examination, etc.; for things in the shape of a line
dī 滴 drop (of liquid)
diǎn 点 o’clock
dù 度 degree (of temperature, longitude, latitude, etc.)
duàn 段 section of something long
dùn 顿 for meals
duǒ 朵 for flowers
fēn 分 Chinese currency (1 分 fēn = 0.1 角 jiǎo = 0.01 元 yuán), cent
fèn 份 for a set of things or newspapers, documents, etc.
fēng 封 for letters
fú 幅 for pictures, posters, maps, etc.
gè 个 the most commonly used measure word for nouns that do not take special measure words, or in default of any other measure word
gēn 根 for long, thin things
gōngchǐ 公尺 meter (formal)
gōngjīn 公斤 kilogram
gōnglǐ 公里 kilometer
háng 行 used with nouns that are formed in lines; line, row, queue
hù 户 used with nouns denoting households and families
huí 回 number of times
jiā 家 for families or businesses
jiān 间 for rooms
jiàn 件 for things, affairs, clothes or furniture
jiǎo 角 Chinese currency (0.1 yuan or 10 fen), ten cents, a dime
jié 节 a period of time
jīn 斤 jin, unit of weight equivalent to half a kilogram
jù 句 for sentences
kē 棵 for trees
kè 克 gram
kè 刻 quarter of an hour
kǒu 口 for members of a family
kuài 块 for things that can be broken into lumps or chunks; for money; yuan, dollar
lǐ 里 a Chinese unit of length, equivalent to 0.5 kilometers
lì 粒 for rice, pearls
liǎng 两 a traditional Chinese unit of weight, equivalent to 50 grams; ounce
liàng 辆 for vehicles
liè 列 for trains
máo 毛 a Chinese money unit, colloquialism for 角 jiǎo (= 0.1 元 yuán or 10 分 fēn)
mén 门 for school subjects, languages, etc.
mǐ 米 meter (colloquial)
miàn 面 for flat objects
miǎo 秒 second (of time)
míng 名 for people, especially for those with a specific position or occupation
mǔ 亩 a traditional Chinese unit of area, especially in farming (equal to ¹⁄15 hectare or 667 square meters)
pái 排 for things arranged in a row
pī 批 for a batch of goods, and for things/people arriving at the same time
pǐ 匹 for horses
piān 篇 for a piece of writing
piàn 片 for a thin and flat piece, slice
píng 瓶 a bottle of
qún 群 a crowd/group of
shēn 身 for clothes
shǒu 首 for songs and poems
shuāng 双 a pair of (shoes, chopsticks, etc.)
suì 岁 year (of age)
suǒ 所 for houses, or institutions housed in a building
tái 台 for machines, big instruments, etc.
tàng 趟 for trips
tào 套 a set of
tiáo 条 for things with a long, narrow shape
tóu 头 for cattle or sheep
wèi 位 a polite measure word for people
xià 下 used with certain verbs to indicate the number of times the action is done
xiàng 项 item, component
xiē 些 some, a few, a little
yè 页 for pages (of a book)
yīngchǐ 英尺 foot (as a measurement of length)
yīngcùn 英寸 inch
yuán 元 the basic unit of Chinese currency (1 元 yuán = 10 角 jiǎo /毛 máo = 100 分 fēn), dollar
zhāng 张 for paper, beds, tables, desks
zhèn 阵 for an action or event that lasts for some time
zhī 支 for stick-like things
zhī 只 for animals, utensils, or objects
zhǒng 种 kind, sort
zuò 座 for large and solid objects, such as a large building
List of Radicals
| 1 stroke | |
| 丶 | 1 |
| 一 | 2 |
| 乙 | 3 |
| 丨 | 4 |
| 丿 | 5 |
| 2 strokes | |
| 亠 | 6 |
| 冫 | 7 |
| 讠 | 8 |
| 二 | 9 |
| 十 | 10 |
| 厂 | 11 |
| 匚 | 12 |
| 匕 | 13 |
| 卜 | 14 |
| 刂 | 15 |
| 冖 | 16 |
| 冂 | 17 |
| 勹 | 18 |
| 刀 | 19 |
| 力 | 20 |
| 八 | 21 |
| 亻 | 22 |
| 人 | 23 |
| 儿 | 24 |
| 几 | 25 |
| 又 | 26 |
| 凵 | 27 |