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)
- candle
- wax

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 8,092 17,483 13,956

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
蜡烛 5 7 3,983 11,776 6,730
- 7 8,092 17,483 13,956
蜡笔 - - 16,924 26,583 10,987
蜡像 - - 25,988 36,992 29,414
打蜡 - - 28,795 52,312 32,885
蜡像馆 - - 30,478 47,530 38,602
石蜡 - - 41,022 23,948 35,879
蜡纸 - - 48,275 84,004 93,726
发蜡 - - 48,537 78,596 41,924
味同嚼蜡 - - 52,331 97,902 73,359
白蜡 - - 53,283 80,680 91,952
蜂蜡 - - 53,730 79,362 67,403
白蜡树 - - 56,066 - 118,515
蜡染 - - 71,099 48,179 54,403
蜡台 - - 72,601 - -
蜡质 - - 73,632 - -