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)
chán - dhyana (Sanskrit)
- Zen
- meditation (Buddhism)
shàn - to abdicate

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
- - 18,500 10,582 6,921

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To pray 礻 alone 单; 单 also provides the pronunciation

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
口头禅 - - 15,550 25,579 13,615
- - 18,500 10,582 6,921
禅宗 - - 25,788 33,091 32,490
禅师 - - 38,919 18,104 11,444
坐禅 - - 53,602 80,220 58,734
禅修 - - 69,678 - -
禅房 - - 98,793 66,964 61,248