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)
- used in 蝦蟆|虾蟆[ha2ma5]
xiā - shrimp
- prawn

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
- 7 5,590 5,213 2,733

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Insect

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
- 7 5,590 5,213 2,733
龙虾 - - 6,117 19,374 11,619
虾米 - - 15,015 19,399 7,619
大虾 - - 21,718 31,278 14,570
虾子 - - 25,214 56,537 33,648
虾仁 - - 31,518 26,350 11,968
对虾 - - 40,638 29,661 38,308
明虾 - - 63,501 71,677 33,994
虾酱 - - 98,030 90,729 49,799