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)
zhé - wise
- a sage

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
- - 12,820 11,420 10,205

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

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
哲学 5 6 6,694 3,367 6,587
哲学家 - - 12,556 17,216 17,908
- - 12,820 11,420 10,205
哲理 - - 24,209 18,071 10,598
哲人 - - 25,174 35,158 21,168
范思哲 - - 27,999 50,663 29,813
明哲保身 - - 44,379 57,045 38,218
麦哲伦 - - 44,481 66,233 78,216