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)
sǎn - umbrella
- parasol
- CL:把[ba3]
sǎn - damask silk
- variant of 傘|伞[san3]

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
3 4 6,944 5,263 3,596

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictographic

Hint:

An umbrella

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
3 4 6,944 5,263 3,596
降落伞 - - 8,413 31,923 23,261
跳伞 - 7 8,494 26,552 26,489
雨伞 - - 14,219 19,080 10,209
伞兵 - - 20,283 35,938 44,686
阳伞 - - 20,398 79,311 53,007
保护伞 - - 27,679 37,036 32,769
滑翔伞 - - 31,931 76,212 66,546
伞菌 - - 53,627 - -
打伞 - - 61,099 - -