§ Knowledge · Characters
The characters of modern Chinese, one cell at a time.
The 214 most common characters, ranked by real corpus frequency. Each page gives you pinyin, meaning, stroke count, HSK level, and example sentences — everything the daily tools read from.
一
yī
one
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上
shàng
up
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不
bù
no
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个
gè
general measure word
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中
zhōng
middle
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人
rén
person
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你
nǐ
you
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大
dà
big
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好
hǎo
good
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家
jiā
home
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年
nián
year
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很
hěn
very
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我
wǒ
I
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是
shì
to be
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二
èr
two
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他
tā
he
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们
men
plural marker
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去
qù
to go
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吃
chī
to eat
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国
guó
country
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在
zài
at
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有
yǒu
to have
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来
lái
to come
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说
shuō
to speak
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这
zhè
this
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三
sān
three
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下
xià
down
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也
yě
also
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五
wǔ
five
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做
zuò
to do
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到
dào
to arrive
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十
shí
ten
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喝
hē
to drink
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天
tiān
sky
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对
duì
correct
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小
xiǎo
small
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时
shí
time
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看
kàn
to look
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那
nà
that
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里
lǐ
inside
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买
mǎi
to buy
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分
fēn
minute
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前
qián
front
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后
hòu
behind
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听
tīng
to listen
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四
sì
four
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多
duō
many
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点
diǎn
point
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爱
ài
love
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七
qī
seven
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九
jiǔ
nine
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书
shū
book
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以
yǐ
with
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会
huì
can
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八
bā
eight
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六
liù
six
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写
xiě
to write
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可
kě
can
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号
hào
number
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呢
ne
question particle
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和
hé
and
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她
tā
she
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字
zì
character
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学
xué
to learn
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工
gōng
work
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开
kāi
to open
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心
xīn
heart
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文
wén
text
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日
rì
day
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最
zuì
most
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月
yuè
month
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水
shuǐ
water
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生
shēng
raw
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用
yòng
to use
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百
bǎi
hundred
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睡
shuì
to sleep
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给
gěi
to give
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语
yǔ
language
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请
qǐng
please
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读
dú
to read
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走
zǒu
to walk
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都
dōu
all
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钱
qián
money
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高
gāo
tall
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万
wàn
ten thousand
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些
xiē
some
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今
jīn
this
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住
zhù
to live
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哪
nǎ
which
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喜
xǐ
happy
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回
huí
to return
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外
wài
outside
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太
tài
too
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妈
mā
mother
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得
dé
to get
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找
zhǎo
to look for
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新
xīn
new
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明
míng
bright
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次
cì
time (occurrence)
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欢
huān
joyful
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