Most common Chinese characters - ordered by frequency - page 2

List of Chinese characters ordered by frequency rank (from most common to least common). Based on Jun Da's Modern Chinese Character Frequency List. Using simplified characters.

9933 characters
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	Pinyin	Definition	Radical	Stroke count	HSK level	General Standard#	Frequency rank
日	rì	sun; day; daytime	日 72.0	4	2	0112	101
军	jūn	army, military; soldiers, troops	車 159.2	6	5	0552	102
者	zhě	that which; he who; those who	老 125.4	8	3	0969	103
意	yì	thought, idea, opinion; think	心 61.9	13	2	2996	104
无	wú	negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71	无 71.0	4	4	0081	105
力	lì	power, capability, influence	力 19.0	2	3	0019	106
它	tā	it; other	宀 40.2	5	2	0314	107
与	yǔ	and; with; to; for; give, grant	一 1.3	3	4	0034	108
长	zhǎng	long; length; excel in; leader	長 168.0	4	2	0127	109
把	bǎ	hold, take; guard; regard as	手 64.4	7	3	0655	110
机	jī	desk; machine; moment	木 75.2	6	1	0377	111
十	shí	ten, tenth; complete; perfect	十 24.0	2	1	0004	112
民	mín	people, subjects, citizens	氏 83.1	5	4	0327	113
第	dì	sequence, number; grade, degree	竹 118.5	11	2	2322	114
公	gōng	fair, equitable; public; duke	八 12.2	4	2	0148	115
此	cǐ	this, these; in this case, then	止 77.2	6	4	0411	116
已	yǐ	already; finished; stop	己 49.0	3	2	0061	117
工	gōng	labor, work; worker, laborer	工 48.0	3	1	0026	118
使	shǐ	cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador	人 9.6	8	4	1139	119
情	qíng	feeling, sentiment, emotion	心 61.8	11	2	2438	120
明	míng	bright, light, brilliant; clear	日 72.4	8	1	1087	121
性	xìng	nature, character, sex	心 61.5	8	4	1268	122
知	zhī	know, perceive, comprehend	矢 111.3	8	2	1122	123
全	quán	maintain, keep whole or intact	入 11.4	6	4	0485	124
三	sān	three	一 1.2	3	1	0022	125
又	yòu	and, also, again, in addition	又 29.0	2	3	0021	126
关	guān	frontier pass; close; relation	八 12.4	6	1	0532	127
点	diǎn	dot, speck, spot; point, degree	火 86.5	9	1	1469	128
正	zhèng	right, proper, correct	止 77.1	5	2	0198	129
业	yè	profession, business; GB radical 111	一 1.4	5	3	0231	130
外	wài	out, outside, external; foreign	夕 36.2	5	2	0293	131
将	jiāng	will, going to, future; general	爿 90.6	9	4	1617	132
两	liǎng	two, both, pair, couple; ounce	一 1.6	7	2	0697	133
高	gāo	high, tall; lofty, elevated	高 189.0	10	1	2021	134
间	jiān	midpoint, space; place, locality	門 169.4	7	2	0847	135
由	yóu	cause, reason; from	田 102.0	5	4	0245	136
问	wèn	ask about, inquire after	門 169.3	6	2	0528	137
很	hěn	very, quite, much	彳 60.6	9	1	1584	138
最	zuì	most, extremely, exceedingly	曰 73.8	12	2	2614	139
重	zhòng	heavy, weighty; double	里 166.2	9	3	1552	140
并	bìng		干 51.5	6	4	0531	141
物	wù	thing, substance, creature	牛 93.4	8	3	1127	142
手	shǒu	hand	手 64.0	4	2	0121	143
应	yīng	should, ought to, must	广 53.4	7	3	0836	144
战	zhàn	war, fighting, battle	戈 62.5	9	5	1468	145
向	xiàng	toward, direction, trend	口 30.3	6	3	0480	146
头	tóu	head; top; chief, first; boss	大 37.2	5	3	0310	147
文	wén	literature, culture, writing	文 67.0	4	3	0161	148
体	tǐ	body; group, class, body, unit; inferior	人 9.5	7	2	0770	149
政	zhèng	government, political affairs	攴 66.4	9	5	1376	150
美	měi	beautiful, pretty; pleasing	羊 123.3	9	4	1642	151
相	xiāng	mutual, reciprocal, each other	目 109.4	9	3	1430	152
见	jiàn	see, observe, behold; perceive	見 147.0	4	1	0118	153
被	bèi		衣 145.5	10	3	2118	154
利	lì	gains, advantage, profit, merit	刀 18.5	7	4	0763	155
什	shén	file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous	人 9.2	4	1	0129	156
二	èr	two; twice	二 7.0	2	1	0003	157
等	děng		竹 118.6	12	2	2681	158
产	chǎn	give birth, bring forth, produce	立 117.1	6	5	0522	159
或	huò	or, either, else; perhaps, maybe	戈 62.4	8	3	1035	160
新	xīn	new, recent, fresh, modern	斤 69.9	13	2	2994	161
己	jǐ	self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem	己 49.0	3	3	0060	162
制	zhì	system; establish; overpower	刀 18.6	8	5	1121	163
身	shēn	body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158	身 158.0	7	2	0786	164
果	guǒ	fruit; result	木 75.4	8	1	1079	165
加	jiā	add to, increase, augment	力 19.3	5	3	0335	166
西	xī	west(ern); westward, occident	襾 146.0	6	1	0384	167
斯	sī	this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle	斤 69.8	12	6	2541	168
月	yuè	moon; month; KangXi radical 74	月 74.0	4	1	0150	169
话	huà	speech, talk, language; dialect	言 149.6	8	1	1296	170
合	hé	combine, unite, join; gather	口 30.3	6	4	0488	171
回	huí	return, turn around; a time	囗 31.3	6	1	0438	172
特	tè	special, unique, distinguished	牛 93.6	10	3	1938	173
代	dài	replace, replacement (of person or generation); era, generation	人 9.3	5	5	0271	174
内	nèi	inside	入 11.2	4	4	0116	175
信	xìn	trust, believe; letter	人 9.7	9	3	1570	176
表	biǎo	show, express, manifest, display	衣 145.3	8	2	0951	177
化	huà	change, convert, reform; -ize	匕 21.2	4	3	0132	178
老	lǎo	old, aged; experienced	老 125.0	6	1	0360	179
给	gěi	give; by, for	糸 120.6	9	2	1758	180
世	shì	generation; world; era	一 1.4	5	3	0206	181
位	wèi	throne; position, post; rank, status; seat	人 9.5	7	3	0784	182
次	cì	order, sequence; next	欠 76.2	6	2	0521	183
度	dù	degree, system; manner; to consider	广 53.6	9	4	1622	184
门	mén	gate, door, entrance, opening	門 169.0	3	2	0055	185
任	rèn	trust to, rely on, appoint; to bear, duty, office; allow	人 9.4	6	4	0467	186
常	cháng	common, normal, frequent, regular	巾 50.8	11	2	2257	187
先	xiān	first, former, previous	儿 10.4	6	1	0446	188
海	hǎi	sea, ocean; maritime	水 85.7	10	4	2074	189
通	tōng	pass through, common, communicate	辵 162.7	10	4	2145	190
教	jiào	teach, class	攴 66.7	11	2	2179	191
儿	ér	son, child; KangXi radical 10	儿 10.0	2	1	0012	192
原	yuán	source, origin, beginning	厂 27.8	10	4	1868	193
东	dōng	east, eastern, eastward	一 1.4	5	1	0225	194
声	shēng	sound, voice, noise; tone; music	士 33.4	7	3	0654	195
提	tí	hold in hand; lift in hand	手 64.9	12	3	2520	196
立	lì	stand; let stand; establish, set	立 117.0	5	5	0302	197
及	jí	extend; reach; come up to; and	又 29.2	3	4	0052	198
比	bǐ	to compare, liken; comparison; than	比 81.0	4	2	0105	199
员	yuán	member; personnel, staff member	口 30.4	7	2	0737	200

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HSK level - whether character appears on the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (Chinese Proficiency Test) word list and on what level.
General Standard# - index number in the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters.
Frequency rank - based on Jun Da's Modern Chinese Character Frequency List.