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)
yān - (literary) to sink into oblivion
- (literary) to silt up
- Taiwan pr. [yin1]
yīn - variant of 洇[yin1]

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
- - - 43,438 48,337

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A dammed 垔 stream 氵; 垔 also provides the pronunciation

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
湮灭 - - 24,224 46,283 34,033
湮没 - - 28,862 40,029 29,199