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)
kuò - (bound form) to tie up; to tighten up
- (bound form) to include; to comprise
- to put (text) in brackets
- Taiwan pr. [gua1]

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
- - 42,990 21,692 31,134

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Hand

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
包括 4 4 1,221 297 1,764
概括 5 4 16,584 7,100 12,234
括约肌 - - 20,145 34,588 59,311
括号 - 4 31,189 32,536 23,547
囊括 - - 32,322 19,471 29,484
- - 42,990 21,692 31,134
圆括号 - - 68,170 - -
方括号 - - 69,667 - -
搜括 - - 97,214 - -