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 - carbon (chemistry)

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
- 8 7,476 7,769 6,345

Character Breakdown:

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Pictophonetic

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Mineral

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
- 8 7,476 7,769 6,345
二氧化碳 6 8 11,813 14,503 18,564
一氧化碳 - - 14,656 27,309 38,156
碳酸 - - 21,831 18,689 15,767
碳酸钙 - - 35,641 43,364 61,321
聚碳酸酯 - - 48,536 - -
碳酸钠 - - 54,527 72,612 66,109
碳酸盐 - - 60,027 52,235 -
碳化物 - - 63,538 51,470 -
碳化硅 - - 71,670 80,079 113,381