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)
xìng - family name; surname
- to be surnamed ...

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
2 2 2,420 4,735 5,478

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
2 2 2,420 4,735 5,478
姓名 - 2 4,042 4,532 6,346
百姓 - - 9,574 3,273 4,003
姓氏 - 8 10,350 18,910 19,383
老百姓 5 3 12,088 3,167 3,766
隐姓埋名 - - 18,125 54,671 54,239
贵姓 - - 21,084 50,013 35,971
复姓 - - 71,687 80,413 73,095
百家姓 - - 82,267 61,780 47,816