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)
gāng - head rope of a fishing net
- guiding principle
- key link
- class (taxonomy)
- outline
- program

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
- - 17,021 11,548 19,498

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Hint:

Thread

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
- - 17,021 11,548 19,498
大纲 - 5 24,015 13,864 25,676
提纲 5 - 31,347 25,517 25,592
纲领 6 9 38,666 11,191 40,792
上纲上线 - - 50,324 - -
纲要 - 9 53,356 8,047 31,397
政纲 - - 68,239 72,693 87,732
提纲挈领 - - 68,812 91,899 79,217
担纲 - - 79,760 24,017 42,317
纲纪 - - 80,595 85,058 -