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)
- to hold; to grasp
- to clench (one's fist)
- (bound form) to have in one's control
- classifier: a handful

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
- 5 3,550 5,425 4,384

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
掌握 5 5 1,981 1,674 3,976
- 5 3,550 5,425 4,384
把握 5 3 3,774 2,362 2,828
握手 4 3 5,189 8,647 6,338
握住 - - 9,103 12,971 9,986
在握 - - 18,263 49,463 51,911
握有 - - 19,052 - -
紧握 - - 23,429 18,257 11,616
握拳 - - 35,228 31,639 15,594
握力 - - 58,294 69,805 58,249
握别 - - 69,596 - 96,229