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)
zhāo - bright
- clear
- manifest
- to show clearly

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
- - 20,140 12,002 15,209

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Sun

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
臭名昭著 - - 11,498 40,000 42,566
- - 20,140 12,002 15,209
昭和 - - 29,501 - -
昭雪 - - 45,441 72,329 63,997
昭示 - - 50,002 24,660 37,085
昭然若揭 - - 54,923 56,756 55,275
王昭君 - - 67,493 59,358 46,122
司马昭 - - 69,045 82,038 79,554