Welcome to ChineseFrequencyDictionary.com. Enter a Chinese character or compound Chinese word to lookup. If a valid dictionary entry is found, frequency information will be shown below:

Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
jiān - to imbue
jiàn - gradual
- gradually

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 10,322 4,917 4,308

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Water

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
逐渐 4 4 5,115 1,578 4,198
渐渐 - 4 5,623 3,281 3,020
- - 10,322 4,917 4,308
日渐 - - 19,016 8,897 13,912
循序渐进 6 9 31,436 20,110 24,593
渐进 - - 41,584 24,162 36,704
防微杜渐 - - 55,645 60,417 72,409
渐变 - - 63,620 28,242 14,600
渐近线 - - 67,332 - 97,591