Chinese characters 8,001–8,500, by frequency

Characters 8,001–8,500 of 9,574, ordered by how often they're used. Each one has its stroke order, words and example sentences.

• 銖zhūunit of weight, one twenty-fourth of a Chinese ounce (liang)
• 銘mínginscribe, engrave; unforgettably
• 銚yáolarge hoe; surname; a spear
• 銜xiánbit; hold in mouth, bite; gag
• 銨ǎnammonium
• 銬kàoshackles, manacle
• 鋁lǚ
• 鋌dìngingots, bars of metal; hurry
• 锸chāspade, shovel; marking pin
• 锿āieinsteinium (element 99, Es)
• 镄fèifermium (element 100, Fm)
• 閡àiblocked or separated; to prevent
• 閣géchamber, pavilion; cabinet
• 閤gésmall side door; chamber
• 閥fápowerful and influential group
• 閦chùcrowd; transliteration of Sanskrit 'kso', e.g. 'aksobhya'
• 閨guīsmall entrance; women's quarters
• 閩mǐnFujian province; a river; a tribe
• 閭lǘvillage of twenty-five families
• 隨suífollow, listen to, submit; to accompany; subsequently, then; hexagram ䷐
• 雐hū
• 頗pōlean one side; very, rather
• 領lǐngneck; collar; lead, guide
• 颭zhǎnsway in wind
• 颯sàthe sound of the wind; bleak; melancholy
• 颱táityphoon
• 飖yáofloating in air, drifting with wind
• 餃jiǎostuffed dumplings
• 餄jiá(餄餎) buckwheat noodles
• 餅bǐngrice-cakes, biscuits
• 餉xiǎngrations and pay for soldiers
• 餌ěrbait; bait, entice; dumplings
• 餎le(餄餎) buckwheat noodles
• 駁bóvaricolored, variegated; mixed; contradict, argue; suddenly
• 骢cōnghorse with a bluish white color
• 骯āngdirty
• 魠tuō
• 鲒jiéclam; oyster
• 鲗zéicuttlefish
• 鲙kuàiminced fish; hash
• 鲞xiǎngdried fish
• 鳳fèngmale phoenix; symbol of joy
• 鳴míngcry of bird or animal; make sound
• 鳶yuānkite; Milvus species (various)
• 鹙qiūlarge waterfowl with naked head; Garrulus glandarius
• 鹘gǔa kind of pigeon; Treron permagna
• 麼meinterrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
• 麽móinterrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
• 鼐nàiincense tripod
• 齊qíeven, uniform, of equal length; Kangxi radical 210
• 價jiàprice, value
• 儀yíceremony, rites gifts; admire
• 儂nóngI; you; family name
• 億yìhundred million; many
• 儅dàngstop
• 儇xuānclever, nimble
• 儈kuàigo-between, broker, proxy
• 儉jiǎntemperate, frugal, economical
• 凜lǐnshiver with cold or fear, fearful
• 劇jùtheatrical plays, opera, drama
• 劉liúsurname; kill, destroy
• 劊guìamputate, cut off
• 劍jiànsword, dagger, saber
• 厲lìwhetstone; grind, sharpen; whet
• 噓xūexhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise, flatter; lie
• 嘮láochat, jaw, gossip, talk
• 嘰jīsigh in disapproval; take small
• 嘸fǔunclear; an expletive; not
• 嘼chù
• 嘽chǎnpant; many
• 噁ěnastiness; nauseate: sickening
• 噴pēnspurt, blow out, puff out
• 噠dāsound made to get a horse to move forward
• 墀chíporch; courtyard; steps leading
• 墳féngrave, mound; bulge; bulging
• 奭shìred; anger; ire; surname
• 嫵wǔcharming, enchanting
• 嫻xiánelegant, refined; skillful
• 嬈ráograceful, charming, fascinating
• 嬋chánbeautiful, lovely, pretty, graceful
• 嬌jiāoseductive and loveable; tender
• 審shěnexamine, investigate; judge
• 寫xiěwrite; draw, sketch; compose
• 寬kuānbroad, wide; spacious, vast
• 導dǎodirect, guide, lead, conduct
• 層céngstory, layer, floor, stratum
• 嶗láoLaoshan, mountain in Shandong
• 嶡guìtable
• 巤lièa mane; bristles, as on a hog; dorsal fins
• 幞fúturban
• 幟zhìflag, pennant; sign; fasten
• 廚chúkitchen; closet; cupboard
• 廛chána store, shop; ground allotted to a retainer
• 廝sīservant
• 廟miàotemple, shrine; imperial court
• 廠chǎngfactory, plant, workshop, mill
• 廡wǔcorridor, hallway; luxuriant
• 廢fèiabrogate, terminate, discard
• 廣guǎngbroad, wide, extensive
• 彈dànpellet, bullet, shot, shell
• 徹chèpenetrate, pervade; penetrating
• 慫sǒngto alarm; to instigate, arouse, incite
• 慮lǜbe concerned, worry about
• 慶qìngcongratulate, celebrate
• 慼qīsorrowful, mournful; sorrow
• 慾yùlust, desire, passion; appetite
• 憂yōusad, grieved; grief, melancholy
• 憐liánpity, sympathize
• 憚dàndread, shrink from, shirk, fear
• 憤fènresent, hate; indignant
• 憫mǐnpity, sympathize with, grieve for
• 摯zhìsincere, warm, cordial; surname
• 撈lāoscoop out of water; dredge, fish
• 撐chēngprop up, support; brace; to push off (with a pole)
• 撓náoscratch; disturb, bother; submit
• 撣dǎnto dust; a duster
• 撥bōmove; dispel; distribute; plectrum, play stringed instrument
• 撫fǔpat, console, comfort; pacify
• 撲pūpound, beat, strike; attack
• 撳qìnpress; push
• 撻tàflog, whip; chastise; (Cant.) classifier for places; a tart (from the English...
• 撾wōto beat; to strike
• 敵díenemy, foe, rival; resist
• 數shùnumber; several; count; fate
• 敻xiònglong, faraway; pre-eminent
• 暫zàntemporary
• 暱nìintimate, close; approach
• 曄yèbright; radiant; thriving
• 槳jiǎngoar, paddle
• 槺kāng(榔槺) cumbersome
• 樁zhuāngstake, post; affair, matter
• 樂lèhappy, glad; enjoyable; music
• 樅cōngfir tree
• 樑liángbridge; beam
• 樓lóubuilding of two or more stories
• 標biāoa mark, symbol, label, sign; standard
• 樛jiūbending branches, bent limbs
• 樞shūdoor hinge; pivot; center of power
• 樣yàngshape, form, pattern, style
• 樺huàtype of birch
• 橢tuǒoval-shaped, elliptical, tubular
• 歎tànsigh, admire
• 歐ōuused in transliterating non-Chinese words such as Europe, ohm; surname
• 殤shāngdie young; national mourning
• 毆ōubeat, fight with fists, hit; to strike, brawl
• 氂máotail; hair; yak
• 漿jiāngany thick fluid; starch; broth
• 潑pōpour, splash, water, sprinkle; violent, malignant
• 潔jiéclean, purify, pure
• 潛qiánhide; hidden, secret, latent
• 潟xìland impregnated with salt from the tide
• 潤rùnsoft, moist; sleek; freshen
• 潯xúnsteep bank by stream; jiujiang
• 潰kuìflooding river; militarily defeat
• 潽pū
• 澆jiāospray, water, sprinkle
• 澇làoinundate, flood; torrent
• 澌sīto exhaust; to drain dry
• 澗jiànbrook, mountain stream
• 熜cōng
• 熰ōugreat drought; heat
• 熱rèhot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
• 熳mànconfused
• 牖yǒuwindow; lead enlightenment
• 獎jiǎngprize, reward; give award to
• 瑩yínglustre of gems; bright, lustrous
• 璁cōngturquoise
• 璎yīnga necklace made of precious stones
• 甌ōubowl, cup; small tray
• 畾léifields divided by dikes
• 瘛chìchildhood disease
• 瘜xīa polyp
• 瘡chuāngtumor, boil, sore, wound
• 瘼mòsickness; distress
• 皚áibrilliant white
• 皺zhòuwrinkles, creases, folds
• 盤pántray, plate, dish; examine
• 瞈wěng
• 瞋chēnglare with anger
• 瞓fènto sleep
• 確quèsure, certain; real, true
• 碼mǎnumber, numerals; yard; symbol
• 穀gǔcorn, grain, cereal; lucky
• 窮qióngpoor, destitute, impoverished
• 窯yáokiln; coal mine pit
• 窳yǔdirty, useless, weak, powerless; cracked, a flaw
• 篁huángbamboo grove; bamboo
• 範fànpattern, model, rule, law
• 篋qièrattan box, suitcase, or case
• 糇hóudried rice, dry provisions
• 糈xǔsacrificial rice; rations; pay
• 糍cífood made of crushed and cooked rice
• 緘jiānseal, close; bind; letter
• 線xiànthread, line, wire; clue
• 緝jīto sew in close stitches
• 緞duànsatin
• 締dìtie, join, connect; connection
• 緣yuánhem, margin; reason, cause; karma, fate
• 編biānknit, weave; arrange; compile
• 緩huǎnslow, leisurely; to postpone, delay
• 緬miǎndistant, remote; think of
• 緯wěiwoof; parallels of latitude
• 緲miǎoindistinct, dim; minute; distant
• 練liànpractice, drill, exercise, train
• 罵màaccuse, blame, curse, scold
• 罷bàcease, finish, stop; give up
• 羰tāngcarbonyl group
• 膕guóhollow
• 膚fūskin; superficial, shallow
• 膠jiāoglue, gum, resin, rubber
• 臱mián
• 舖pùstore, shop
• 艎huángfast boat
• 蓴chúnBrasenia schreberi
• 蔔bóradish; other root vegetables
• 蔣jiǎngsurname; Hydropyrum latifolium
• 蔥cōngscallions, onions, leeks
• 蕲qívariety of Artemisia
• 蕺jíHouttuynia cordata, fish mint
• 薌xiāngfragrant smell of grain; aromatic
• 虢guóname of ancient feudal State in Shenxi and Hunan
• 蝟wèihedgehog
• 蝤qiúgrub, maggot; Scylla serrata, swimming crab
• 蝦xiāshrimp, prawn
• 蝨shīlouse; bedbug
• 蝸wōsnail
• 衚húlane, alley, side street
• 衛wèiguard, protect, defend
• 衝chōngrush against, charge ahead
• 褟tāinner shirt or singlet
• 褲kùtrousers, pants
• 褳liánfolding purse inserted in belt
• 褵líbridal veil
• 觯zhìwine goblet made from horn
• 誰shuíwho? whom? whose? anyone?
• 課kèlesson; course; classwork
• 誹fěislander, vilify, condemn
• 誼yìfriendship; appropriate, suitable
• 誾yínspeak gently; respectful
• 調diàotransfer, move, change; tune
• 諂chǎnflatter; truckle; toady
• 諄zhūnpatient, earnest; earnestly
• 談tántalk; conversation; surname
• 諉wěipass buck, lay blame on others
• 請qǐngask, request; invite; please
• 諒liàngexcuse, forgive; guess, presume
• 論lùndebate; discuss; discourse
• 諛yúflatter; truckle
• 諸zhūseveral, various
• 豎shùvertical; perpendicular; upright
• 豬zhūpig, hog
• 賙zhōugive for charity
• 賚làigive, present, confer; surname
• 賜cìgive, bestow favors; appoint
• 賞shǎngreward, grant, bestow; appreciate
• 賠péiindemnify, suffer loss
• 賢xiánvirtuous, worthy, good; able
• 賣màisell; betray; show off
• 賤jiànmean, low; cheap, worthless
• 賦fùtax; give; endow; army; diffuse
• 質zhìmatter, material, substance
• 賬zhàngaccounts; bill, debt; credit
• 賭dǔbet, gamble, wager; compete
• 赜zéabstruse, deep, profound
• 踐jiàntrample, tread upon, walk on
• 踘jūball
• 踥qiè
• 䠀tāngto sit cross-legged like a Buddhist priest
• 輛liàngnumerary adjunct for vehicles
• 輝huībrightness, luster, brilliance
• 輟chuòstop, suspend, halt
• 輥gǔnturn round, revolve; roller
• 輦niǎna handcart; capital city
• 輩bèigeneration, lifetime; class
• 輪lúnwheel; revolve, turn; recur
• 輬liánga hearse; a carriage
• 遲chílate, tardy; slow; delay
• 選xuǎnchoose, select; elect; election
• 遺yílose; articles lost; omit
• 遼liáodistant, far
• 鄴yèancient place in modern Hebei province
• 醃yānmarinate, pickle; salt
• 醄táodrunk
• 醅pēiunstrained spirits
• 銲hànsolder, weld; leg armor, greaves
• 銳ruìsharp, keen, acute, pointed
• 銷xiāomelt, fuse; market, sell; to pass time, finish, cancel
• 銹xiùrust, corrode
• 銼cuòcarpenter's file, file smooth
• 銾hòngmercury (element 80, Hg)
• 鋃lánglock
• 鋅xīnzinc (element 30, Zn)
• 鋇bèibarium (element 56, Ba)
• 鋈wùsilver plating
• 鋒fēngpoint of spear, sharp point
• 鋤chúhoe; eradicate
• 鋥zèngpolish
• 鋦jūcurium (element 96, Cm)
• 鋩mángpoint of a sword; sharp point
• 鋪pùspread out, arrange; shop, store; place to sleep, bed
• 鋯gàozirconium (element 40, Zr)
• 鋰lǐlithium (element 3, Li)
• 錒āactinium (element 89, Ac)
• 镆mòsword
• 镈bólarge bell; hoe, spade
• 镔bīnhigh quality iron
• 镕róngfuse, melt, smelt; mold
• 閫kǔnthreshold; women's quarters
• 閬lànghigh door; high gate; high, lofty
• 閱yuèexamine, inspect, review, read
• 險xiǎnnarrow pass, strategic point, dangerous
• 霂mùfine rain, drizzle
• 霅zhàthunder
• 靚jìngmake up face; ornament; quiet; (Cant.) pretty
• 鞏gǒngbind; firm, secure, strong
• 鞒qiáomud shoe, sledge for the feet
• 頜hémouth; jaw
• 頡xiéfly upward, soar; contest; to rob
• 頦háichin
• 颛zhuāngood, honest; simple; respectful
• 颳guāto blow
• 養yǎngraise, rear, bring up; support
• 餑bōferrule; cakes, biscuits
• 餒něihungry, starving, famished
• 餓èhungry; greedy for; hunger
• 餕jùnleftovers
• 餘yúsurplus, excess, remainder
• 馓sǎnfried round cakes of wheat flour
• 駐zhùto be stationed at, reside at; to stop
• 駑nútired, old horse; old, weak
• 駒jūcolt; fleet, swift; sun; surname
• 駕jiàto drive, sail, fly; a cart, carriage
• 駙fùextra horse; imperial son-in-law
• 駛shǐsail, drive, pilot; fast, quick
• 駝tuóa camel; humpbacked; to carry on the back
• 駟sìteam of four horses
• 骣chǎnhorse without saddle
• 髫tiáochildren's hair style; a youngster
• 髮fàhair
• 鬧nàoquarrel; dispute hotly
• 魆xūblack
• 魯lǔfoolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
• 魷yóucuttlefish
• 䰾bāa kind of fish; a bonito, (same as 鮁) shark
• 鲧gǔngiant fish; father of emperor
• 鴂juéthe tailor-bird; the working bird
• 鴆zhèna bird resembling the secretary falcon
• 鴇bǎobustard; procuress; Otis species (various)
• 鴈yànwild goose
• 鴉yācrow, raven; Corvus species (various)
• 鴔fú
• 鹠liúthe owl
• 鹡jíwagtail
• 麃páotill, plow
• 麩fūbran
• 齒chǐteeth; gears, cogs; age; Kangxi radical 211
• 儕cháia company, companion; together
• 儘jǐnutmost
• 冪mìcover-cloth, cover with cloth
• 劑jìmedicinal preparation
• 勳xūnmeritorious deed; merits; rank
• 嘯xiàoroar, howl, scream; whistle
• 噥nóngwhisper
• 噦huìbelch; vomit
• 噯āiinterjection; exclamation
• 噲kuàiswallow, gulp down; greedy
• 噸dūnton (metric or English)
• 噹dāngsound of bells
• 墻qiángwall
• 墾kěncultivate, reclaim, to farm land
• 壇tánaltar; arena, examination hall
• 奮fènstrive, exert effort; arouse
• 嬛huánapt, clever; sycophant, flatterer
• 學xuélearning, knowledge; school
• 嶧yìa range of peaks in Shandong and Jiangsu; the name of a mountain
• 嶪yè
• 嶼yǔisland; (Cant.) 大嶼山 daai6jyu4saan1 Lantau Island
• 廥kuài
• 廨xiègovernment office, public office
• 廩lǐngranary; stockpile, store
• 廪lǐngranary; stockpile
• 彊jiàngstubborn, uncompromising
• 徼jiàofrontier, border; inspect, patrol
• 憊bèitired, weary, fatigued
• 憑pínglean on, depend on, rely on
• 憝duìto dislike, to abhor, to hate
• 憲xiànconstitution, statute, law
• 憶yìremember, reflect upon; memory
• 憹náoupset; to regret
• 懔lǐnbe afraid of, to be in awe of
• 戰zhànwar, fighting, battle
• 撿jiǎnto pick up
• 擁yōngembrace, hug, squeeze; crowd
• 擄lǔcapture, seize
• 擇zéselect, choose, pick out
• 擋dǎngto obstruct; shut out; shelter from; keep off; stop; resist
• 擐huànto put on
• 擔dāncarry, bear, undertake
• 擗pǐto beat the breast
• 據jùto occupy, take possession of; a base
• 暾tūnmorning sun, sunrise
• 曆lìcalendar, era
• 曇tánbecome cloudy, overcast
• 曉xiǎodawn, daybreak; clear, explicit
• 樸pǔsimple, honest; plain; rough
• 樹shùtree; plant; set up, establish
• 橈ráobent or twisted piece of wood; a paddle
• 橋qiáobridge; beam, crosspiece
• 機jīmachine; moment, chance
• 橫héngacross, horizontal, lateral
• 檃yǐn
• 歔xūblow through nose, snort
• 歙shèto suck; a county's name in anhui
• 歷lìhistory; past; to take place
• 殪yìdie; kill, exterminate
• 殫dānutmost, entirely, quite; use up
• 氆pǔthick, rough serge from Tibet
• 氇luthick rough serge from Tibet
• 澠miǎnname of a river in Shandong
• 澤zémarsh, swamp; grace, brilliance; damp, moist; fertile
• 澥xièa blocked stream; gulf
• 澱diànsediment, dregs, precipitate
• 澶chánstill water, placid, tranquil
• 濁zhuómuddy, turbid, dirty, filthy
• 濃nóngthick, strong, concentrated
• 濉suīa river in Anui
• 濊huìvast, expansive, deep; dirty
• 熾chìburning-hot, intense; to burn, blaze; splendid, illustrious
• 燅xún
• 燈dēnglantern, lamp
• 燉dùnheat with fire; stew
• 燒shāoburn; bake; heat; roast
• 燙tàngscald, heat; wash; iron clothes
• 燜mènsimmer, cook over slow fire
• 營yíngencampment, barracks; manage
• 獨dúalone, single, solitary, only
• 璚qióngsplendid
• 璣jīpearl that is not quite round
• 甏bènga squat jar for holding wine, sauces etc.
• 瘭biāoa whitlow
• 瘲zòngspasms or convulsions in young children, caused by indigestion
• 瘳chōuto be healed; to reform
• 瘵zhàia wasting disease
• 皻zhāpimples, blotches
• 盧lúcottage, hut; surname; black
• 瞘kōudeeply-sunk eyes
• 瞜lōuto see; to look at; to observe
• 瞞mándeceive, lie; eyes half-closed
• 磚zhuāntile, brick
• 禪chánmeditation, contemplation (dhyana); to level ground for altar; abdicate
• 穌sūrevive, to rise again; collect
• 積jīaccumulate, store up, amass
• 穎yǐngrice tassel; sharp point; clever
• 窸xīfaint sound, whisper
• 窺kuīpeep, watch, spy on, pry
• 築zhúbuild, erect; building
• 篔yúntall bamboo
• 篤dǔdeep, true, sincere, genuine
• 篥lìbugle; Tatar horn
• 篩shāisieve, filter, screen; sift
• 篪chía bamboo flute with seven holes
• 篳bìwicker, bamboo
• 篹zhuànto collect; edit; a bamboo basket
• 簉zàodeputy, subordinate; concubine
• 緻zhìdelicate, fine; dense
• 縈yíngentangle, entwine, coil
• 縉jìnred silk
• 縊yìhang, strangle
• 縕yùntangled hemp, raveled silk; vague, confused
• 縛fùto tie
• 縞gǎowhite raw silk
• 縟rùdecorative, adorned, elegant
• 縣xiàncounty, district, subdivision
• 縫fèngsew, mend
• 縭lía bridal veil; to tie; to bind
• 耩jiǎngto plough. to sow
• 聱áobent and twisted; too complicated
• 膩nìgreasy, oily, dirty; smooth
• 膪chuàipork
• 膫liáothe fat covering the intestines; the omentum
• 膲jiāo(medicine) the three divisions of the viscera
• 臲nièjumpy; jittery; worried; to grasp
• 興xìngthrive, prosper, flourish
• 舉jǔraise, lift up; recommend
• 艙cānghold of ship; cabin
• 蕎qiáobuckwheat
• 蕑jiānValeriana villosa, climbing plant
• 蕒mǎiused in plant names such as for Sonchus brachyotus, Ixeridium dentatum
• 蕓yúnrue, a herb used keep insects away
• 蕕yóuCaryopteris divaricata
• 蕘ráofuel, firewood; stubble
• 蕠rú
• 蕢kuìedible amaranth; straw basket
• 蕩dàngpond, pool; wash away, cleanse
• 蕪wúluxurious growth of weeds
• 蕹wèngIpomoea aquatica used as a vegetable
• 螄sīsnail
• 螉wēngwasp
• 螗tángcicadas of the genus Tanna
• 螞mǎant; leech