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: 螺旋

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
螺旋 luó xuán - spiral
- helix
- screw

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
- - 12,002 15,143 20,948

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
螺 luó- spiral shell
- snail
- conch
旋 xuán- to revolve
- a loop
- a circle
旋 xuàn- to whirl
- immediately
- variant of 鏇|镟[xuan4]

Other Words Containing 螺旋

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
螺旋 - - 12,002 15,143 20,948
螺旋桨 - - 17,791 38,993 38,953
螺旋体 - - 47,766 49,044 66,762
螺旋藻 - - 49,192 51,221 41,460