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)
wān - bay
- gulf
- to cast anchor
- to moor (a boat)

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
- - 5,123 6,267 5,690

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
- - 5,123 6,267 5,690
海湾 - 6 6,511 12,357 19,968
台湾 - - 14,855 857 1,585
港湾 6 - 19,477 15,606 11,350
墨西哥湾 - - 28,430 37,974 61,295
关塔那摩湾 - - 30,399 - -
东京湾 - - 33,649 79,701 75,933
孟加拉湾 - - 52,019 80,728 -
北部湾 - - 59,082 32,157 54,901
龙湾 - - 87,765 - -