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)
yāo - goblin
- witch
- devil
- bewitching
- enchanting
- monster
- phantom
- demon

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
- - 6,356 4,341 3,983

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Woman

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
- - 6,356 4,341 3,983
妖精 - - 8,241 16,816 9,081
妖怪 - 8 8,856 16,506 8,982
妖术 - - 25,581 67,610 78,027
妖魔 - - 25,609 29,533 21,623
妖魔鬼怪 - - 33,347 53,265 33,485
妖孽 - - 40,597 19,614 7,659
妖言 - - 40,754 - 76,075
妖艳 - - 40,862 30,599 16,935
妖气 - - 49,355 53,736 37,439
妖娆 - - 49,408 21,523 11,278
妖媚 - - 61,901 50,600 33,695
照妖镜 - - 66,253 76,635 47,822
妖冶 - - 79,464 61,684 40,637
妖风 - - 81,266 46,195 35,238