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)
zhóu - axis
- axle
- spool (for thread)
- roller (for scrolls)
- classifier for calligraphy rolls etc
zhòu - see 壓軸戲|压轴戏[ya1 zhou4 xi4]
- Taiwan pr. [zhou2]

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
- - 10,086 6,010 12,680

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Wheel

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
- - 10,086 6,010 12,680
卷轴 - - 16,185 30,392 29,773
轴承 - - 24,792 11,806 34,072
车轴 - 9 25,081 54,578 74,237
轮轴 - - 31,929 76,520 88,206
线轴 - - 32,304 - -
压轴戏 - - 34,842 79,079 90,409
轴心 - - 36,518 31,767 52,874
轴线 - - 39,822 20,985 42,951
连轴转 - - 39,960 63,215 45,928
转轴 - - 45,607 47,403 60,512
轴心国 - - 47,809 85,231 82,428
曲轴 - - 51,096 36,190 72,611
轴距 - - 51,312 32,644 40,113
主轴 - - 64,295 28,345 49,542
传动轴 - - 71,768 68,675 110,099
凸轮轴 - - 76,522 51,720 98,500
挂轴 - - 90,879 - 84,353