"100 Most Common Chinese Characters" al bloc "Transparent language"

的	de
一	yī	one, a little
是	shì	to be
不	bù	not
了	le	verb particle marking a new situation or a completed action
人	rén	person
我	wǒ	I, me, my
在	zài	at, located at
有	yǒu	have, there is
他	tā	he, him, his
这	zhè	this
中	zhōng	middle, in
大	dà	big
来	lái	come
上	shàng	above, on, over, top, (go) up, last, previous
国	guó	country, state, nation,
个	gè	(ex. 个人 | gèrén | personal) /.../ http://blogs.transparent.com/chinese/100-most-common-chinese-characters/

As most of you may know, Chinese is a language of characters (汉字 – hàn zì). In total, there are tens of thousands of different characters. Don’t let that intimidate you, though – if you know a few thousand, you’ll be just fine. It’s important to remember, however, that most words in Chinese are made up of two characters. That being said, there are many characters that you see over and over again, and it’s a good idea to try and learn these right away. Here are the 100 most frequently used Chinese characters in a simple table, set up as follows: Chinese characters, pinyin transliteration, and English translation.