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)
yàn - flame
yàn - variant of 焰[yan4]

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
- - 39,760 17,296 25,845

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
火焰 6 7 4,525 8,964 11,214
焰火 - 8 14,154 22,774 21,968
烈焰 - - 17,402 26,424 23,257
- - 39,760 17,296 25,845
气焰 - - 42,650 26,843 41,060
火焰山 - - 48,062 56,742 51,064
众人拾柴火焰高 - - 61,771 81,369 58,824
嚣张气焰 - - 62,185 - -