<p>The simple answer is: yes.</p>

<p>For a language learning aspect, this way(remembering words) may be boring and result in giving up unless you learn for an important test/exam. If find this boring, try a textbook or an app that let you learn it like a first language.</p>

<p>Update:
The links below contains lists for frequently used Chinese word.</p>

<p>The official Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese(2500+1000), this is published in 1988 and discontinued in 2013, since it has only 2500 characters, it may be still useful(covers 99.48% characters in daily use):
<a href="http://hanyu.iciba.com/zt/3500.html" rel="nofollow">http://hanyu.iciba.com/zt/3500.html</a></p>

<p>The official General Standard Chinese Characters(8105):
<a href="http://xh.5156edu.com/page/z6211m4474j19255.html" rel="nofollow">http://xh.5156edu.com/page/z6211m4474j19255.html</a></p>

<p>The official Commonly Used Hanja(1800), selected by South Korea:
<a href="http://wenku.baidu.com/view/e1e306649b6648d7c1c74636" rel="nofollow">http://wenku.baidu.com/view/e1e306649b6648d7c1c74636</a></p>

<p>The commonly used characters list for elementary school grade 1-6 students, selected by New Oriental, the largest education group in China:</p>

<p>from grade 1 to 6</p>

<p><a href="http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/ynj/201203/1159876.html" rel="nofollow">http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/ynj/201203/1159876.html</a></p>

<p><a href="http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/enj/201203/1159917.html" rel="nofollow">http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/enj/201203/1159917.html</a></p>

<p><a href="http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/snj/201203/1159916.html" rel="nofollow">http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/snj/201203/1159916.html</a></p>

<p><a href="http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/inj/201203/1159915.html" rel="nofollow">http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/inj/201203/1159915.html</a></p>

<p><a href="http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/wnj/201203/1159914.html" rel="nofollow">http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/wnj/201203/1159914.html</a></p>

<p><a href="http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/lnj/201203/1159913.html" rel="nofollow">http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/lnj/201203/1159913.html</a></p>

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Thank you, I thought about such a textbook - first language, but I would like to be recommended what exist.
Ruslan Gerasimov
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this is not an answer...this should be a comment if *anything*
Mou某
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To make this a better answer, please supply one of more sources in answer to the question "are there sources for phrase sets in which list of phrases itself sorted by frequency of usage of the characters used?" - Your answer seems to taper off into recommending a textbook or app but misses the point regarding frequency of usage.
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To @user3306356 and Tommie C.: I do found some tables/lists that sorted by frequency, but they are not for foreign learners. The one he provide is the best fit for now. I'll add them to my answer anyway.
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<p>I needed the same thing, so I sorted the sample sentences on Tatoeba.org and posted some on <a href="http://donkirkby.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/frequency-flashcards/sentence-rank/output/sentences.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">my Google code site</a>.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>These sentences are from Tatoeba.org, and they are arranged with the most common characters first. As your vocabulary increases, you should be able to read farther down the list. Hover over the gray box to see the English translation of each Chinese sentence. Some Chinese sentences have a &quot;Speak&quot; link next to them that will play a recording of the sentence. The source code is available at donkirkby.googlecode.com.</p>
<p>If you want to remember your place, click on one of the &quot;Link here&quot; links and bookmark the page. Those links will also tell you the rank of the rarest character in that sentence.</p>
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<p>A related project is my set of <a href="https://code.google.com/p/donkirkby/wiki/ChineseVocabulary" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mnemosyne flash cards</a> for the 500 most common characters and words.</p>

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Thank you for your contribution. Your flashcards application for Windows also works under `Wine` in Linux. That made me happy and it's one more +1.
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Actually, @RuslanGerasimov, Mnemosyne will run natively on GNU/Linux. Check out their site or look in your package manager.
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<p>I found a <a href="http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">table</a> of characters (about 3000) in which <strong>most popular characters go first</strong>.
Here are first 20:</p>

<pre><code>我的 高的 是的 目的 的确 不    不是 人    在   有   他   这 中 大   来 上 国 自个    到   说 道 子 为 和
</code></pre>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/GnSqg.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>and I would like to learn them is this sort/order but I know that it's better to learn a language by phrase examples not just by lonely words. </p>

<p>So my <strong>question</strong> is: are there sources for phrase sets in which list of phrases itself <strong>sorted by frequency of usage</strong> of the characters used? Thank you.</p>

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Can you provide the list so we can take a look?
wuyefeibao
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@wuyefeibao please see added info about source.
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I don't think I have a source listed in order of the frequency but I would suggest that you try looking at Jukuu.com for sample phrases involving these characters. Then you could just paste the new phrases into a new column that you add to the source information (assuming you've made a copy in a spreadsheet program).
Tommie C.
<usage><characters><phrase>
Phrases with most popular characters?
# Phrases with most popular characters?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-04)

I found a [table](http://www.zein.se/patrick/3000char.html) of characters (about 3000) in which **most popular characters go first**.
Here are first 20:

```
我的 高的 是的 目的 的确 不    不是 人    在   有   他   这 中 大   来 上 国 自个    到   说 道 子 为 和

```

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/GnSqg.png)

and I would like to learn them is this sort/order but I know that it's better to learn a language by phrase examples not just by lonely words.

So my **question** is: are there sources for phrase sets in which list of phrases itself **sorted by frequency of usage** of the characters used? Thank you.

**Tags:** usage, characters, phrase

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you provide the list so we can take a look?  
> **username_0**: @username_1 please see added info about source.  
> **username_2**: I don't think I have a source listed in order of the frequency but I would suggest that you try looking at Jukuu.com for sample phrases involving these characters. Then you could just paste the new phrases into a new column that you add to the source information (assuming you've made a copy in a spreadsheet program).  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-08-05. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

The simple answer is: yes.

For a language learning aspect, this way(remembering words) may be boring and result in giving up unless you learn for an important test/exam. If find this boring, try a textbook or an app that let you learn it like a first language.

Update:
The links below contains lists for frequently used Chinese word.

The official Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese(2500+1000), this is published in 1988 and discontinued in 2013, since it has only 2500 characters, it may be still useful(covers 99.48% characters in daily use):
<http://hanyu.iciba.com/zt/3500.html>

The official General Standard Chinese Characters(8105):
<http://xh.5156edu.com/page/z6211m4474j19255.html>

The official Commonly Used Hanja(1800), selected by South Korea:
<http://wenku.baidu.com/view/e1e306649b6648d7c1c74636>

The commonly used characters list for elementary school grade 1-6 students, selected by New Oriental, the largest education group in China:

from grade 1 to 6

<http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/ynj/201203/1159876.html>

<http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/enj/201203/1159917.html>

<http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/snj/201203/1159916.html>

<http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/inj/201203/1159915.html>

<http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/wnj/201203/1159914.html>

<http://xiaoxue.xdf.cn/lnj/201203/1159913.html>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you, I thought about such a textbook - first language, but I would like to be recommended what exist.  
> **username_3**: this is not an answer...this should be a comment if *anything*  
> **username_2**: To make this a better answer, please supply one of more sources in answer to the question "are there sources for phrase sets in which list of phrases itself sorted by frequency of usage of the characters used?" - Your answer seems to taper off into recommending a textbook or app but misses the point regarding frequency of usage.  
> **username_1**: To @user3306356 and username_2 C.: I do found some tables/lists that sorted by frequency, but they are not for foreign learners. The one he provide is the best fit for now. I'll add them to my answer anyway.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2014-08-05. Score: 2

I needed the same thing, so I sorted the sample sentences on Tatoeba.org and posted some on [my Google code site](http://username_4.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/frequency-flashcards/sentence-rank/output/sentences.html).

> These sentences are from Tatoeba.org, and they are arranged with the most common characters first. As your vocabulary increases, you should be able to read farther down the list. Hover over the gray box to see the English translation of each Chinese sentence. Some Chinese sentences have a "Speak" link next to them that will play a recording of the sentence. The source code is available at username_4.googlecode.com.
>
> If you want to remember your place, click on one of the "Link here" links and bookmark the page. Those links will also tell you the rank of the rarest character in that sentence.

A related project is my set of [Mnemosyne flash cards](https://code.google.com/p/username_4/wiki/ChineseVocabulary) for the 500 most common characters and words.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you for your contribution. Your flashcards application for Windows also works under `Wine` in Linux. That made me happy and it's one more +1.  
> **username_4**: Actually, @username_0, Mnemosyne will run natively on GNU/Linux. Check out their site or look in your package manager.  

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