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)
tān - beach
- shoal
- rapids
- CL:片[pian4]
- classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

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
- - 9,298 9,698 12,062

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Difficult 难 waters 氵 to navigate; 难 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
海滩 - 7 2,227 10,966 8,885
沙滩 5 7 3,913 9,125 6,473
- - 9,298 9,698 12,062
滩头 - - 35,614 56,625 64,992
浅滩 - - 36,177 54,115 58,819
河滩 - - 43,552 36,345 57,705
抢滩 - - 49,314 32,529 45,420
盐滩 - - 76,944 - -
滩涂 - - 78,494 29,216 57,518
戈壁滩 - - 97,875 52,026 61,005