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: 琴

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
琴 qín - guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] (a type of zither)
- musical instrument in general
琴 qín - variant of 琴[qin2], guqin or zither

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 5,576 4,620 2,775

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 玨 今

Radical:

王

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Two guitar strings 玨 suggest the meaning; 今 provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 琴

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
钢琴 - 5 3,026 6,859 4,802
琴 - 5 5,576 4,620 2,775
小提琴 - 7 8,108 16,063 12,281
弹琴 - - 10,142 27,747 15,205
大提琴 - - 11,565 36,229 23,412
钢琴家 - - 17,564 35,077 32,362
竖琴 - - 18,061 64,978 41,573
口琴 - - 18,274 45,997 28,470
风琴 - - 20,196 54,668 38,528
中提琴 - - 20,558 93,432 72,148
钢琴师 - - 22,251 57,254 27,991
手风琴 - - 22,797 48,647 41,269
小提琴手 - - 25,351 - -
管风琴 - - 25,699 84,066 68,339
提琴 - - 26,255 51,106 36,628
琴弦 - - 29,658 - -
木琴 - - 33,549 - 70,746
琴键 - - 36,053 59,334 38,840
班卓琴 - - 37,057 - -
琴弓 - - 50,584 - -
洋琴 - - 54,258 - -
电子琴 - - 54,639 45,431 35,140
乱弹琴 - - 54,712 - 70,110
伦琴 - - 59,590 101,151 95,086
爱琴海 - - 62,988 41,167 21,808
琴师 - - 64,851 73,390 60,388
七弦琴 - - 93,780 - 105,384
扬琴 - - 97,158 61,087 66,505