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)
sòng - to read aloud
- to recite

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
- - 45,454 15,731 20,504

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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Pictophonetic

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Speech

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
背诵 6 9 16,538 22,537 19,945
朗诵 - 9 18,935 18,150 16,923
诵读 - - 20,761 36,502 43,525
吟诵 - - 40,020 48,700 44,079
- - 45,454 15,731 20,504
念诵 - - 48,160 70,311 46,909
诵经 - - 49,152 46,620 33,914
传诵 - - 57,579 54,215 62,504