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)
jiǎn - (bound form) frugal; thrifty

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
- - 56,393 29,831 24,415

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Person

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
节俭 - 9 27,956 19,149 13,883
省吃俭用 - - 37,203 34,687 28,638
勤工俭学 - 9 49,194 30,811 48,584
- - 56,393 29,831 24,415
俭省 - - 56,582 - 118,672
勤俭 6 - 62,880 18,082 22,223
勤俭节约 - - 66,638 - -
勤俭持家 - - 88,154 46,213 31,364
俭朴 - - 91,374 48,403 54,199