ThemostcommonChinesecharactersinorderoffrequency.doc

The most common Chinese characters in order of frequency All characters are presented in statistically decreasing order. Alternative forms of the characters are specified within parentheses – in which case F marks full (or traditional) forms, S marks simplified (or modern) forms and A marks alternative forms (mostly special numerals). Pronunciations are specified according to Pinyin and written within brackets [...]. After each given pronunciation, a number of possible translations are listed. If a character corresponds closely to a somewhat longer word (usually a word that contains the cha