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)
shú - to redeem
- to ransom

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 6,173 17,146 9,816

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To sell 卖 a soul for money 贝; 卖 also provides the pronunciation

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 6,173 17,146 9,816
赎金 - - 6,282 30,093 41,775
赎罪 - - 8,152 37,836 25,197
赎回 - - 12,925 8,782 23,248
赎款 - - 81,764 - -