The Most Common Traditional Chinese Characters
Traditional characters ranked 4,901–4,974 by frequency. Continue from where the previous page left off.
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- 98.6%
cumulative share of the COCT corpus covered by its most frequent characters
Traditional characters, ranks 4,901–4,974
4,974 characters · page 50 of 50- #4,901囀ㄓㄨㄢˇTo sing or chirp like a bird or insect; to warble or twitter.
- #4,902櫝ㄉㄨˊA wooden box or case; a casket; a coffin; to seal up or store away.
- #4,903鱖ㄍㄨㄟˋMandarin fish; Chinese perch; a type of freshwater fish known for its tender and delicious meat; also a variant pronunciation for 絕.
- #4,904僖ㄒㄧJoyful; merry; cautious; a surname; a posthumous honorific title.
- #4,905鉋ㄅㄠˋA tool with a blade for smoothing surfaces, especially wood; to plane wood; to hoe and level ground.
- #4,906繅ㄙㄠTo reel silk from cocoons; to draw out threads; elegant compositions.
- #4,907鬲ㄌㄧˋAn ancient three-legged cooking vessel, often made of pottery or iron; a surname; a type of cauldron with hollow legs; a specific acupuncture point.
- #4,908劬ㄑㄩˊTo labor hard; to toil; to be diligent; to endeavor; to exert oneself.
- #4,909懍ㄌㄧㄣˇTo fear or be in awe of someone or something; to be in a state of dread or apprehension.
- #4,910霪ㄧㄣˊContinuous heavy rain; prolonged rainfall.
- #4,911夤ㄧㄣˊDeep; remote; late at night; to cling to or seek advancement by association; to respect and fear.
- #4,912燧ㄙㄨㄟˋA tool or material used to start a fire by friction or sunlight; a beacon fire used as an alarm signal, especially one producing smoke.
- #4,913喱ㄌㄧˇA unit of weight, approximately 0.065 grams; a syllable.
- #4,914夔ㄎㄨㄟˊA one-legged mythical monster; a legendary inventor of music and dance; a rain god; a surname.
- #4,915穡ㄙㄜˋTo farm or cultivate crops; to harvest grain; to gather in the harvest; to be stingy or thrifty with resources.
- #4,916燐ㄌㄧㄣˊPhosphorus, the chemical element; a pale, greenish, flickering light seen at night in marshy areas, caused by the combustion of phosphine gas.
- #4,917嗾ㄗㄨˊTo set a dog on; to urge on or incite someone to do something bad; to instigate or prompt.
- #4,918遘ㄍㄡˋTo meet or encounter unexpectedly; to come across; to meet with; to bring about or cause.
- #4,919鼇ㄠˊA mythical giant sea turtle; a variant of the character for a mythical sea turtle.
- #4,920聱ㄠˊDifficult to pronounce; bent and twisted; too complicated; often used in the term '聱牙' (difficult to understand).
- #4,921櫂ㄓㄠˋA paddle or oar used for rowing a boat; to row a boat; sometimes refers to the boat itself.
- #4,922迆ㄧˇTo walk obliquely or crookedly; to slant; to lean to one side; winding; meandering.
- #4,923琍ㄌㄧˋA phonetic character used in transliterating foreign names; a variant of 璃 (glass, porcelain).
- #4,924篁ㄏㄨㄤˊBamboo; a grove or thicket of bamboo.
- #4,925肫ㄓㄨㄣThe gizzard of a bird; sincere or earnest, especially when used in the compound 肫肫.
- #4,926奩ㄌㄧㄢˊA small box for women's cosmetics and toiletries; a bridal trousseau or dowry of clothing and personal items.
- #4,927媼ㄠˇAn old woman; a respectful term for a mother or married woman; sometimes refers to a female earth deity.
- #4,928蘗ㄅㄛˋA tree yielding a yellow dye; also refers to the dye itself; archaic variant of a character meaning stump or sprout.
- #4,929勗ㄒㄩˋTo encourage or urge someone to do something; to stimulate or rouse; to advise or admonish.
- #4,930陴ㄆㄧˊA low protective wall along the top of a building or fortification; a parapet on a city wall.
- #4,931偺ㄗㄚˊPronoun; we or us; same as 咱; used in some dialects.
- #4,932儐ㄅㄧㄣTo entertain guests; a best man; to guide or receive guests; to arrange or display; to reject or exclude.
- #4,933兕ㄙˋAn ancient, ox-like wild animal; sometimes described as a rhinoceros or a female rhinoceros.
- #4,934兗ㄧㄢˇA place name in Shandong province; historically one of nine ancient Chinese empire divisions.
- #4,935卮ㄓAn ancient wine vessel; a measuring cup; a unit of liquid measure equivalent to one cup.
- #4,936呶ㄋㄠˊTo make a loud noise; to clamor; to talk noisily; to pout.
- #4,937囌ㄙㄨTo be loquacious or nag; used in the compound 嚕囌 (lu1 su1) meaning tiresome or verbose.
- #4,938圬ㄨTo plaster or whitewash walls; a tool for plastering; the act of plastering.
- #4,939坼ㄔㄜˋTo split open; to crack or break apart; to chap (skin); to bloom or open (flowers); to divide; to destroy.
- #4,940壙ㄎㄨㄤˋtomb, grave; open wilderness, prairie; empty; vacant, abandoned
- #4,941姒ㄙˋA surname; historically, a wife or senior concubine of an elder brother; also, an elder sister.
- #4,942彞ㄧˊAn ancient wine vessel or ritual utensil used in ancestral temples; a constant way or rule; a Chinese ethnic minority group.
- #4,943愀ㄐㄧㄡˇTo change one's facial expression; to appear worried or anxious; to be on guard.
- #4,944慝ㄊㄜˋEvil or wicked; a hidden evil thought or intention; a bad person; disaster; to change or alter.
- #4,945柞ㄗㄜˊOak tree; to cut down trees; narrow; loud; used in place names.
- #4,946梃ㄊㄧㄥˇA club or cudgel; a stalk or stem; straight or upright; a classifier for long, stick-like objects.
- #4,947梱ㄎㄨㄣˇdoor sill; threshold; the wooden beam at the bottom of a door frame
- #4,948氖ㄋㄞˇNeon; a noble gas element (Ne) used in lighting; colorless, odorless, and unreactive.
- #4,949湔ㄐㄧㄢto wash; to cleanse; to redress a wrong; to splash or soil; name of a river
- #4,950灤ㄌㄨㄢˊA river in Hebei province; also a county in Hebei province named after the river.
- #4,951猓ㄍㄨㄛˇA type of monkey; often used in compound words referring to specific monkey species.
- #4,952甽ㄑㄩㄢˇA small ditch or channel between fields for irrigation or drainage; a furrow.
- #4,953疳ㄍㄢA traditional Chinese medicine term for chronic pediatric malnutrition; also refers to localized ulceration and pus formation.
- #4,954瘉ㄩˋto heal; to recover from illness; to get better; to surpass; more
- #4,955磴ㄉㄥˋStone step; ledge on a cliff or hill; a step on a mountain path.
- #4,956篛ㄖㄨㄛˋCuticle of a bamboo plant; the leaf of a bamboo plant; also refers to the bamboo plant itself.
- #4,957紼ㄈㄨˊA heavy rope; a large rope; specifically, the rope used to pull a coffin or bier into a grave.
- #4,958綞ㄉㄨㄛˇA type of thin silk; often used in the compound 綞子 to refer to a type of silk fabric or quality of silk.
- #4,959緇ㄗBlack silk; black color; a Buddhist monk; Buddhist clergy; to dye black.
- #4,960縑ㄐㄧㄢFine silk fabric; thick waterproof silk.
- #4,961縲ㄌㄟˊA thick rope or chain used to bind prisoners or criminals; a restraint.
- #4,962耜ㄙˋA spade-shaped tool for digging; a plow or plowshare; an ancient farming implement, often made of wood.
- #4,963艶beautiful; voluptuous; sexy; alluring
- #4,964芟ㄕㄢto cut down grass or weeds; to mow; to eliminate; a scythe
- #4,965跼ㄐㄩˊCrouched or bent over; unable to stretch out; confined or restricted in space; cramped.
- #4,966輜ㄗA covered wagon or military supply cart; an ancient vehicle with curtains on the front and back.
- #4,967轔ㄌㄧㄣˊRumbling sound of wheels or vehicles; threshold of a door.
- #4,968逖ㄊㄧˋRemote; far away; distant; to keep at a distance; to move away from.
- #4,969鄹ㄗㄡName of an ancient state in modern Shandong province; also a Chinese surname.
- #4,970鏍ㄌㄨㄛˊA type of ancient vessel used for warming things.
- #4,971鏑ㄉㄧDysprosium, a chemical element; an arrowhead or the head of an arrow; an old term for an arrow.
- #4,972鏜ㄊㄤA type of percussion instrument, like a small gong; the sound of drums; a machining process for boring holes.
- #4,973鏝ㄇㄢˋA trowel used for plastering walls; the blank side of a coin; money or banknote; money.
- #4,974鼙ㄆㄧˊA drum used in ancient warfare; the sound of such a drum.
Frequency is derived from the COCT 通用詞頻表, a traditional-script word-frequency corpus published by Taiwan's National Academy for Educational Research. The inventory is the Ministry of Education's 常用國字標準字體表 (4,808 characters). The same ranking is available as JSON for tutors and apps via the HanziDB API.