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)
cāng - surname Cang
cāng - dark blue
- deep green
- ash-gray

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
- - 15,863 10,792 7,073

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Grass

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
苍蝇 - 7 5,851 12,701 8,222
苍白 6 - 7,695 9,249 9,209
上苍 - - 15,573 34,873 18,090
- - 15,863 10,792 7,073
苍天 - - 19,809 21,703 10,489
苍老 - - 34,061 16,174 7,689
苍蝇拍 - - 39,979 - -
苍穹 - - 42,271 25,062 23,144
苍茫 - - 59,903 33,304 22,578
苍鹰 - - 60,177 57,081 48,037
白发苍苍 - - 62,666 - -
苍劲 - - 72,285 49,864 54,027
苍苍 - - 73,657 27,842 18,612
苍鹭 - - 74,425 77,339 64,515
苍凉 - - 88,823 30,676 19,972