Chinese characters 6,501–7,000, by frequency

Characters 6,501–7,000 of 9,574, ordered by how often they're used. Each one has its stroke order, words and example sentences.

• 岿kuīgrand, stately; secure, lasting
• 峁mǎoyellow dirt mount
• 弪jìngcircular measure
• 彔lùto carve wood
• 彿fúresembling, like, as if
• 忞mín
• 怊chāosad, disappointed
• 怫fúsorry, anxious; depressed
• 戔jiānsmall, narrow, tiny, little
• 拋pāothrow (away), abandon, reject
• 拑qiánto clamp, tie down or pin down
• 拚pànrisk, disregard; go all out for
• 㧜liè(same as 擸) to hold, to grasp, to hold the hair; to pull at; (Cant.) to take ...
• 斦yín
• 昇shēngrise, ascent; peaceful; peace
• 昉fǎngbright dawn, daybreak; appear
• 杪miǎotip of twig, top of tree; twig
• 東dōngeast, eastern, eastward
• 枋fāngsandalwood; tree used as timber
• 枒yāthe coconut tree; rim
• 枓dǒucapital
• 歨bù
• 氜yángclear, bright; the sun; heat pertaining to this world; superior; upper; front
• 沲tuófloat
• 況kuàngcondition, situation; furthermore
• 泆yìlicentious, libertine, dissipated
• 泙píngroar
• 炅jiǒngbrilliance
• 炆wén(Cant.) to simmer, cook over a slow fire
• 炏kài
• 炝qiàngstir-fry or boil in water or oil then cook with a sauce
• 爭zhēngto dispute, fight, contend, strive
• 狀zhuàngform; appearance; shape; official
• 狉pīfox-cub
• 玡yáname of a mountain in Shandong
• 玨juétwo pieces of jade joined together
• 甙dàisugar product
• 疌jié
• 疠lìa sore, ulcer; pestilence
• 矻kūtoil, slave away; busy
• 砀dàngbrilliantly colored stone with veined patterns in it
• 祆xiānOrmazda, god of the Zoroastrians; extended to god of the Manicheans
• 祇qíthe spirit of the earth; (same as 只) only, merely, but
• 祎yīexcellent
• 糾jiūinvestigate, inspect
• 罙shēndeep
• 羋mǐbleat of sheep; surname
• 耵dīngearwax
• 肭nàfat; seal
• 肰rán
• 肷qiǎnarea between waist and hips
• 臤qiānhard; wise
• 臥wòlie down; crouch
• 臽xiàna pit, a hole
• 苠míngrow and ripen slowly
• 苻fúAngelica anomala
• 茆máospecies of grass, water mallows
• 虰dīng
• 诔lěieulogize, praise the dead
• 诜shēninquire, question; numerous
• 豖chùa shackled pig
• 軋yàcrush by weight; grind
• 郐kuàistate in today's Henan province
• 釒jīnKangxi radical 167
• 長zhǎnglong; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
• 門méngate, door, entrance, opening; Kangxi radical 169
• 陏duò
• 靑qīngblue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
• 飠shíeat, food; radical number 184
• 驵zǎngexcellent horse, noble steed
• 乹gān(Cant.) to clean; dried up
• 侶lǚcompanion; associate with
• 侷júnarrow, cramped, confined
• 係xìbind, tie up; involve, relation
• 俉wǔ
• 俛fǔmake effort, endeavor; to lower the head
• 俠xiáchivalrous person; knight-errant
• 兗yǎnestablish; one of nine empire divisions
• 㒸suì(same as 遂) to obey; to comply with; to follow the wishes of another, (an anc...
• 冑zhòuhelmet
• 則zérule, law, regulation; grades
• 剋kēisubdue, overcome; cut down
• 剎shātemple
• 勁jìnstrong, unyielding, tough, powerful
• 勈yǒng
• 匧qièa trunk; a portfolio
• 匽yǎnto hide, to secrete, to repress; to bend
• 卻quèstill, but; decline; retreat
• 厗tí
• 叚xiáfalse
• 咠qìto whisper. to blame to slander
• 咢èsound; drumming
• 咥xìsound of a cat; bite; laugh
• 咴huīneigh, whinny
• 咼guōchat, jaw, gossip, talk; mouth
• 咾lǎoa noise; a sound
• 哜jìsip
• 垔yīnto restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound
• 垚yáomound, roundish mass
• 垤diéant-hill, small mound; hill
• 垧shǎngvariable unit of land measure
• 垯da(圪墶) a pimple; a mound
• 垲kǎihigh and dry place
• 垴nǎosmall, head shaped hill, used in place names
• 壴zhù
• 奐huànbe numerous, brilliant
• 奓zhāextravagant
• 姦jiānadultery, debauchery; debauch
• 姪zhíbrother's child
• 姫jībeauty; imperial concubine
• 姮hénglady
• 孨zhuǎn
• 屌diǎo(Cant.) obscene exclamation
• 屍shīcorpse, carcass
• 峇bācave, cavern
• 峤jiàohigh pointed mountain
• 巹jǐn
• 帥shuàicommander, commander-in-chief
• 庠xiángvillage school; teach
• 弇yǎncover over, hide; narrow-necked
• 弮quāna crossbow which discharged several bolts in succession
• 彥yànelegant, handsome; learned
• 後hòubehind, rear, after; descendents
• 怱cōnghastily, in haste, hurriedly
• 恆héngconstant, regular, persistent; hexagram ䷟
• 恓xīvexed
• 恽yùndevise, plan, deliberate; consult
• 扂diàn
• 敃mǐnstrong; robust; vigorous
• 敄wùto put forth effort
• 斫zhuócut, chop, lop off
• 斿yóuto swim; to move or rove freely
• 昜yángto open out, to expand; bright, glorious
• 昫xùwarm
• 昬hūndusk, dark confused; stupid
• 昶chǎnga long day. bright. extended. clear
• 昷wēnto feed a prisoner
• 朐qúwarm
• 枵xiāohollow stump of a tree; empty, thin
• 枼yèa table, flat pieces of wood, a slip, a leaf
• 柊zhōngholly
• 柵shānfence; palisade; grid
• 㲋chuòa kind of animals (like rabbit, it is blue colored and much bigger)
• 泶xué
• 洌lièclear
• 洎jìuntil; till; soup; to soak
• 洚jiànga flood
• 洣mǐMi river in Hunan, tributary of Xiangjiang
• 洧wěiname of a river in Honan
• 洨xiáoriver in Hebei province
• 洩xièleak, drip; vent or release
• 洫xùto ditch; a moat
• 洮táocleanse; river in Gansu province
• 洳rùdamp, boggy, marshy
• 洶xiōngthe rush of water; turbulent; noisy, restless
• 洹huánriver in Henan province
• 浈zhēnriver in Guangdong province
• 浉shīriver in Henan province
• 浐chǎna river in Shaanxi
• 炤zhàoillumine, light up; reflect
• 炱táisoot
• 烀hūsimmer
• 爯chēng
• 牴dǐgore, butt; resist
• 狊jú
• 狯kuàisly, cunning, crafty
• 畈fànfield; farm
• 畋tiántill land, cultivate; hunt
• 畎quǎna drain between fields, irrigation; to flow
• 畐fúto fill; a roll of cloth
• 畑tiándry (as opposed to rice) field; used in Japanese names
• 疭zòngspasms or convulsions in young children, caused by indigestion
• 皅pā
• 盃bēiglass, cup
• 㿽xīa small bowl; a small basin
• 県xiàncounty, district, subdivision
• 眍kōusunken
• 矦hóu
• 砘dùna kind of farm tool
• 祕mìmysterious, secret, abstruse
• 秭zǐone billion; also used for higher powers of ten; a county in Hubei province
• 紀jìrecord, annal, historical account
• 紂zhòuroyal name; saddle crupper
• 約yuētreaty, agreement, covenant
• 紅hóngred, vermillion; blush, flush
• 紆yūbend, turn, twist; distort
• 紇héinferior silk; tassel, fringe
• 紈wánwhite silk, fine silk; gauze
• 紉rènthread needle, sew stitch, string
• 級jílevel, rank, class; grade
• 罘fúscreen used in ancient times
• 羍dá
• 耑duānspecialized; concentrated
• 耔zǐto hoe up the earth around plants
• 胠qūopen; throw away
• 胩kǎcarbamine; isocyanide
• 臿chāto separate the grain from the husk
• 舁yúcarry on one's shoulder
• 舣yǐto moor a boat to the bank
• 苧níngChina grass, ramie (Boehmeria nivea)
• 苲zhǎhornwort, Ceratophyllum
• 茀fúovergrown with grass, weedy
• 茳jiāngCyperus malaccensis, short-leaved Malacca galingale
• 茺chōngmotherwort
• 荅dāanswer: small bean; thick
• 荩jìna kind of weed; faithfulness
• 荭hóngherb
• 荮zhòuto wrap with grass, bundle
• 莛tíngstalks of grasses, etc.
• 虺huǐlarge poisonous snake
• 衹zhǐonly, merely, but
• 訂dìngdraw up agreement; arrange
• 訃fùobituary; give notice of death
• 計jìplan, plot; stratagem; scheme
• 貞zhēnvirtuous, chaste, pure; loyal
• 負fùload, burden; carry, bear
• 贶kuànggive, grant, bestow; surname
• 軌guǐtrack, rut, path
• 軍jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops
• 轵zhǐend of axle; divergent
• 轷hūsurname
• 轹lìrun over something with vehicle
• 轺yáosmall light carriage
• 迴huírevolve, rotate; curving, zigzag
• 迶yòu
• 郟jiácounty in Henan province; surname
• 郢yǐngancient city in Hubei
• 郤xìcrack, opening; surname
• 钡bèibarium (element 56, Ba)
• 钭dǒua wine flagon
• 閂shuānbolt, latch, crossbar
• 陘xíngdefile, mountain pass, gorge
• 陜xiánarrow; mountain pass
• 陝shǎnmountain pass; Shaanxi province
• 陞shēngpromote, rise, ascend
• 陣zhèncolumn, row or file of troops
• 韋wéitanned leather; surname; Kangxi radical 178
• 頁yèpage, sheet, leaf; Kangxi radical 181
• 顸hānlarge face, flat face; stupid
• 風fēngwind; air; manners, atmosphere; Kangxi radical 182
• 飐zhǎnsway in wind
• 飛fēifly; go quickly; dart; high; Kangxi radical 183
• 饸hé(餄餎) buckwheat noodles
• 饹le(餄餎) buckwheat noodles
• 骅huáan excellent horse
• 鸧cāngoriole
• 丵zhuóthick (grass)
• 倀chāngbewildered; rash, wildly
• 倆liǎclever, skilled; two, pair
• 倉cānggranary; berth; sea
• 個gènumerary adjunct, piece; single
• 們menadjunct pronoun indicate plural
• 倖xìnglucky, fortunate; dote on, spoil
• 倝gànsunrise; dawn
• 倞jìngfar
• 倠suī
• 倫lúnnormal human relationships
• 倻yēphonetic used in Korean place names
• 冓gòua secluded place; secret cabinet
• 冡méng
• 冣jù(ancient form of 聚) assemble; most, extremely
• 凈jìngclean, pure; cleanse
• 凍dòngfreeze; cold, congeal; jelly
• 剛gānghard, tough, rigid, strong
• 剝bōpeel, peel off, to shell, strip; hexagram ䷖
• 剡shànsharp, sharp-pointed; sharpen
• 虒sīan amphibious beast resembling a tiger with one horn; place name in Shanxi
• 員yuánmember; personnel, staff member
• 哱bō
• 哳zhāto twitter
• 唄beifinal particle of assertion
• 唅hána sound; to put in the mouth; (Cant.) to grunt, grumble
• 唎lìsound, noise; final particle
• 唚qìnvomiting of animals; to use bad language
• 唝hǒngused in place and other names
• 唣zàochatter
• 圂hùnpig-sty; privy
• 垸yuàna dyke, embankment
• 埄běngwhirling of dust in the wind
• 埇yǒngname of bridge
• 埒lièenclosure, dike, embankment
• 埗bù(same as 埠) a wharf, dock, jetty; a trading center, port; place name (for exa...
• 娛yúpleasure, enjoyment, amusement
• 娭āiamuse
• 孫sūngrandchild, descendent; surname
• 宮gōngpalace, temple, dwelling, enclose
• 尃fūto state to, to announce
• 峴xiànsteep hill; mountain in Hubei
• 島dǎoisland
• 峽xiágorge, strait, ravine; isthmus
• 崂láoLaoshan, mountain in Shandong
• 崃láimountain in Sichuan province
• 巸yí
• 師shīteacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops; hexagram ䷆
• 帱chóucover up; curtain
• 庫kùarmory, treasury, storehouse
• 㢆chán(same as 廛) living space for one family in ancient times, a store; a shop, a ...
• 弳jìngcircular measure
• 彧yùrefined, cultured, polished
• 徑jìngnarrow path; diameter; direct
• 恚huìanger, rage
• 恝jiácarefree; indifferent manner; without sorrow
• 恥chǐshame, humiliation; ashamed
• 恧nǜashamed
• 悅yuèpleased
• 悧lìsmooth; active; clever, sharp
• 扆yǐscreen
• 挾xiéclasp under arm; hold to bosom
• 捃jùnto pick up, collect
• 敉mǐpacify, soothe, stabilize
• 旄máoa kind of ancient flag; old
• 時shítime, season; era, age, period
• 晉jìnadvance, increase; promote; hexagram ䷢
• 書shūbook, letter, document; writings
• 栱gǒnglarge peg, stake; post, pillar
• 栴zhānsandalwood
• 桊juàna small iron ring or wooden stick worn on the nose of a bull
• 桕jiùtallow tree
• 欮juéto hiccough; to dig out to expand
• 殺shākill, slaughter, murder; hurt; to pare off, reduce, clip
• 毪múserge from Tibet
• 氣qìair, gas, steam, vapor; spirit
• 浞zhuóto soak, to steep in water
• 浠xīa river in Húběi
• 浯wúname of a river in Shandong
• 浹jiāsaturate, drench; damp, wet
• 浼měito request; to ask a favour of; to pollute, contaminate
• 浽suī
• 涇jīngname of a river
• 涖lìriver in Hebei province; creek
• 涞láiriver in Hebei province; creek
• 烏wūcrow, rook, raven; black, dark
• 烕mièto destroy; to exterminate to extinguish
• 烜xuǎnlight of the sun; to dry in the sun
• 烝zhēngrise, steam; many, numerous
• 牸zìthe female of certain animals; to bring forth young of animals
• 狴bìa kind of tapir; a fierce beast depicted on the door of prisons
• 狹xiánarrow, limited; narrow-minded; to pinch
• 狽bèia legendary animal with short forelegs which rode a wolf
• 猃xiǎndog
• 珙gǒngprecious stone; county in Sichuan
• 珤bǎotreasure, jewel; precious, rare
• 珮pèijade ornament
• 琊yáa place in eastern Shandong
• 瓞diéyoung melons just forming
• 㼌yǔlot of melons growing but the root is weak and feeble, wearied and worn
• 畝mǔChinese land measure; fields
• 畟cèplough
• 畢bìend, finish, conclude; completed; 19th lunar mansion, determinative star ε Ta...
• 皰pàopimples
• 眔dà
• 眬lóngfaint, fuzzy, blurred
• 砲pàogun, cannon
• 砼tóngconcrete
• 祘suànto calculate
• 秝lì(Cant.) excessively thin
• 窅yǎofar, deep; sunken eyes; sad
• 竘qǔ
• 笊zhàoladle, bamboo skimmer
• 紋wénline, streak, stripe; wrinkle
• 納nàadmit, take, receive, accept
• 紐niǔknot; button; handle, knob; tie
• 紓shūloosen, relax, relieve; extricate
• 純chúnpure, clean, simple
• 紕pīspoiled silk; hem of dress
• 紗shāgauze, thin silk; yarn, thread
• 紙zhǐpaper
• 紛fēnin disorder, scattered, tangled
• 紜yúnconfused, in disorder; numerous
• 紡fǎngspin, reel, weave; reeled pongee
• 紥zātie, fasten, bind
• 绠gěngwell rope
• 绡xiāoraw silk fabric
• 绨tícoarse pongee, kind of heavy silk
• 䍃yóua vase, a pitcher, earthenware
• 胲hǎihydroxylamine
• 脅xiéribs; armpits; flank; threaten
• 脈màiblood vessels, veins, arteries
• 脎sàosazone
• 脒mǐamidine
• 舭bǐ
• 芻chúmow, cut grass; hay, fodder
• 茲zīnow, here; this; time, year
• 荊jīngthorns; brambles; my wife; cane
• 莶xiānvine
• 蚖yuán
• 衄nǜepistaxis, nosebleed; to be defeated
• 袟zhìbook cover; satchel or bag
• 袮mí(same as 你) deity
• 袯bóraincoat
• 訊xùninquire; ask; examine; reproach
• 訌hòngconfusion; internal strife
• 討tǎoto discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry
• 訓xùnteach, instruct; exegesis
• 訕shànabuse, slander; vilify; ridicule
• 訖qìfinish; conclude, stop; exhaust
• 託tuōentrust, rely on; commission
• 記jìrecord; keep in mind, remember
• 訚yínspeak gently; respectful
• 豈qǐhow? what?
• 豻ànprison; a kind of wild dog
• 財cáiwealth, valuables, riches
• 貢gòngoffer tribute; tribute, gifts
• 赆jìnfarewell present
• 赸shànabuse, slander; vilify; ridicule
• 趵bàonoise of tramping feet
• 軎wèia brass parts for a cart in ancient China
• 軒xuāncarriage; high; wide; balcony; surname of the Yellow Emperor
• 軔rèna block that keeps a wheel from moving
• 辁quáncart wheel with no spokes
• 逕jìngpass by, approach; direct
• 這zhèthis, the, here
• 連liánjoin, connect; continuous; even
• 郵yóupostal, mail; post office
• 釗zhāoendeavor, strive; encourage; cut
• 釘dīngnail, spike; pursue closely
• 針zhēnneedle; pin; tack; acupuncture
• 钲zhēngkind of gong used in ancient times by troops on the march
• 铈shìcerium (element 58, Ce)
• 閃shǎnflash; avoid, dodge, evade
• 陰yīnthe passive, female principle in Chinese philosophy (yin); dark; secret
• 陳chénexhibit, display; plead; surname
• 陸lùland, continental; army
• 隺hèa bird flying high ambition
• 隻zhīsingle, one of pair, lone; measure word
• 飢jīhunger, starving; hungry; a famine
• 馂jùnleftovers
• 馬mǎhorse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
• 髟biāohair; Kangxi radical 190
• 鬥dòustruggle, fight, compete, contend; Kangxi radical 191
• 鬯chàngsacrificial wine; unhindered; Kangxi radical 192
• 鸮xiāoowl
• 鸰língspecies of lark; wagtail; Motacilla species (various)
• 龀chènlose baby teeth and get adult teeth
• 乿zhìto cure, to heal
• 偉wěigreat, robust; extraordinary
• 側cèside; incline, slant, lean
• 偵zhēnspy, reconnoiter; detective
• 㒼mánaverage; equivalent; corresponding, to cover something carefully and tightly ...
• 剮guǎcut, cut flesh from bones
• 動dòngmove, happen; movement, action
• 勖xùenjoin, advise, preach to
• 務wùaffairs, business; must, should
• 匭guǐsmall box; chest, casket
• 區qūarea, district, region, ward; surname
• 參cāntake part in, intervene; ginseng
• 唪fěngto recite, to intone or chant
• 唫jìnto hum, to intone, etc. to close, to shut
• 唵ǎnused in Buddhist texts to transliterate non-Chinese sounds; to eat with the hand
• 唸niànrecite, read, chant
• 唿hūsad; (Cant.) a bit, part
• 啇dìto stalk; the stem; the foot; the base
• 問wènask (about), inquire after
• 啓qǐopen; begin, commence; explain
• 啚bǐlow, mean
• 啞yǎdumb, mute; become hoarse
• 啴chǎnpant; many
• 啫zhě(Cant.) interjection of warning; phonetic; penis
• 圇lúnall, complete, entire
• 國guónation, country, nation-state
• 埝niànbank, dike; protuberance from
• 埡yācharacter used in place names
• 埯ǎncover with earth; a pit; a hole
• 埲běng(Cant.) classifier for walls
• 埵duǒhardened dirt or clay; cluster
• 埶yìart
• 執zhíhold in hand; keep; carry out
• 埼qíheadland
• 堃kūncompliance; obedience; female
• 堅jiānhard, strong, firm; resolute
• 堊èwhite earth; to daub with white mud
• 夠gòuenough, adequate
• 婁lóusurname; to wear; 16th lunar mansion, determinative star β Arietis (Sheratan)
• 婦fùmarried women; woman; wife
• 婭yàmutual term of address used by sons-in-law; a brother-in-law
• 將jiāngwill, going to, future; general
• 專zhuānmonopolize, take sole possession
• 屚lòu
• 屜tìdrawer; tray; pad; screen
• 崑kūnKunlun mountains in Jiangsu province.
• 崒zúrocky peaks; lofty and dangerous
• 崗gǎngpost; position
• 崙lúnKunlun mountains in Jiangsu
• 崢zhēnghigh, lofty, noble; steep, perilous
• 帳zhàngtent; screen, mosquito net
• 帶dàibelt, girdle, band, strap, zone
• 帻zéturban; conical cap
• 庳bìa low-built house
• 張zhāngstretch, extend, expand; sheet; 26th lunar mansion, determinative star υ¹ Hydrae
• 強qiángstrong, powerful, energetic
• 㣎mùfine (material, etc.) and delicate (workmanship, etc.) decorative design or p...
• 從cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
• 徠láiinduce, encourage to come
• 悤cōngagitated, restless, hurried
• 悵chàngdisappointed, dissatisfied
• 悽qīsorrowful, grieved, melancholy
• 惓quáncareful, sincere, candid
• 惙chuòsad, melancholy, grieving, mournful
• 惛hūnconfused, stupid, dull, senile
• 戜diéto scrape; advantageous