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)
sǔn - bamboo shoot

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
- - 42,385 14,874 10,693

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Bamboo

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
芦笋 - - 23,181 31,302 16,271
- - 42,385 14,874 10,693
竹笋 - - 56,155 30,800 22,799
笋尖 - - 56,735 87,476 42,031
冬笋 - - 70,944 52,088 31,591
莴笋 - - 76,444 43,218 19,414
石笋 - - 93,671 52,487 81,413
雨后春笋 - - 96,706 28,704 42,256