Chinese characters 6,001–6,500, by frequency

Characters 6,001–6,500 of 9,574, ordered by how often they're used. Each one has its stroke order, words and example sentences.

• 缧léia chain or rope used bind criminals
• 骞qiānraise, hold high; fly, soar
• 鸶sīthe eastern egret
• 鎏liúpure gold
• 箪dānsmall bamboo basket for holding
• 窀zhūnto bury
• 蓠líGracilaria verrucosa
• 篚fěiround or oval covered-baskets with short legs
• 雒luòblack horse with white mane
• 塬yuánplateau
• 镢juéhoe
• 勹bāowrap; Kangxi radical 20
• 癀huángjaundice
• 栲kǎomangrove
• 仂lèsurplus or excess; remainder
• 佾yìa row or file of dancers
• 氅chǎngovercoat; down feathers
• 橼yuáncitrus
• 耠huōtill, dig
• 茇bágrass, thatch
• 缡lía bridal veil; to tie; to bind
• 眇miǎoblind in one eye; minute, minuscule
• 镱yìytterbium (element 70, Yb)
• 兖yǎnestablish; one of nine empire divisions
• 唼shàspeaking evil; gobbling sound made by ducks
• 匦guǐsmall box; chest, casket
• 潋liànwaves, ripples; overflow
• 芨jīChinese ground orchid
• 僳sùminority name
• 搛jiānto pick up with chopsticks
• 拶zāpress, squeeze hard; force
• 颟māndawdling; thoughtless, careless
• 箜kōngancient string music instrument
• 鸹guāthe crow
• 揎xuānto pull up the sleeves and stretch out the arms; to strike with bare fists
• 怿yìenjoy, be glad, be pleased
• 栌lúsupporting block; sumac, loquat
• 瑗yuànlarge ring of fine jade
• 罨yǎnmedical compress; fish net
• 粢zīgrain offered in ritual sacrifice; millet
• 忉dāogrieved; distressed in mind
• 樘tánga pillar, doorpost
• 饣shíeat, food; radical number 184
• 岣gǒua hill in Hunan
• 冁chǎnsmile
• 鲅bàfish name
• 劐huōdestroy
• 涿zhuōdrip, dribble, trickle
• 苕sháorush plant
• 葶tíngDraba nemerosa
• 昃zèafternoon; the sun in the afternoon sky; to decline
• 腠còuthe tissue between the skin and the flesh
• 鞯jiānsaddle blanket
• 鳘mǐncodfish
• 牮jiàna prop, beam
• 扃jiōnga door bar placed outside a door
• 氐dīname of an ancient tribe; root; 3rd lunar mansion, determinative star α Libra...
• 笸pǒflat basket for grain
• 枧jiǎnbamboo tube, wooden peg; spout
• 倬zhuōnoticeable, large; clear, distinct
• 於yúin, at, on; interjection alas!
• 湫jiǎoa small pond; a damp and narrow place
• 堠hòubattlements, battlemented walls
• 瘰luǒscrofula, swellings
• 疬lìscrofulous lumps or swellings
• 舴zéa small boat
• 菟tùdodder; creeper
• 醪láounclear wine, wine with dregs
• 魈xiāomischievous, one footed spirit that dwells in the mountains
• 帔pèia skirt; long robe for women, having no sleeves and fasten down the front
• 痃xuánindigestion; buboes, lymphatic inflammation
• 缋huìdraw, sketch, paint
• 皴cūnchapped, cracked
• 丿piěline; Kangxi radical 4
• 倮luǒbare, naked, uncovered
• 耧lóudrill for sowing grain
• 墒shāngwet, cultivated land
• 鲦tiáominnow
• 嗍suōto suck
• 吲yǐnsmile at; sneer at
• 帙zhìbook cover; satchel or bag
• 鹆yùmyna; manah; Acridotheres tristis
• 淄zīriver in Shandong province
• 垡fáplow soil; place name
• 邳pīa department in the state of Lu, modern Shandong
• 籼xiānnon-glutinous long grain rice
• 瘗yìbury, inter
• 旒liúfringes of pearls on crowns
• 梃tǐnga club; a stalk; straight
• 喈jiēmusic; melody
• 丌jītable
• 庾yǔgranary; storehouse
• 鲴gùfish guts
• 觜zīturtle beak; 20th lunar mansion, determinative star λ Orionis (Meissa)
• 猊nílion; wild beast; wild horse
• 诒yíbequeath, pass on to future generations
• 晡būlate afternoon
• 芤kōuhollow; scallion stalk
• 瘐yǔto die in prison from cold and hunger; to treat with cruelty
• 踺jiàn
• 赣gànJiangxi province; places therein
• 耢làoa kind of farm tool
• 肫zhūnthe gizzard of a fowl; honest, sincere
• 蕻hóngbudding
• 莜yóuAvena nuda; a bamboo basket
• 屦jùstraw sandals; tread on
• 蓥yíngpolish
• 勰xiépeaceful, harmonious
• 霈pèitorrential rains, flow of water
• 盍héwhat? why not?
• 筅xiǎna bamboo brush
• 岙àoisland
• 鸺xiūhorned owl, scops chinensis
• 觌dísee; interview; be admitted to audience
• 癸guǐ10th heavenly stem
• 彘zhìswine
• 邕yōngformer or literary name for Nanning (in Guangxi)
• 嚅rútalk indistinctly and falteringly
• 疳gānchildhood diseases
• 慝tèdo evil in secret; evil, vice
• 脬pāoa bladder
• 茚yìnindene
• 蘧qúDianthus superbus
• 顼xūgrieved
• 酏yǐmillet wine
• 笄jīa hairpin; fifteen-year-old girl
• 螟míngsnout moth's larva
• 泖mǎostill waters; river in Jiangsu
• 婺wùa river and county in Jiāngxī; ancient name for 女宿, one of the 28 lunar mansi...
• 颀qítall and slim
• 麈zhǔlegendary species of deer
• 炻shía kind of china
• 钺yuèbroad-axe, a battle axe, halberd
• 橥zhūwooden peg, post or stick
• 噍jiàochew; eat; munch
• 锟kūnancient treasured sword
• 戢jíto put away; to cease; store up
• 蓊wěngluxuriant vegetation; lush
• 鳜guìmandarin fish
• 褙bèipaper or cloth pasted together
• 阚kànglance, peep; roar, growl
• 佧kǎold name for the Wǎ (佤) ethnic group of Yúnnán and Myanmar
• 蠲juānmillipede; glow-worm; bright, clear
• 囿yòupen up; limit, constrain
• 觳húan ancient measure; a goblet; mean; frightened
• 僖xījoy, gladness, delight; surname
• 柁tuólarge tie-beams
• 箅bìgrate; grid; grating
• 辂lùa chariot, carriage; a carriage pull-bar
• 煊xuānwarm
• 雩yúoffer sacrifice for rain
• 酎zhòudouble-fermented wine, vintage wine
• 橐tuóa sack, a bag opening at both ends
• 哓xiāogarrulous; disturbed; restless
• 躐lièto stride over; to step across
• 黟yīblack and shining; ebony
• 缳huánnoose; hang death; tie, bind
• 簋guǐa square basket of bamboo for holding grain used at sacrifices
• 颢hàoluminous; white, hoary
• 柽chēngtype of willow; tamarisk
• 岢kěa county in Shānxī
• 宀miánroof; Kangxi radical 40
• 诎qūbend, stoop, crouch; to yield
• 魃bádrought demon
• 獬xièa fabulous monster
• 鳇huángsturgeon
• 秕bǐempty grain or rice husk, chaff
• 赉làigive, present, confer; surname
• 觏gòumeet or see unexpectedly
• 诼zhuóslander; gossip; rumors
• 虮jǐlouse eggs, nits
• 郜gàosurname
• 酲chénghangover; uncomfortable
• 塥gé
• 坜lìa hole, pit
• 杼zhùshuttle of loom; narrow; long-headed; a scrub oak; thin
• 鲕érroe
• 邶bèiplace in today's Henan province
• 栊lóngcage, pen; set of bars
• 鞴bèisaddle up horse; drive horse
• 蒇chǎnfinish, complete; solve; complete
• 酆fēngZhou-era state in modern Sichuan
• 癃lóngweakness, infirmity retention of urine
• 莸yóuCaryopteris divaricata
• 俟qíwait for, wait until, as soon as
• 潲shàodriving rain; to sprinkle
• 曛xūntwilight; sunset
• 鍪móuan iron pan; a metal cap
• 陴pía parapet on a city wall
• 榱cuīrafter
• 稃fūbran; seed capsules
• 邙mángmountain in Henan province
• 鲥shíreeves' shad; hilsa herring
• 糌zānTibetan tsampa; glutinous flour made from roasted barley or wheat
• 龠yuèflute; pipe, ancient measure; Kangxi radical 214
• 欤yúa final particle used to express admiration, doubt, surprise, or to mark a qu...
• 惝chǎngalarmed, agitated
• 螵piāoa chrysalis
• 絷zhíconfine, tie up; imprison, shackle
• 筘kòua reed tool used in weaving to push the weft to the weaving mouth
• 楱zòu
• 畹wǎna unit of area, thirty mou
• 熘liūto steam
• 坭nímud, mire; to paste, to plaster
• 徵zhǐsummon, recruit; musical note
• 醌kūnquinone
• 瞢méngeyesight obscured; to feel ashamed
• 瘥chàito recover from any disease; an epidemic
• 踔chuōto get ahead; to stride; to excel
• 舸gělarge boat, barge
• 鼋yuánlarge turtle, sea turtle
• 锼sōuto engrave (metal or wood)
• 邡fāngname of a district in Sichuan
• 褚chǔbag, valise; stuff, pad; surname
• 枳zhǐtrifoliate orange; hedge thorn; (Cant.) a plug
• 膣zhìvagina
• 砗chēgiant clam, tridacna gigas
• 肜róngto sacrifice on two successive days
• 艽jiāoa root; a lair
• 戋jiānsmall, narrow, tiny, little
• 儋dāna small jar; to bear a burden; a load of two
• 喾kùemperor
• 岫xiùmountain peak; cave, cavern
• 墼jīunfired brick
• 凵qiǎnreceptacle; Kangxi radical 17
• 碹xuàn
• 逯lùleave without reason; surname
• 铗jiátongs, pincers; dagger; sword
• 酹lèito pour out a libation; to sprinkle
• 搦nuògrasp, seize, take in hand
• 舡chuánboat, ship
• 冖mìcover; Kangxi radical 14
• 踅xuéto walk around; turn back midway
• 乚yǐnhidden, mysterious, secret; to conceal; small; minute
• 乛yakwukyel
• 亅juéhook; Kangxi radical 6
• 丂kǎoobstruction of breath (qi) as it seeks release; variant of other characters
• 丄shàngabove
• 丩jiūto join or connect the vine
• ⺀
• 丷bā“ears-out” component used in some Chinese characters (for example, 兑); archai...
• 乂yìgovern, control, manage; nurture
• 亠tóuhead; Kangxi radical 8
• 亻rénradical number 9
• 冂jiōngwide; Kangxi radical 13
• 冫bīngice; Kangxi radical 15
• ⺈
• 刂dāoknife; radical number 18
• 匸xìbox; Kangxi radical 23
• ⺊
• 㔾xiān(same as 筄) last name; Kangxi radical 26; a joint, a seal, (ancient form of 節)
• 讠yánsimplified Kangxi radical 149
• 阝fùplace; Kangxi radical 170
• 卄niàntwenty, twentieth
• 乇tuōto depend on, to entrust with
• 亼jíto assemble. to gather together
• 亾wángdeath, destroyed; lose, perish
• 卂xùnto fly rapidly
• 夊suīKangxi radical 35; go slowly
• ⺌
• ⺍
• 巛chuānriver; Kangxi radical 47
• 廾gǒngtwo hands; Kangxi radical 55
• 彑jìsnout; Kangxi radical 58
• 彡shānhair; Kangxi radical 59
• 忄xinheart; radical number 61
• 辶chuòwalk; walking; Kangxi radical 162
• 丏miǎnparapet; invisible
• 仉zhǎngsurname of the mother of Mencius
• 仌bīng
• 內nèiinside, interior; domestic
• 円yuányen
• 冘yínto move on; doubtful, to hesitate
• 刅chuāngto create, to make to invent; to begin
• 勻yúnequal, impartially, uniform, even
• 卬ánglofty; high; raise; high-priced
• 厃wěito look upward
• 厷gōngthe fore-arm; most Chinese-English dictionaries give the upper-arm; round
• 厹róuspear; tribe
• 龶xx
• 夃gǔ
• 夬guàiparted; fork; certain; hexagram ䷪
• 尣wānglame; the first form is Radical 43
• 巿fúrevolve, make circuit, turn
• 帀zāto go round, to make a circuit, to make a revolution, to turn round
• 弔diàocondole, mourn, pity; hang
• ⺗
• 戶hùdoor; family, household
• 攴pūrap, tap lightly; Kangxi radical 66
• 攵pūrap, tap; radical number 66
• 旡jìchoke on something eaten
• 毌guànold form of 貫; component in 贯,貫,實, etc.; not to be confused with 毋
• 灬biāofire; radical number 86
• 爫zhǎoradical 87
• 礻shìcult; radical number 113
• 罓gāng
• ⺳
• 耂lǎovariant of Kangxi radical 125
• 肀yùpen; radical number 129
• ⺼
• 阞lèvein
• 丱guànchild's hairstyle bound in two tufts; ore
• 㐌yía tribe of savages in South China
• 仡gēstrong; valiant
• 仫mùtribe
• 㐱zhěn(same as 鬒) bushy, black hair
• 冊cèbook, volume
• 冋jiōnga desert, a border
• 冎guǎ
• 処chǔplace, locale; department
• 劢màiput forth effort, strive forward
• 匛jiù
• 卌xìforty, fortieth
• 卮zhīmeasuring cup; wine container
• 圤pú
• 夗yuànto turn over when asleep
• 夲tāoadvance quickly; to go back and forth; origin, source
• 宄guǐa traitor; a villain
• 㠯yǐaccording to; to use; with, for
• 庀pǐto prepare; to regulate to hand up
• 㢟chānto walk slowly; to stroll; to ramble
• 戉yuèa battle-axe, a halberd
• 払fǎnshake off, brush away; dust
• 曱yuē(Cant.) cockroach
• 朮shùskill, art; method; trick, device
• 歺èvicious, depraved, bad
• 氕piēhydrogen-1, protium
• 氺shuǐ
• 氶zhěngname of a river in Shandong
• 氹dàngditch; pool
• 氾fánoverflow, flood, inundate
• 氿jiǔspring
• 犮báto pull up
• 甴zhá(Cant.) cockroach
• 疒nèsick; Kangxi radical 104
• 癶bōlegs; Kangxi radical 105
• 禸róurump; Kangxi radical 114
• 罒wǎngRadical 122
• 衤yīclothes; radical number 145
• 讬tuōentrust, rely on; commission
• 邗hánan ancient place in the state of Wu
• 邘yústate in Henan province
• 邛qióngin distress; a mound
• 丟diūdiscard, reject, lose
• 乑yínstand side by side
• 㐆yǐn(corrupted form) to follow, to trust to; to put confidence in; to depend on, ...
• 亙gènextend across, through; from
• 伄diào
• 伕fūcommon laborer
• 兇xiōngatrocious, ferocious, brutal
• 氽tǔnto float; to deep fry; (Cant.) to turn inside-out
• 龹quǎn
• 凼dàngditch; pool
• 㓞qiàto engrave, (interchangeable 契) a written contract or agreement
• 劦xié(variant of 協) cooperate; combined labor
• 厽lěi
• 叒ruòobedient; united
• 吂máng
• 吋cùnEnglish inch (寸 can be either an English or Chinese inch)
• 圩wéidike, embankment
• 夅jiàngto descend; to come down from heaven. to send down
• 奼chàbeautiful, colorful; girl
• 尗shūyounger of brothers; father's younger brother younger brother of a husband
• 屰nìdisobedient
• 屺qǐa hill with trees or grass-- some give the opposite meaning
• 屾shēn
• 忕shì
• 扢gǔcaper
• 朿cìstab
• 汒máng
• 甪lùto loose, take off, get rid of
• 穵wādeep hollow;, gouge, dig out
• ⺮zhú
• 糹sīsilk; Kangxi radical 120
• 艸cǎograss; Kangxi radical 140
• 艻lè
• 芏dù(茳芏) Cyperus malaccensis
• 芑qǐwhite millet
• 芗xiāngfragrant smell of grain; aromatic
• 虍hūtiger; Kangxi radical 141
• 襾yàcover; Kangxi radical 146
• 覀xīvariant of Kangxi radical 146
• 讵jùan interjection used express surprise
• 邠bīncounty in Shaanxi province
• 邨cūnvillage, hamlet; rustic
• 饧xíngsugar, syrup; malt sugar; sticky
• 㐬liú(same as 旒; corrupted form of 荒) a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild, barren...
• 伾pīmighty
• 佇zhùwait; look towards; turn one's back on
• 佈bùspread, publicize, announce
• 佉qūsurname; name of a divine being; transliteration of Sanskrit 'kh'
• 佔zhànoccupy by force, usurp; possess
• 兌duìcash; exchange, barter; weight; trigram ☱; hexagram ䷹
• 兕sìa female rhinoceros
• 冏jiǒng(archaic form of 炯) light, bright
• 冝yísuitable, right, fitting, proper
• 別biéseparate, other; do not
• 刪shānto cut; delete, erase; to geld
• 劬qúbe diligent, toil, endeavor
• 卣yǒuwine pot
• 吣qìnvomit
• 吳wúone of warring states; surname
• 吶nàraise voice, yell out loud, shout; stammer
• 呂lǚsurname; a musical note
• 呎chǐfoot
• 呑tūnswallow; absorb
• 囪cōngchimney, funnel
• 圻qíborder, boundary
• 圼niè
• 坒bìto compare; to match; to equal
• 壯zhuàngbig, large; robust; name of tribe
• 夆féngresist
• 夋qūnto dawdle; the emperor Yao's father
• 夾jiābe wedged or inserted between
• 妝zhuāngto adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up
• 妟yàn
• 寽lǜa handful; a pinch
• 尨mángshaggy haired dog; variegated
• 屃xìgigantic strength; hercules
• 岜bārock mountain
• 巠jīngstreams running underground; flowing water
• 巵zhīmeasuring cup; wine container
• 彸zhōngrestless, agitated
• 抃biànto clap hands; to cheer
• 旲tái
• 杩màheadboard
• 汧qiānname of a river in Shangdong; marsh; float
• 決juédecide, determine, judge
• 沇yǎnflowing and engulfing; brimming
• 沒méinot, have not, none; to drown, sink
• 沖chōngpour, infuse, steep; wash away
• 㳄xián(a variant of 涎) spittle, saliva
• 洰jù
• 災zāicalamity, disaster, catastrophe
• 炀yángroast; scorch; melt; flame
• 牠tāit; polled cattle
• 犾yín
• 狁yǔna tribe of Scythian nomads
• 狃niǔto covet; to be accustomed
• 玓dìpearly
• 玗yúa jade-like stone
• 甹pīng
• 皃màocountenance, appearance
• 禿tūbald, bare, stripped
• 纴rènweave, lay warp
• 耴yìear lobe; lobule
• 肙yuàna small worm; to twist; to surround; empty
• 芟shānmow, cut; weed out; scythe
• 芰jìwater caltrop
• 苈lìDraba nemorosa
• 苊èacenaphthene
• 見jiànsee, observe, behold; perceive; Kangxi radical 147
• 訁yánKangxi radical 149
• 貝bèisea shell; money, currency; Kangxi radical 154
• 車chēcart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
• 辵chuòwalk; walking; Kangxi radical 162
• 釆biàndistinguish; Kangxi radical 165
• 镸chánglong
• 阽diànwall ready to fall; danger
• 饩xìsacrificial victim; gift; grain
• 並bìngequal to; side by side; also, what is more; both
• 乶fǔKorean place name Pholha
• 亞yàAsia; second; used as a prefix to names
• 㐭lǐn(same as 廩) a granary, to supply (foodstuff), to stockpile
• 併bìngcombine, annex
• 佽cìaid; help
• 來láicome, coming; return, returning
• 侌yīn
• 侖lúnlogical reasons, logical order
• 兒érson, child, oneself; final part
• 兓jīn
• 兩liǎngtwo, both, pair, couple; ounce
• 刿guìto cut, injure, stab, stick on
• 劵juàncertificate, ticket; title deeds
• 劼jiébe discreet, prudent, cautious
• 匊jūhandful
• 匋táopottery
• 協xiébe united; cooperate
• 龺gān
• 卹xùsympathy, pity; comfort
• 厓yáprecipice, shore, bank; surname
• 叀zhuān
• 叕zhuóto connect
• 呣minterjection expressing a question
• 呫tièwhisper; lick, taste; petty
• 咅pǒuto spit out
• 咑dā(Cant.) 啲咑, a trumpet
• 囷qūnround-shaped storage bin for grain
• 坴lùa clod of earth; land
• 坻dǐan islet, a rock in a river; an embankment; to stop
• 坼chèsplit, tear, open
• 垅lǒngmound, grave; ridge in field
• 夌língto dawdle; the name of the father of the Emperor Yao
• 㝵dé(ancient form of 得) to get, complacent, (same as 礙) to obstruct, to hinder, t...
• 尙shàngstill, yet; even; fairly, rather
• 屄bīthe vagina
• 屆jiènumerary adjunct for time, term
• 岡gāngridge or crest of hill
• 岵hùhill
• 岽dōngplace name in Guangxi province