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Simplest Chinese Characters
- yǐ乙the second of the ten Heavenly Stems;a note of the scale in gongchepu , corresponding to 7 in numbered musical notation;second1
- yī一one;same;also;otherwise;once;as soon as;a note of the scale in gongchepu , corresponding to 17 in numbered musical notation1
- bǐ匕dagger;an ancient type of spoon;arrowhead2
- chǎnɡ厂factory;mill;plant;works2
- diāo刁Diao;tricky;artful;sly2
- èr二two;different2
- jiǔ九nine;many;numerous;each of the nine nine-day periods beginning from the day after the Winter Solstice2
- nǎi乃be;be really;be indeed;so;therefore;hence;only then;you;your2
- yòu又(indicating the repetition or continuation of an action) again;repeatedly;continually;(indicating the coexistence of more than one situation or property) both...and...;too;and;re-2
- bā八eight;octo-2
- qī七seven;a seventh day after death, when sacrifice is offered until seven times seven days is over2
- liǎo了finish;complete;end;fulfill;entirely;a bit2
- rén人people;person;he;humanity;man;face;human being;spirit;character;soul;creature;bod2
- shí十ten;topmost2
- ér儿child;youngster;youth;son;male2
- jī几how many;a few;several;some;a small table;nearly;almost;practically2
- lì力power;strength;ability;capacity;energetically;strenuously;vigorously;do all one can;make every effort2
- rù入enter;join;be admitted into;become a member of;income;means;entering tone2
- dāo刀knife;sword;sth. shaped like a knife;ancient coin in form of knife;one hundred sheets2
- dīng丁man;member of a family;population;a person engaged in a certain occupation;fourth;meet with;run into;encounter;experience2
- bǔ卜2
- chuān川Sichuan;river;stream;plain;short for Sichuan Province3
- fán凡this mortal world;the secular world;the earth;a note of the scale in gongchepu , corresponding to 4 in numbered musical notation;ordinary;commonplace;any;all;every;in all3
- ɡàn干shield;short for the ten Heavenly Stems;the edge of waters;dry;waterless;empty;hollow;offend;have to do with;be concerned with;be implicated in;with no result;futilely;in vain;superficially;trunk;main3
- ɡōnɡ弓bow;bow-shaped things;wooden land-measuring dividers;an old unit of length for measuring land, equal to five chi;bend;arch;crook3
- ɡuǎnɡ广broad;wide;vast;extensive;expand;spread;broaden;Guangdong and Guangxi;short for Guangzhou;extensively;widely3
- jié孑lonely;solitary;all alone;leftover3
- jīn巾Towel;a piece of cloth3
- me么What;for interrogatives and adverbs;separates topical first clause from conclusive second clause in a sentence3
- qǐ乞beg;supplicate3
- qiān千thousand;kilo-;a great number of;a great amount of3
- rèn刃the edge of a knife, sword, etc;blade;sword;knife;kill with a sword or knife3
- sháo勺spoon;ladle;shao, an old unit of capacity3
- shì士scholar;bachelor;noncommissioned officer;a social stratum in ancient China, between senior officials and the common people3
- shī尸corpse;dead body;remains;person representing spirit of the dead person during sacrifices, usu. a child;hold a job without doing anything;direct;act in charge;lay out3
- wán丸pill;pellet;tablet;bolus;ball3
- wū兀rising to a height;towering;bald;bare3
- xī夕evening;night;sunset3
- yāo幺one;youngest3
- yě也also;too;as well;either;likewise;similarly;so;besides;plus3
- yì亿Billion;a hundred million3
- yì弋shoot a retrievable arrow;retrievable arrow with an attached string;a surname3
- yǐ已stop;cease;end;dismiss from office;already;thereafter;afterwards;too3
- yóu尢3
- yú于a surname3
- zhī之this;go;leave3
- fēi飞fly;flit;float or flutter in the air;volatilize;unexpected;accidental;unfounded;groundless;swiftly;speedily;free wheel of a bicycle3
- xí习practise;exercise;review;get accustomed to;habit;custom;usual practice3
- gè个individual3
- shàng上upper;up;upward;higher;go up;mount;board;get on;falling-rising tone3
- dà大big;large;strong;heavy;greatly;fully;not very;not often;adult;grown-up;father;one989s father989s brother;be going to;will;shall3
- zǐ子son;person;ancient title of respect for a learned or virtuous man;seed;young;small;tender;you3
- xià下below;down;under;underneath;downward;descend;alight;get off;fall3
- xiǎo小small;little;petty;minor;the young;concubine;for a while;for a short time3
- gōng工worker;workman;the working class;work;be good at;be versed in;be expert in;exquisite;delicate3
- sān三three;many;tri-;several;more than two3
- nǚ女female;woman;girl;daughter3
- mén门door;gate;entrance;exit;phylum;hilum3
- zhàng丈zhang,a unit of length;measure;respectful address to old man in ancient China;a form of address for certain male relatives by marriage3
- jǐ己oneself;one989s own;personal;the sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems3
- kǒu口opening;mouth;entrance;rim3
- cái才just;ability;talent;gift;hardly;endowment3
- shān山mountain;hill;Mt;berg;anything resembling a mountain;bushes in which silkworms spin cocoons3
- mǎ马horse;horse, one of the pieces in Chinese chess;big3
- wàn万ten thousand;a very great number;myriad;many;absolutely;extremely;by all means3
- jiǔ久for a long time;long;of a specified duration3
- yǔ与give;offer;grant;get along with;and;together with;take part in;participate in3
- jí及reach;come up to;can compare with;be comparable;and;to3
- wèi卫defend;guard;protect;Wei, a state in the Zhou Dynasty;a word used in place name;another name for a donkey3
- yì义justice;righteousness;human ties;relationship;righteous;equitable;just;adopted3
- tǔ土soil;earth;land;ground;local;native;folk;popular3
- xiāng乡village;country;rural area;countryside3
- kuī亏lose money, etc.);have a deficit;be short of;be deficient;fortunately;luckily;thanks to;wane3
- chā叉fork;cross;work with a fork;block up;jam;part so as to form a fork3
- wáng亡flee;escape;run away;lose;deceased3
- cùn寸cun, a unit of length;very little;very short;small3
- yā丫3
- bàn办do;manage;handle;tackle4
- bèi贝cowry;cowrie;shellfis;cowry used as money in ancient times4
- bì币coin;currency;money4
- cānɡ仓warehouse;storehouse4
- chóu仇enemy;foe;hatred;enmity;spouse;companion4
- dǎi歹bad;evil;vicious4
- dān丹red;cinnabar;pellet or powder;pill4
- dìnɡ订book;agree on;subscribe to;conclude;draw up;back-order4
- dīnɡ仃Ding;lonely4
- è厄strategic point;adversity;disaster;hardship;be in distress;be stranded4
- fá乏lack;tired;poor;exhausted;useless4
- fēnɡ丰Feng;rich;abundant;plentiful;full4
- fū夫husband;man;a person engaged in manual labour;a person served in forced labour;that;this;those;these4
- ɡài丐beg;give;grant;bestow;beggar4
- ɡānɡ冈Oka;ridge4
- ɡē戈dagger-axe;chaos caused by war4
- huàn幻magical;unreal;illusory;imaginary4
- jī讥ridicule;mock;satirize4
- jiè介be situated between;interpose;take seriously;take to heart;upright;straightforward;armour;shell;preposition4
- jǐn仅only;merely;barely;nearly;close to4
- jīn今modern;present-day;nowadays;now4
- jīn斤jin, a unit of weight;axe;chopper4
- kànɡ亢high;haughty;arrogant;excessive;Kang, one of the lunar mansions;neck;animal trace4