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)
jiāo - to pour liquid
- to irrigate (using waterwheel)
- to water
- to cast (molten metal)
- to mold

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
5 8 7,189 8,436 7,503

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Water

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
5 8 7,189 8,436 7,503
浇水 - - 14,762 19,615 13,894
火上浇油 - - 19,321 47,636 43,321
浇灌 - - 27,114 28,466 26,319
浇铸 - - 49,901 48,636 91,041
盖浇饭 - - 61,042 - -
浇筑 - - 67,006 26,463 64,552
浇注 - - 67,174 27,119 90,012