Chinese characters 7,501–8,000, by frequency

Characters 7,501–8,000 of 9,574, ordered by how often they're used. Each one has its stroke order, words and example sentences.

• 塋yínggrave, tomb, cemetery
• 塍chénga raised path between fields, a dike
• 塕wěnga gust of wind
• 塗túsmear, daub, apply, spread; paint
• 塚zhǒngcemetery; tomb, burial mound
• 塢wùentrenchment, bank, low wall
• 奧àomysterious, obscure, profound
• 媵yìnga maid who accompanies bride to her new home; to escort; a concubine
• 媷rù
• 媽māmother, mama
• 嵞tú
• 幹gàntrunk of tree or of human body
• 廈shàbig building, mansion
• 廌zhìunicorn
• 廒áoa granary
• 弒shìto kill one's superior
• 彙huìcollect, compile, assemble; hedgehog
• 徯xīwait for, await, expect, hope
• 愛àilove, be fond of, like
• 愴chuàngsad, broken-hearted, disconsolate
• 愷kǎienjoy, be contented, joyful
• 愾kàianger, wrath, hatred, enmity
• 慄lìshiver, shudder, tremble; tremble
• 慍yùnangry, indignant, resentful
• 戠zhīa sword; potter's clay; to gather
• 戤gàito infringe a trade-mark to pledge an article
• 損sǔndiminish; impair; injure; hexagram ䷨
• 搒bàngpole; beat
• 搖yáowag, swing, wave; shake; scull
• 搗dǎohull; thresh; beat, attack
• 搠shuòto daub; to thrust
• 搶qiǎngplunder, rob, take by force
• 摀wǔto cover with the hand; to hide
• 摅shūspread, disperse; vent, set forth
• 敫jiǎoancient musical instrument
• 暆yí
• 暈yūnhalo in sky; fog; dizzy, faint
• 暉huīsunshine; light, bright, radiant
• 暋mǐnstrong, robust, tough
• 會huìto assemble, meet together; a meeting; an organization
• 楊yángwillow, poplar, aspen; surname
• 楓fēngmaple tree
• 楙màoname of plant; lush
• 楛hùcoarse, crude; plant
• 楨zhēnhardwood; supports, posts
• 楫jíoar, paddle
• 業yèprofession, business, trade
• 榅wēnpillar; Cryptomeria
• 榇chèncoffin; tung tree
• 榘jǔcarpenter's square, ruler, rule
• 槎cháraft; time, occasion; to hew
• 歲suìyear; age; harvest
• 毀huǐdestroy, ruin, injure; slander
• 毹shūrug
• 準zhǔnrule, guideline, standard
• 溝gōuditch, drain, narrow waterway
• 溟míngdrizzling rain; dark, obscure
• 溦wēidrizzle; (variant) valley; (variant) mold
• 溫wēnlukewarm, warm; tepid, mild
• 溻tāwet
• 溽rùmoist, humid, muggy
• 滄cāngblue, dark green; cold
• 滅mièextinguish; wipe out, exterminate
• 滊xìa river name; a long rain
• 滠shèriver in Hubei province
• 漣liánflowing water; ripples; weeping
• 煆xiāraging fire; to forge, work
• 煉liànsmelt, refine; distill, condense
• 煙yānsmoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
• 煢qióngalone; no friends or relatives
• 煥huànshining, brilliant, lustrous
• 煩fánbother, vex, trouble; troublesome
• 煬yángroast; scorch; melt; flame
• 煺tuìto scald meat in order to remove hair or feathers
• 犂líplow
• 犎fēngthe zebu, or humped-ox
• 犏piānyak-ox
• 猻sūnmonkey
• 獅shīlion
• 瑄xuānan ornamental piece of jade several inches across with a hole in the center
• 瑋wěitype of jade; rare, valuable
• 當dāngbear, accept, undertake; just
• 畺jiāngboundary, border
• 痲mápock-marked; leprosy; measles
• 痺bìparalysis, numbness
• 瘃zhúsores from cold
• 盞zhǎnsmall cup or container; classifier for lamps, etc.
• 睘qiónground; stare
• 睜zhēngto open the eyes; stare
• 睞làisquint at; sidelong glance
• 睪yìspy on
• 禍huòmisfortune, calamity, disaster
• 禎zhēnlucky, auspicious, good omen
• 禕yīexcellent, rare; beautiful, fine
• 萬wànten thousand; innumerable
• 稙zhīgrain ready for grinding
• 稜léngcorner, edge, angle; square block
• 稟bǐngreport to, petition
• 窣sūto rush out of a den; rustling, whispering
• 筦guǎna key; to be in charge; a pipe
• 筮shìdivination with stalks of plants; divining rod
• 筻gàngplace name in Hunan province
• 筼yúntall bamboo
• 節jiéknot, node, joint; section; hexagram ䷻
• 粵yuèGuangdong and Guangxi provinces; initial particle
• 絛tāosilk braid, sash
• 絹juànkind of thick stiff silk
• 絻miǎnmourning
• 綏suīsoothe, appease, pacify; carriage harness
• 經jīngclassic works; pass through
• 羥qiǎnghydroxyl group
• 羨xiànenvy, admire; praise; covet
• 義yìright conduct, righteousness
• 聖shèngholy, sacred; sage
• 肅sùpay respects; reverently
• 腦nǎobrain
• 腫zhǒngswell; swollen; swelling
• 腳jiǎofoot; base, leg, foundation
• 腸chángintestines; emotions; sausage
• 腽wàfat
• 與yǔand; with; to; for; give, grant
• 艅yúa despatch boat
• 葄zuòmat
• 葉yèleaf, petal; page of book; period
• 葦wěireed
• 葷hūnmeat diet; strong smelling
• 蒗làng(寧蒗) Ninglong Yi Autonomous County in Yunnan
• 蒦huòto measure; to calculate
• 蒴shuòseed (capsule)
• 蓁zhēnabundant, luxuriant vegetation
• 蓐rùstraw bed mat; rushes
• 蓣yùyam
• 虜lǔto capture, imprison, seize; a prison
• 號hàomark, sign; symbol; number
• 蛵xīng
• 蛺jiákind of butterfly
• 蛻tuìmolt, exuviate, shed
• 蜎yuānmosquito larva
• 裊niǎocurling upwards; wavering gently
• 裏lǐinside, interior, within
• 裝zhuāngdress, clothes; decorate; fill
• 裼tìto take off one's top; divest
• 詡xǔboast, brag; popular, well known; to flatter
• 詢xúninquire into, ask about; consult
• 詣yìreach; achievement, accomplishment
• 試shìtest, try, experiment
• 詩shīpoetry; poem, verse, ode
• 詫chàto brag; exaggerated; to wonder at
• 詬gòuabuse, scold, berate, insult
• 詭guǐdeceive, cheat, defraud; sly
• 詮quánexplain, expound, comment on
• 詰jiéquestion, interrogate
• 話huàspeech, talk, language; dialect
• 該gāishould, ought to, need to
• 詳xiángdetailed, complete, thorough
• 詼huītease, joke with; ridicule, mock
• 詿guàerror, mistake; deceive, mislead
• 誅zhūexecute, kill, put to death; punish
• 誆kuāngcheat, swindle, lie
• 誇kuāexaggerate; brag, boast; flaunt
• 誠chéngsincere, honest; true, real
• 誕dànto bear children, give birth; birth
• 豊lǐabundant, lush, bountiful, plenty
• 豦jùa wild boar; to fight
• 貇kūnto root, gnaw
• 貲zīproperty; wealth; to count
• 賂lùbribe; give present
• 賃lìnrent, hire; hired person
• 賄huìbribe; riches, wealth
• 賅gāiprepared for; inclusive
• 資zīproperty; wealth; capital
• 賈jiǎsurname; merchant; buy, trade
• 賊zéithief, traitor
• 趑zīcan't move; to falter
• 跡jīsearch, track, trace
• 跶dastumble, slip
• 軾shìhorizontal wooden bar in front of a sedan chair
• 輂jú
• 較jiàocompare; comparatively, more
• 載zàiload; carry; transport, convey
• 輊zhìlow rear portion of cart
• 辒wēnhearse
• 農nóngagriculture, farming; farmer
• 遘gòuto meet; to come across
• 遙yáofar away, distant, remote
• 遜xùnhumble, modest; yield
• 遞dìhand over, deliver; substitute
• 遠yuǎndistant, remote, far; profound
• 鄞yíncounty in Zhejiang province
• 鄢yānname of a district in Honan
• 鄣zhāngname of an ancient city in N. Jiangsu, near Shandong
• 鈴língbell
• 鈷gǔcobalt (Co)
• 鈺yùrare treasure
• 鈽būplutonium (element 94, Pu)
• 鈾yóuuranium (U)
• 鈿tiánhairpin; gold inlaid work, filigree
• 鉀jiǎpotassium (K)
• 鉄zhíiron; strong, solid, firm
• 鉉xuàndevice for carrying a tripod
• 鉗qiánpincers, pliers, tongs
• 鉚mǎorivet
• 鉛qiānlead (element 82, Pb)
• 鉞yuèbroad-axe, a battle axe, halberd
• 鉤gōuhook, barb; sickle; stroke with
• 鉧mǔ
• 锘nuònobelium (No)
• 锛bēnadze
• 锞kèingot; acrobatic move
• 锩juǎnto bend iron
• 閘zhásluice; flood gate, canal lock
• 際jìborder, boundary, juncture
• 隡sà
• 䧹yīng(same as 鷹) hawk; eagle; falcon
• 電diànelectricity, electric; lightning
• 韫yùnsecrete, hide, conceal
• 頊xūgrieved; anxious
• 頌sònglaud, acclaim; hymn; ode
• 頏hángfly down or downward
• 預yùprepare, arrange; in advance
• 頑wánobstinate, stubborn; recalcitrant
• 頒bānconfer, bestow; publish, promulgate
• 頓dùnpause, stop; bow, kowtow; arrange
• 飬juàn
• 飴yísweet-meats; sweet-cakes; syrup
• 飼sìraise animals; feed; nourish
• 飽bǎoeat heartily; eat one's fill
• 飾shìdecorate, ornament, adorn; to deceive
• 馱tuócarry on back
• 馳chígo quickly or swiftly; hurry
• 馴xúntame, docile, obedient
• 骱jiè
• 魝jié
• 鲋fùcarp, Carassius auratus
• 鲐táiglobefish, tetraodon
• 鳧fúwild duck, teal; swim
• 鳩jiūpigeon, dove; collect, assemble
• 鹍kūna bird resembling the crane
• 鹒gēngoriole
• 鹔sùturquoise kingfisher
• 黽miǎnto strive; to endeavor; Kangxi radical 205
• 龆tiáolose baby teeth and get adult teeth
• 偽wěifalse, counterfeit, bogus
• 僑qiáosojourn, lodge
• 僕púslave, servant, I
• 僥jiǎobe lucky; by chance, by luck
• 僬jiāoclever; alert in mind pigmies
• 僱gùemploy, hire
• 劃huàdivide, mark off, lay boundary
• 劄zhábrief note; official communique
• 匱guìto lack
• 厭yàndislike, detest, reject; satiate
• 㕡hé(same as 壑) the bed of a torrent; a gully, a pool
• 嗾sǒuto set a dog on; incite, instigate
• 嘆tànsigh, admire
• 嘍lóuused in onomatopoetic expressions
• 嘏gǔfelicity, prosperity; large and strong
• 嘔ǒuto vomit; annoy, enrage
• 嘖zéinterjection of approval or admiration
• 嘗chángtaste; experience, experiment
• 嘚dē
• 嘜màmark
• 嘢yě(Cant.) thing
• 嘩huārushing sound; gush forward
• 圖túdiagram; chart, map, picture
• 團tuánsphere, ball, circle; mass, lump
• 圙lüè
• 塲chángopen space, field, market
• 塵chéndust, dirt, ashes, cinders
• 塹qiànmoat, trench, pit, cavity
• 墊diànadvance money, pay for another
• 墚liángmountain range
• 墜zhuìfall down, drop, sink, go to ruin
• 墮duòfall, sink, let fall; degenerate
• 壽shòuold age, long life; lifespan
• 夢mèngdream; visionary; wishful
• 夥huǒcompanion; partner; assistant
• 奩liánlady's vanity case; trousseau
• 奪duótake by force, rob, snatch
• 嫗yùold woman, hag
• 嫚mānscorn, despise; be rude, affront
• 嫪làohanker
• 寢qǐnsleep, rest; bed chamber
• 實shíreal, true, solid, honest
• 寧níngrepose, serenity, peace; peaceful
• 對duìcorrect, right; facing, opposed
• 屢lǚfrequently, often, again and again
• 嶄zhǎnhigh, steep, precipitous; new
• 嶇qūsteep, sheer; rugged, rough
• 幗guówomen's headgear; mourning cap
• 幣bìcurrency, coins, legal tender
• 㡭jì(standard, ancient form of 繼) to continue; to carry on, to follow; to inherit...
• 廑jǐna hut; careful
• 彆bièawkward
• 徴zhēngsummon
• 態tàimanner, bearing, attitude
• 㥯yǐncareful; compassionate; to take an interest in; prudent; cautious, worried an...
• 慘cǎnsad, pitiful, wretched; cruel
• 慚cánashamed, humiliated; shameful
• 慟tòngsadness, grief; mourn; be moved
• 慣guànhabit, custom; habitually, usually
• 慪òuannoyed
• 慳qiānmiserly, parsimonious, stingy
• 慴shèfear; terrified, fearful; fear
• 戧qiāngsupport
• 搿gé
• 摑guāibox one's ears, slap
• 摟lǒuhug, embrace; drag, pull
• 摭zhípick up, gather
• 摳kōuraise, lift up; tight-fisted
• 摶tuánroll around with hand; model
• 摺zhéfold, bend; twisted, curved
• 摻càna delicate hand; mix, blend, adulterate
• 摽biàothrow out; push out; strike
• 撄yīngoppose, offend, run counter to
• 撖hànsurname
• 斲zhuócut, chop, hack
• 暠gǎodaybreak; bright and brilliant
• 暡wěng
• 暢chàngsmoothly, freely, unrestrained
• 㬎xiǎn(an ancient form of 顯) motes in a sunbeam, bright, fibrous, to manifest; to d...
• 榍xiè
• 榧fěitype of yew
• 榮róngglory, honor; flourish, prosper
• 榲wēnpillar; Cryptomeria
• 榿qīalder
• 槀gǎodraft, manuscript
• 槃pántray; turn, rotate; search
• 構gòuframe, building, structure
• 槍qiāngspear, lance; gun, rifle
• 槓gànglever, pole, crowbar; sharpen; (Cant.) a wardrobe, trunk
• 槔gāowell sweep, water pulley
• 槜zuìwooden rammer or pestle
• 槠zhūOak
• 槤liána flail
• 槨guǒouter-coffin
• 樆lí
• 歰sè(Cant.) 歰氣 to argue, wrangle, disagree
• 殞yǔndie, perish; vanish; fall
• 毄jī
• 氳yūnlife giving influences of nature; spirit of harmony; prosperity
• 滎xíngcounty in Henan; rising and dashing of waves
• 滌díwash, cleanse, purify; sweep
• 滬hùShanghai; river near Shanghai
• 滯zhìblock up, obstruct; stagnant
• 滲shènsoak through, infiltrate
• 滷lǔthick gravy, sauce, broth; brine
• 滸hǔriverbank, shore
• 滹hūthe bank of a steam
• 滻chǎna river in Shaanxi
• 滾gǔnturn, roll, rotate; boil
• 滿mǎnfill; full, satisfied
• 漁yúto fish; seize; pursue; surname
• 漚ōusoak, steep; sodden, soaked; rotten; foam, froth
• 漢hànthe Chinese people, Chinese language
• 漬zìsoak, steep; dye; stains; sodden
• 漯luòriver in northern Shandong
• 漲zhǎngrise in price
• 漵xùriver in Húnán
• 漶huànindecipherable
• 漸jiàngradually; hexagram ䷴
• 漼cuǐhaving the appearance of depth
• 潆yíngtiny stream; swirl around
• 潍wéicounty in Shandong province
• 澉gǎnto wash name of a place
• 熒yíngshine, shimmer; shining, dazzling
• 爾ěryou; that, those; final particle
• 獄yùprison, jail; case; lawsuit
• 瑣suǒfragments; trifling, petty; troublesome
• 瑤yáoprecious jade
• 瑪mǎagate; cornelian
• 瑱tiàna gem used as ear plug; a jade earring
• 甍méngrafters supporting roof tiles
• 疐zhìfall, stumble, falter; hindered
• 瘋fēngcrazy, insane, mentally ill
• 瘓huànparalysis, numbness of limbs
• 瘕jiǎasthma; disease of the bowels
• 瘧nüèintermittent fever; malaria
• 盡jǐnexhaust, use up; deplete
• 監jiānsupervise, control, direct
• 瞀màoto look at closely; nearsighted; dim; indistinct vision
• 瞇mīto close (the eyes); to squint
• 碣jiéstone tablet
• 碩shuògreat, eminent; large, big
• 禚zhuóname of a place in the kingdom of Qi during the Chunqiu era and now in Changq...
• 禛zhēnto receive blessings in a sincere spirit
• 稨biǎn
• 種zhǒngseed; race; offspring; to plant
• 稱chēngcall; name, brand; address; say
• 窩wōnest; cave, den; hiding place
• 窪wāhollow; pit; depression; swamp
• 窬yúa small door or window; a hole in the wall to cut through a wall
• 箋jiānnote, memo; stationery; comments
• 箏zhēngstringed musical instrument; kite
• 箓lùbook
• 箢yuān
• 綜zōngarrange threads for weaving
• 綠lǜgreen; chlorine
• 綢chóusilk cloth, satin damask
• 綣quǎnaffectionate, solicitous
• 綦qídark grey. variegated. superlative
• 綬shòusilk ribbon attached as a seal
• 維wéimaintain, preserve, safeguard
• 綮qìngembroidered banner
• 綱gāngheavy rope, hawser; main points
• 網wǎngnet, web; network
• 綴zhuìpatch together, link, connect
• 綵cǎivaricolored silk; variegated
• 綷cuì
• 綸lúngreen silk thread or tassel
• 綹liǔskein; tuft, lock; wrinkle
• 綺qǐfine thin silk; elegant, beautiful
• 綻zhànripped seam, rend, crack
• 綽chuògraceful, delicate; spacious
• 綿miáncotton wad; wool; soft, downy
• 緄gǔncord; woven belt; hem; hemming
• 緊jǐntense, tight, taut; firm, secure
• 緋fēiscarlet, dark red, crimson; purple
• 緒xùend of thread; thread
• 罰fápenalty, fine; punish, penalize
• 罱lǎnfishing net
• 翥zhùto soar; to take off
• 耤jíplough
• 耥tāngfarm tool
• 聞wénhear; smell; make known; news
• 膂lǚbackbone, spinal column
• 膃wàfat
• 臺táitower, lookout; stage, platform
• 蒐sōucollect, gather, assemble; seek; spring hunt; assemble for war
• 蒓chúnBrasenia schreberi
• 蒔shítransplant; plant; dill, Anethum graveolens
• 蒞lìreach, arrive; manage
• 蒟jǔbetel pepper; Amorphophallus konjac
• 蒭chúto cut grass; hay; fodder
• 蒻ruòrushes
• 蒼cāngblue; green
• 蓂mínglucky place
• 蓋gàicover, hide, protect
• 蓔yǎo
• 蓮liánlotus, water lily; paradise
• 蓰xǐto increase five-fold
• 蓽bìspecies of bean; Piper longum
• 蔭yīnshade, shelter; protect
• 蔸dōucounter for plants
• 蔹liǎnwild vine, Vitis pentaphylla
• 蕖qúlotus, water-lily
• 蜞qía kind of crab; worm, leech
• 蜾guǒthe solitary wasp
• 蝕shínibble away; erode; eclipse
• 製zhìmake, manufacture; produce
• 複fùrepeat, double, overlap
• 覡xíwizard
• 觫sùto start, tremble with fear
• 誌zhìwrite down; record; magazine
• 認rènrecognize, know, understand
• 誑kuángdeceive, lie, delude, cheat
• 誒éian exclamation of confirmation
• 誘yòupersuade, entice, induce; guide
• 誙kēng
• 誚qiàocriticize, scold, blame, ridicule
• 語yǔlanguage, words; saying, expression
• 誡jièwarn, admonish; warning
• 誣wūmake false accusation; defame
• 誤wùerr, make mistake; interfere
• 誦sòngrecite, chant, repeat
• 誨huìteach, instruct; encourage, urge
• 說shuōspeak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
• 谮zènto slander
• 豩bīn
• 貍lífox
• 賏yīngpearls or shells strung together
• 賑zhènrelieve, aid distressed; rich
• 賒shēbuy and sell on credit; distant
• 賓bīnguest, visitor; surname; submit
• 赙fùgift of money help pay funeral
• 趕gǎnpursue, follow; expel, drive away
• 趙zhàosurname; Warring States-era kingdom in modern Hebei and Shanxi
• 跽jìto kneel for a long time, to go down on hands and knees
• 輒zhéthen; each; rack on chariot for luggage or weapons
• 輓wǎnmourn; pull; draw
• 輔fǔcheek bone; protective; assist
• 輕qīnglight; easy, simple; gentle
• 適shìmatch, comfortable; just
• 遷qiānmove, shift, change; transfer
• 鄦xǔ
• 鄧dènga county in Henan; surname
• 鄭zhèngstate in today's Henan; surname
• 鄯shàndistrict in Gansu during the Tang dynasty
• 鄰línneighbor; neighborhood
• 鄲dāncounty in Hebei province
• 酾shīstrain
• 鉸jiǎohinge; shears, scissors
• 鉻gèchromium (element 24, Cr)
• 鉾móuspear
• 銀yínsilver (element 47, Ag); cash, money, wealth
• 銃chòngancient weapon, blunderbuss
• 銅tóngcopper (element 29, Cu); brass, bronze
• 銎qióngeyehole to hang an axe by
• 銑xiǎnmill
• 銓quánweigh, measure; select officials