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)
qiān - old variant of 鉛|铅[qian1]
qiān - lead (chemistry)
yán - used in 鉛山|铅山[Yan2shan1], a county in Jiangxi

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 8,232 7,204 13,247

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Metal

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
铅笔 3 6 6,625 11,595 5,892
- 7 8,232 7,204 13,247
铅笔盒 - - 33,071 - -
铅球 - - 45,337 40,038 46,227
铅字 - - 48,773 73,793 75,115
铅锤 - - 69,013 - 105,466
自动铅笔 - - 84,709 - -