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)
tàn - wood charcoal
- coal

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 15,623 10,945 8,388

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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Type:

Pictophonetic

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Hint:

Ashes

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
炭疽 - - 14,066 42,121 115,781
- 9 15,623 10,945 8,388
泥炭 - - 27,107 69,034 114,256
煤炭 5 9 29,359 3,579 12,273
木炭 - - 31,488 33,413 38,937
活性炭 - - 34,986 32,802 35,407
雪中送炭 - - 37,694 30,094 20,020
焦炭 - - 40,746 18,206 39,374
黑炭 - - 54,415 - -
烧炭 - - 65,628 - -
生灵涂炭 - - 76,698 74,754 66,391
石炭纪 - - 83,003 98,259 85,394
火炭 - - 86,479 93,142 73,102
石炭酸 - - 93,620 - -