Common Chinese Characters with Difficult Traditional Variants
Commonly used Chinese characters (taken from 500 most frequently used) with difficult to remember traditional variants.
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- 領
- 领 ling3 neck / collar / to lead / to receive
- 質
- 质 zhi4 hostage / substance / nature / quality / Taiwan pr. zhi2
- 聯
- 联 lian2 to ally / to unite / to join
- 達
- 达 da2 attain / pass through / achieve / reach / realize / clear / inform / notify / dignity
- 隊
- 队 dui4 squadron / team / group
- 黨
- 党 dang3 party / association / club / society / surname Dang
- 語
- 语 yu3 dialect / language / speech
- 極
- 极 ji2 extremely / pole (geography, physics) / utmost / top
- 繫
- 系 xi4 connect / to tie
- 讓
- 让 rang4 to ask / to allow sb to do sth / to cause sb to do sth / to have sb do sth / to yield / to allow / to permit
- 稱
- 称 cheng1 to call / to praise / to weigh / to estimate / to consider / to call / to address / to name / to say / commend
- 甚
- 什 shen2 what
- 過
- 过 guo4 (experienced action marker) / to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too- / surname Guo
- 號
- 号 hao2 roar / cry
- 機
- 机 ji1 machine / opportunity / secret
- 亞
- 亚 ya4 Asia / Asian / second / next to / inferior / sub- / Taiwan pr. ya3
- 纔
- 才 cai2 just / not until
- 後
- 后 hou4 back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later
- 選
- 选 xuan3 to choose / to pick / to select / to elect
- 裏
- 里 li3 inside / internal / interior
- 際
- 际 ji4 border / edge / boundary / between / among / interval / while
- 實
- 实 shi2 real / true / honest / really / solid / fruit / seed
- 佈
- 布 bu4 to declare / to announce / to spread / to make known / spread / (cotton) cloth
- 彆
- 别 bie4 see 彆扭｜别扭, contrary / difficult / awkward
- 處
- 处 chu3 to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish
- 區
- 区 qu1 area / region / district / small / distinguish
- 變
- 变 bian4 to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
- 髮
- 发 fa4 hair
- 親
- 亲 qin1 parent / one's own (flesh and blood) / relative / related / marriage / bride / close / intimate / in person / first-hand / in favor of / pro- / to kiss
- 儘
- 尽 jin3 to the utmost
- 邊
- 边 bian1 side / edge / margin / border / boundary
- 開
- 开 kai1 open / operate (vehicle) / start / abbr. for 開爾文｜开尔文 degrees Kelvin
- 帶
- 带 dai4 band / belt / girdle / ribbon / tire / area / zone / region / to wear / to carry / to lead / to bring / to look after / to raise
- 復
- 复 fu4 again / recover / reply to a letter / to repeat / to duplicate
- 耑
- 专 zhuan1 concentrated / specialized
- 曏
- 向 xiang4 formerly
- 業
- 业 ye4 business / occupation / study
- 論
- 论 lun4 by the / per / discuss / theory / to talk (about) / to discuss
- 準
- 准 zhun3 accurate / standard
- 爾
- 尔 er3 thus / so / like that / you / thou
- 幾
- 几 ji3 how much / how many / several / a few
- 羅
- 罗 luo2 gauze / to collect / to gather / to catch / to shift / surname Luo
- 電
- 电 dian4 electric / electricity / electrical
- 製
- 制 zhi4 manufacture
- 戰
- 战 zhan4 to fight / fight / war / battle
- 導
- 导 dao3 to transmit / to lead / to guide / to conduct / to direct
- 備
- 备 bei4 to prepare / get ready / to provide or equip
- 從
- 从 cong2 from / to obey / to observe / to follow / surname Cong
- 時
- 时 shi2 o'clock / time / when / hour / season / period / surname Shi
- 隨
- 随 sui2 to follow / to comply with / varying according to... / to allow / surname Sui
- 術
- 术 shu4 method / technique
- 囉
- 罗 luo1 fussy / talkative
- 華
- 华 hua2 abbr. for China / magnificent / splendid / flowery
- 僅
- 仅 jin3 barely / only / merely
- 幹
- 干 gan4 tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre (in communist party) / to kill (slang) / to f*ck (slang)
- 稱
- 称 chen4 balanced / to fit / well-off / suitable
- 聲
- 声 sheng1 sound / voice / tone / noise / classifier for sounds
- 糰
- 团 tuan2 dumpling
- 滿
- 满 man3 Manchurian / to fill / to fulfill / filled / packed
- 當
- 当 dang1 to be / to act as / manage / withstand / when / during / ought / should / match equally / equal / same / obstruct / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / right / just at
- 證
- 证 zheng4 certificate / proof / to prove / to demonstrate / to confirm / certificate / proof
- 義
- 义 yi4 justice / righteousness / meaning
- 發
- 发 fa1 to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / (classifier for gunshots, "rounds")
- 總
- 总 zong3 always / to assemble / gather / total / overall / head / chief / general / in every case
- 圖
- 图 tu2 diagram / to plan / picture / drawing / chart
- 強
- 强 jiang4 stubborn / unyielding / strong / to strive
- 離
- 离 li2 to leave / to depart / to go away / from
- 體
- 体 ti3 body / form / style / system
- 單
- 单 dan1 bill / list / form / single / only / sole
- 盡
- 尽 jin4 to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth)
- 況
- 况 kuang4 moreover / situation
- 註
- 注 zhu4 annotate
- 濟
- 济 ji4 aid / ferry / frugal
- 乾
- 干 gan1 dry / clean / surname Gan
- 檯
- 台 tai2 desk / platform
- 於
- 于 yu2 in / at / to / from / by / than / out of
- 類
- 类 lei4 kind / type / class / category / similar / like / to resemble
- 麵
- 面 mian4 flour / noodles
- 隻
- 只 zhi1 classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, etc
- 號
- 号 hao4 day of a month / (suffix used after) name of a ship / (ordinal) number
- 錶
- 表 biao3 a wrist watch or pocket watch
- 種
- 种 zhong4 to plant / to cultivate
- 遠
- 远 yuan3 far / distant / remote
- 對
- 对 dui4 couple / pair / to be opposite / to oppose / to face / for / to / correct (answer) / to answer / to reply / to direct (towards sth) / right
- 標
- 标 biao1 the topmost branches of a tree / surface / sign / to mark / (outward) sign / indication / prize / award / bid
- 顯
- 显 xian3 prominent / conspicuous
- 萬
- 万 wan4 surname Wan / ten thousand / a great number
- 觀
- 观 guan1 to look at / to watch / to observe / to behold / concept / point of view
- 難
- 难 nan2 difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good
- 兒
- 儿 er2 son
- 認
- 认 ren4 to recognize / to know / to admit
- 場
- 场 chang3 a place / an open space / a field / a courtyard / classifier for events such as sports matches, concerts, or cultural events / classifier for number of exams
- 據
- 据 ju4 according to / to act in accordance with / to depend on / to seize / to occupy
- 個
- 个 ge4 individual / this / that / size / classifier for people or objects in general
- 報
- 报 bao4 to announce / to inform / report / newspaper / recompense / revenge
- 動
- 动 dong4 to use / to act / to move / to change
- 氣
- 气 qi4 gas / air / smell / weather / vital breath / to anger / to get angry / to be enraged
- 資
- 资 zi1 resources / capital / to provide / to supply / to support / money / expense
- 運
- 运 yun4 to move / to transport / to use / to apply / fortune / luck / fate
- 團
- 团 tuan2 regiment / round / circular / group / society
- 權
- 权 quan2 authority / power / right
- 將
- 将 jiang1 (will, shall, "future tense") / ready / prepared / to get / to use
- 決
- 决 jue2 breach (a dyke) / to decide / to determine
- 麼
- 么 me5 suffix, used to form interrogative 甚麼｜什么, what?, indefinite 這麼｜这么 thus etc
- 曆
- 历 li4 calendar
- 臺
- 台 tai2 platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / desk / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines / Taiwan (abbr.)
- 價
- 价 jia4 price / value / valence (on an atom) great / good / middleman / servant
- 颱
- 台 tai2 typhoon
- 費
- 费 fei4 to cost / to spend / fee / wasteful / expenses / surname Fei
- 難
- 难 nan4 disaster / distress / to scold
- 農
- 农 nong2 agriculture
- 鬚
- 须 xu1 beard / mustache
- 辦
- 办 ban4 to do / to manage / to handle / to go about / to run / to set up / to deal with
- 無
- 无 wu2 -less / not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un-
- 飛
- 飞 fei1 to fly
- 喫
- 吃 chi1 eat
- 確
- 确 que4 authenticated / solid / firm / real / true
- 賙
- 周 zhou1 bestow alms
- 裝
- 装 zhuang1 adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack
- 與
- 与 yu3 and / to give / together with
- 廣
- 广 guang3 wide / numerous / to spread / surname Guang
- 師
- 师 shi1 a division (military) / teacher / master / expert / model
- 進
- 进 jin4 advance / enter / to come in
- 單
- 单 chan2 chieftain
- 聽
- 听 ting1 listen / hear / obey
- 樣
- 样 yang4 manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape
- 應
- 应 ying1 ought
- 稱
- 称 cheng4 steelyard / variant form of 秤
- 頭
- 头 tou2 head / classifier for pigs and other livestock
- 務
- 务 wu4 affair / business / matter
- 會
- 会 hui4 can / be possible / be able to / to assemble / to meet / to gather / to see / union / group / association
- 識
- 识 zhi4 to record / write a footnote
- 識
- 识 shi2 to know / knowledge / Taiwan pr. shi4
- 伕
- 夫 fu1 porter
- 醫
- 医 yi1 medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat
- 祇
- 只 zhi3 but / only
- 專
- 专 zhuan1 for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized
- 轉
- 转 zhuan4 to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about
- 傢
- 家 jia1 home
- 關
- 关 guan1 mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to concern / to involve / surname Guan
- 歷
- 历 li4 to experience / to undergo / to pass through / all / each / every / calendar
- 為
- 为 wei2 as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do
- 議
- 议 yi4 criticize / discuss
- 還
- 还 hai2 also / in addition / more / still / else / still / yet / (not) yet
- 卻
- 却 que4 but / yet / however / while / to go back / to decline / to retreat / nevertheless
- 傳
- 传 zhuan4 biography
- 輕
- 轻 qing1 light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral
- 較
- 较 jiao4 clear / distinct / compare / comparatively
- 點
- 点 dian3 point / dot / speck / drop / decimal point / point of a scale / point in a theory or argument / downwards-right convex character stroke / a little (usually 一點｜一点) / a jot / beat (of percussion instrument) / to draw a dot / to touch slightly / to drip / classifier for items / classifier for small indeterminate quantities / to nod / to select item from a list / to order (food in a restaurant) / to count / o'clock / one fifth of a two hour watch (old) / hour / point of time / iron bell (used to mark time) / pastry / dimsum 點心｜点心
- 產
- 产 chan3 to reproduce / to produce / give birth / products / produce / resources / estate / property
- 著
- 着 zhe5 particle attached after verb to indicate action in progress, like -ing ending / to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply
- 條
- 条 tiao2 strip / item / article / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- 轉
- 转 zhuan3 to convey / to forward (mail) / to transfer / to turn / to shift
- 係
- 系 xi4 be / connection / relation / tie up / bind
- 剋
- 克 ke4 to subdue / to overthrow
- 覺
- 觉 jiao4 a nap / a sleep / feel / think
- 侷
- 局 ju2 narrow
- 爭
- 争 zheng1 struggle / fight
- 擊
- 击 ji1 to hit / to strike / to break / Taiwan pr. ji2
- 並
- 并 bing4 and / furthermore / (not) at all / simultaneously / also / together with / to combine / to join / to merge
- 裡
- 里 li3 inside / internal / interior / village / Chinese mile (approx. 0.5 km)
- 傳
- 传 chuan2 to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to pass on / to conduct (electricity)
- 線
- 线 xian4 thread / string / wire / line