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)
kǎn - upright and honest
- cheerful
- to chat idly
- to boast
- to talk smoothly
kǎn - old variant of 侃[kan3]

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
- - 20,175 24,159 17,640

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

As trustworthy 㐰 as spring-water 川

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
- - 20,175 24,159 17,640
调侃 - 9 22,674 15,464 11,364
侃侃而谈 - - 57,824 31,120 31,401