] queen, (F) after, behind, ; hutin the day after

tomorrow

51 [xi o] small; dxi o size

52 [me/mo] (F,) (interrogative suffix)? shnme? what?;?wishnme? why?! mi shnme! It doesn't matter!, Never mind!; ? znme? how?[yo] (S) youngest, one (e.g. in bus/house/phone numbers)

53 [xn] heart; xi oxn be careful; xnl psychology, mentality; zhngxn center

54 [du] many, much, more; dud how large?; dush o howmany/much?

55

[tin] sky, heaven, god, day, (= tinkng) sky; tinq weather{ tingn the Ten Heavenly Stems:

ji -y -b ng-dng-w-j -gng-xn-rn-gu (these characters are sometimes used as ordinal numbers}{Compare with f man and w without}

56 [r] (= rqi) and, furthermore, (= rn'r) yet, even so57 [nng] can, be able; nnggu be capable of; k'nng maybe

58 [h o] good, good to..., easy to...; ! N h o! Hello! [ho] to like[ho] h ohor in perfectly good condition

59

[du] all

[d] (= sh ud) capital city60

[rn] right, correct, so, like that; surn although; hrn suddenly; dngrn of course; zrn nature61 (F)

[mi] (= miy u) haven't, there isn't; ? Y umiy u? Is there or isn't there? Have (you) or haven't (you)?[m] sink, overflow, disappear, confiscate

62 [r] sun, (= rzi) day; rj diary; rgung sunlight{Compare with yu say, m eye and gn sweet}

63 [y] , (F) in, at, for, to, from, by, than{Compare with qin thousand and gn stem}

64 [q ] rise, start; q lai get up; dubuq excuse me[qi] (when used as a verb complement)

65 (F)[hi] still, yet[hun] return, give back

66 [f] (F) deliver, utter, express, shoot, emit, develop, expand[f] (F) hair

[fa] (F) tufa hair

67 [chng] (= chngwi, = binchng) become, ;chnggng succeed; wnchng accomplish, complete, fulfill; chngy idiom

68 [sh] matter, affair, thing, event, accident, job, responsibility; shqing

situation


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69 (F)

[zh ] only, just, merely, ; y zh mo a cat[zh] (F) single, one, only

{Compare with xing brother}

70 [zu] do, make; gngzu work; zuy homework[zu] zujian spoil, waste, humiliate, insult

[zu] do

71 [dng] (F) serve as, (F) ding-dong

[dng] (F) proper, right, equal, (= dngzu) treat as, regard as72 [xi ng] think, feel, consider, want, remember

73 [kn] see, look at, read, think, consider[kn] look after, tend; knsh u guard

74 [wn] language, literature, ; wnhu culture;Zhngwn Chinese (written) language

75 (F)[w] without, nothingness, have not

[m] nnm to give oneself totally to{Compare with tin heaven}

76 (F)[ki] open; kish begin d ki open, unfold[kai] (when used as a verb complement){Compare with bng combine}

77 [sh u] hand, a person skilled in something; hush u wave; pish u clap; wsh u shake/clasp hands{Compare with mo hair}

78 (A) [sh] ten; shsn thirteen; w sh fifty; shyu October79 [yng] use;

h oyng useful;

byng there's no need;

sh yng use, apply{Compare with shu i swing}

80 [zh ] lord, master, host, god, (= zh yo) main, primary; zh ydoctrine, ~ism; zhy homepage

{Compare with wng king}

81

[xng] go, OK; xngdng action, operation, move, get about, act

[hng] line; ynhng bank; hngy profession[hng] shhngzi rows of trees

[hng] (phonetic radical)

82 [fng] side, square; dfang place; fngmin aspect

{Compare with wn ten thousand}

83 [yu] again, both... and...

84 [r] like, as, as if, (= rgu ) if; rc like this85 [qin] in front, previous, ago, former, first; the day before yesterday

86 [su ] place; su y so, therefore; su y u all; csu toilet87

[bn] basis, origin, edition, ; bnrn I, me, myself; Rbn Japan{Compare with m tree}

88 (F) [jin] appear to be, meet with, call on, (= knjian) see; yjian idea,view, opinion; tngjin hear


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[xin] show, appear, become visible

{Compare with bi shellfish}

89 (F)

[jng] longitude (both geographic and in Chinese medecin), scripture,

constant, regular, , deal with, (= jngj) manage (abusiness); y jing already; jnggu pass, go through;jngynexperience;jngyu via, by way of;jngchng frequent, daily;

Yjng Book of Changes;90 (F)

[tu] head, top, first, ; tufa hair

[tou] shtou stone

91 [min] face, surface, , (F) wheat flour,

(= mintio) noodle; minbo bread92

[gng] public, official; gngl kilometer; bnggngsh office; gngs company; gnggng public, communal, common; gnggngqch (public) bus; L gng (honorable and old) Mr Li

93 [tng] same, with; tngzh comrade

[tng] (F) htng lane

94 (A) [sn] three; d-sn shji 3rd World; snyu March

95 [y ] stop, cease, end, (= y jng) already{Compare withj self, which is "open" on the left side}

96 [l o] old, venerable, outdated; l osh teacher; l oh tiger; l o Zhng old Zhang = dear (friend) Mr Zhang

97 (F)[cng] from, through, join, follower, secondary

[cng] hicngcng murky

98 (F)[dng] move, change, arouce; dngw animal; hudng activity;

yndng sports

99 (F) [li ng] two (before classifier), 50 grams

100 (F)[chng] long, lasting, length[zh ng] grow up, chief, head, older, elder

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