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)
zhǒu - broom
zhǒu - variant of 帚[zhou3]

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
- - 85,748 60,057 40,922

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictographic

Hint:

A hand 巾 holding a broom with the head 彐 held up

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
扫帚 - - 11,556 30,046 25,258
笤帚 - - 41,006 81,094 73,040
扫帚星 - - 55,513 - 104,072
- - 85,748 60,057 40,922