This book has selected 2000 most commonly used Chinese words according to HSK Guidelines for Chinese Words and Chinese Characters. Each character is presented in both its traditional form and its simplified form with annotations on pronunciation, meaning, radical, strokes and word formation. The learners will find the book very useful in learning Chinese characters and in improving their reading and writing skills and overall communicative ability as well. The book meets the needs of learners of Chinese at different levels who speak different native languages and is also a good guide for HSK test takers to cram Chinese characters within a short time.