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)
zhuā - to grab
- to catch
- to arrest
- to snatch
- to scratch

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
- 3 407 1,190 1,137

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A hand 扌 with claws 爪; 爪 also provides the pronunciation

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
- 3 407 1,190 1,137
抓住 - 3 706 2,295 3,183
抓紧 5 4 3,071 4,721 4,367
抓捕 - - 9,054 11,308 18,904
抓走 - - 10,085 28,638 18,333
抓获 - - 15,970 4,508 12,210
抓拍 - - 22,170 - -
一把抓 - - 42,480 43,345 48,845
抓阄 - - 42,720 68,425 60,538
抓手 - - 47,387 35,438 44,217
抓取 - - 54,965 56,134 40,956
抓药 - - 60,940 65,582 59,442
抓瞎 - - 68,138 101,844 65,692