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)
shǔ - heat
- hot weather
- summer heat

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
- - 45,136 19,214 16,185

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
暑假 - 4 5,528 8,983 7,244
暑期 - 8 13,807 13,197 30,476
避暑 - 8 18,513 29,410 27,410
中暑 - - 24,031 25,238 28,296
酷暑 - - 42,864 23,408 37,708
- - 45,136 19,214 16,185
消暑 - - 58,586 34,986 20,099
暑天 - - 94,015 95,315 71,165