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: 某

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
某 mǒu - some
- a certain
- sb or sth indefinite
- such-and-such

List Ranking for: 某

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 1,164 663 605

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 甘 木

Radical:

木

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

The sweet 甘 fruit of a certain tree 木

Other Words Containing 某

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
某 5 5 1,164 663 605
某种 - - 1,340 3,380 5,391
某些 - - 1,639 1,981 2,191
某人 - - 2,142 3,725 1,075
某地 - - 16,986 - -
某某 - - 19,870 11,773 7,172