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)
- bud
- sprout

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
- 9 14,698 10,135 9,788

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Plant

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
麦芽 - - 14,320 32,502 21,284
- 9 14,698 10,135 9,788
发芽 - - 20,624 20,728 16,786
萌芽 6 9 22,036 17,847 21,895
豆芽 - - 29,327 23,887 10,680
嫩芽 - - 35,399 - -
麦芽糖 - - 42,251 50,617 34,529
胚芽 - - 69,782 54,788 43,611
豆芽菜 - - 95,464 60,004 37,787
芽孢 - - 98,608 59,667 109,160