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)
zhǎn - to behead (as form of capital punishment)
- to chop

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
- 8 12,542 6,436 6,385

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Axe

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
- 8 12,542 6,436 6,385
斩首 - - 16,073 28,670 46,027
斩草除根 - 9 24,118 66,586 57,034
斩断 - - 26,746 29,543 24,219
过关斩将 - - 35,544 45,545 56,847
披荆斩棘 - - 38,411 49,446 31,245
斩钉截铁 6 - 40,170 30,984 34,850
先斩后奏 - - 46,479 68,231 51,974
过五关斩六将 - - 67,390 82,449 73,795
白斩鸡 - - 71,084 91,233 45,028