Chinese Core Simplified Chars

The following is a list of the core simplified characters. There are 510 of them. If you are learning simplified chars for the first time (or traditional chars for the first time), familiarity with chars on this page will suffice. The other simplified chars are all based on these.

A 碍礙、肮骯、袄襖

B 坝壩、板闆、办辦、帮幫、宝寶、报報、币幣、毙斃、标標、表錶、别彆、卜蔔、补補

C 才纔‡、蚕蠶、灿燦、层層、搀攙、谗讒、馋饞、缠纏、忏懺、偿償、厂廠、彻徹、尘塵、衬襯、称稱、惩懲、迟遲、冲衝、丑醜、出齣、础礎、处處‡、触觸、辞辭、聪聰、丛叢

D 担擔、胆膽、导導、灯燈、邓鄧、敌敵、籴糴、递遞、点點、淀澱、电電‡、冬鼕、斗鬥、独獨、吨噸、夺奪、堕墮

E 儿兒

F 矾礬、范範、飞飛、坟墳、奋奮、粪糞、凤鳳、肤膚、妇婦、复復‡、复複

G 盖蓋、干乾、干幹、赶趕、个個‡、巩鞏、沟溝、构構、购購、谷穀、顾顧、刮颳、关關、观觀、柜櫃

H 汉漢、号號‡、合閣?閤‡、轰轟、后後、胡鬍‡、壶壺、沪滬、护護、划劃、怀懷、坏壞、欢歡、环環、还還、回迴‡、伙夥、荻獲、荻穫

J 击擊、鸡雞、积積、极極、际際、继繼、家傢‡、价價、艰艱、歼殲、茧繭、拣揀、硷鹼、舰艦、姜薑、浆漿、桨槳、奖奬、讲講、酱醬、胶膠、酱醬、阶階、疖癤、洁潔、借藉、仅僅、惊驚、竞競、旧舊、剧劇、据據、惧懼、卷捲‡

K 开開、克剋、垦墾、恳懇、夸誇‡、块塊、亏虧、困睏‡

L 腊臘、蜡蠟、兰蘭、拦攔、栏欄、烂爛、累纍、垒壘、类類、里裏、礼禮‡、隶隸、帘簾、联聯、怜憐、炼煉、练練、粮糧、疗療、辽遼、了瞭、猎獵、临臨、邻鄰、岭嶺、庐廬、芦蘆、炉爐、陆陸、驴驢、乱亂

M 么麼、霉黴、蒙矇、蒙濛、蒙懞、梦夢、面麵、庙廟、灭滅、蔑衊、亩畝

N 恼惱、脑腦、拟擬、酿釀、疟瘧

P 盘盤、辟闢、苹蘋、凭憑‡、扑撲、仆僕、朴樸

Q 启啟、签籤、千韆‡、牵牽、纤縴、纤纖、窍竅、窃竊、寝寢、庆廈、琼瓊、秋鞦‡、曲麯、权權、劝勸、确確

R 让讓、扰擾、热熱、认認

S 洒灑、伞傘、丧喪、扫掃、涩澀、晒曬、伤傷、舎捨‡、沈瀋、声聲、胜勝、湿濕、实實、逃適、势勢、兽獸、书書†、术術、树樹、帅帥、松鬆、苏蘇、苏囌、虽雖、随隨

T 台臺、台檯、台颱、态態、坛壇、坛罎、叹嘆、誊謄、体體、粜糶、铁鐵、听聽、厅廳、头頭、图圖、涂塗‡、团團、团糰、椭橢

W 洼窪‡、袜襪、网網‡、卫衛、稳穩、务務、雾霧

X 牺犧、习習、系係、系繫、戏戲、虾蝦、吓嚇、咸鹹、显顰、宪憲、县縣、响響、向嚮‡、协協、胁脅、亵褻、衅釁、兴興、须鬚‡、悬懸、选選、旋鏇

Y 压壓、盐鹽、阳陽、养養、痒癢、样樣、钥鑰、药藥、爷爺、叶葉、医醫、亿億、忆憶、应應、痈癰、拥擁、佣傭、踊踴‡、忧憂、优優、邮郵、余餘、御禦、吁籲、郁鬱、誉譽、渊淵、园園、远遠、愿願、跃躍、运運、酝醞

Z 杂雜、赃贓、脏臟、脏髒、凿鑿、枣棗、灶竈、斋齋、毡氈、战戰、赵趙、折摺、这這、征徵、症癥、证證、只隻、只祇、只衹、致緻‡、制製‡、钟鐘、钟鍾、肿腫、种種、众眾‡、昼晝、朱硃‡、烛燭、筑築、庄莊、桩樁、妆妝、装裝、壮壯、状狀、准準、浊濁、怼總、钻鑽

In the following list, the simplified form can be used in any character that has the traditional form as a part.

Legends: † means the simplification is based on 草书 (cursive form). ‡ means it is based on 古字 (old form).

難懂簡體字表 (Chinese Core Simplified Chars)