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)
zhú - candle
- (literary) to illuminate

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
- - 27,733 21,068 16,598

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Fire

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
蜡烛 5 7 3,983 11,776 6,730
烛光 - - 14,726 21,027 13,517
烛台 - - 16,664 42,066 28,891
- - 27,733 21,068 16,598
洞房花烛 - - 43,238 65,378 45,899
风烛残年 - - 53,739 69,329 43,556
香烛 - - 56,297 52,833 34,855
火烛 - - 68,515 91,404 58,288
风中之烛 - - 69,072 - -