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)
gǎn - to dare
- daring
- (polite) may I venture

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 3 399 1,408 617

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰⿱?

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A hand with a stick 攵 striking a beast 耳

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 3 399 1,408 617
勇敢 4 4 1,828 4,040 1,760
竟敢 - 7 8,040 25,022 22,387
胆敢 - - 9,569 26,247 34,128
敢于 - 6 12,629 6,332 5,802
敢死队 - - 18,279 40,132 29,676
敢情 - 9 27,022 22,395 14,105
不敢当 6 5 33,726 37,272 30,392
果敢 - - 34,214 29,760 22,076
敢作敢为 - - 56,991 74,557 65,463
敢为人先 - - 73,133 53,581 61,715