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Below are the first 50 Chinese characters most frequently used in Chinese textbooks in the P.R. China as published by the Beijing Languages Institute.

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 #1 
     
 
        

d
e

 #2 
     
1 / one / single
        

y
i

 #3 
     
(past tense)
        

l
e

 #4 
     
correct / yes / is
        

s
h
i

 #5 
     
I / me
        

w
o

 #6 
     
not / negative
        

b
u

 #7 
     
in / at / exist / living
        

z
a
i

 #8 
     
person / human
        

r
e
n

 #9 
     
(suffix plural people)
        

m
e
n

 #10 
     
to have / possess
        

y
o
u

 #11 
     
to come / arrive
        

l
a
i

 #12 
     
he / him / other
        

t
a

 #13 
     
this
        

z
h
e

 #14 
     
up / higher
        

s
h
a
n
g

 #15 
     
to touch / hit
        

z
h
a
o

 #16 
     
 
        

g
e

 #17 
     
soil / land
        

d
i

 #18 
     
to arrive
        

d
a
o

 #19 
     
big / large
        

d
a

 #20 
     
Chinese unit of length
        

l
i

 #21 
     
say / speak
        

s
h
u
o

 #22 
     
come near / concerning
        

j
i
u

 #23 
     
go / leave / remove
        

q
u

 #24 
     
 
        

z
i

 #25 
     
to get / obtain
        

d
e

 #26 
     
also / too
        

y
e

 #27 
     
gentle / and
        

h
e

 #28 
     
that / then
        

n
a

 #29 
     
to want / demand
        

y
a
o

 #30 
     
next / below
        

x
i
a

 #31 
     
see / look at / visit
        

k
a
n

 #32 
     
day / sky / heaven
        

t
i
a
n

 #33 
     
time
        

s
h
i

 #34 
     
across / exceed
        

g
u
o

 #35 
     
go out
        

c
h
u

 #36 
     
little / small
        

x
i
a
o

 #37 
     
part of what, when, why
        

m
e

 #38 
     
to get up / rise / start
        

q
i

 #39 
     
you (singular)
        

n
i

 #40 
     
all / both
        

d
o
u

 #41 
     
hold / grasp
        

b
a

 #42 
     
good / fine / nice
        

h
a
o

 #43 
     
still more / else / also
        

h
a
i

 #44 
     
many / how / over
        

d
u
o

 #45 
     
no / not
        

m
e
i

 #46 
     
for / to
        

w
e
i

 #47 
     
again / more
        

y
o
u

 #48 
     
can / approve
        

k
e

 #49 
     
family / household
        

j
i
a

 #50 
     
to learn / study
        

x
u
e
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