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)
yǐng - head of grain
- husk
- tip
- point
- clever
- gifted
- outstanding

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
- - 32,028 11,320 9,494

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰⿱

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Rice

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
脱颖而出 - 8 10,492 11,223 19,611
新颖 6 9 20,288 10,338 12,752
- - 32,028 11,320 9,494
聪颖 - - 34,437 48,522 32,844
关颖珊 - - 39,078 58,816 -