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)
jiǎn - to check
- to examine
- to inspect
- to exercise restraint

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
- - 2,626 2,864 6,382

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Wood

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
检查 3 2 654 666 2,779
检察官 - - 1,992 10,242 21,383
- - 2,626 2,864 6,382
检测 - 4 2,648 1,739 6,936
检验 6 5 4,850 2,315 8,468
检察院 - - 8,810 10,267 18,143
体检 - 4 10,960 6,002 5,729
安检 - 6 12,830 14,498 11,682
检查员 - - 13,683 51,288 93,512
检举 - - 15,335 17,700 40,966
检查站 - - 15,446 22,656 49,800
检索 - - 19,776 6,711 2,996
药检 - - 19,898 30,027 80,384
检察 - 9 21,631 5,607 18,568
检点 - - 22,386 40,601 29,661
检疫 - - 23,173 7,565 24,911
检阅 - - 23,438 20,222 38,150
检修 - - 24,403 12,020 27,418
检讨 6 9 28,286 10,481 8,891
检测器 - - 29,769 45,954 60,858
年检 - - 51,403 - -
质检 - - 54,073 14,549 22,396
检查哨 - - 56,552 - -
纪检 - - 72,056 9,995 21,468
抽检 - - 98,423 14,918 25,505