Glossary and Vocabulary for An introduction to Chinese calligraphy, Selected Characters

Corpus Vocabulary Analysis

Contents

  1. Frequencies of Lexical Words
  2. Frequencies of all Words

Frequencies of Lexical Words

Rank Frequency Chinese Pinyin English Example Usage
1 2 kǒu Kangxi radical 30
2 2 kǒu mouth
3 2 kǒu an opening; a hole
4 2 kǒu eloquence
5 2 kǒu the edge of a blade
6 2 kǒu edge; border
7 2 kǒu verbal; oral
8 2 kǒu taste
9 2 kǒu population; people
10 2 kǒu an entrance; an exit; a pass
11 1 to go; to
12 1 to rely on; to depend on
13 1 Yu
14 1 a crow
15 1 one
16 1 Kangxi radical 1
17 1 pure; concentrated
18 1 first
19 1 the same
20 1 sole; single
21 1 a very small amount
22 1 Yi
23 1 other
24 1 to unify
25 1 accidentally; coincidentally
26 1 abruptly; suddenly
27 1 píng flat; level; smooth
28 1 píng calm; peaceful
29 1 píng Ping
30 1 píng equal
31 1 píng to conquer
32 1 píng to regulate; to control
33 1 píng to tie; to draw
34 1 píng to pacify
35 1 píng to make level
36 1 píng to be at the same level
37 1 píng fair; impartial
38 1 píng to restrain anger
39 1 píng ordinary; common
40 1 píng a level tone
41 1 píng a unit of weight
42 1 rén person; people; a human being
43 1 rén Kangxi radical 9
44 1 rén a kind of person
45 1 rén everybody
46 1 rén adult
47 1 rén somebody; others
48 1 rén an upright person
49 1 niú an ox; a cow; a bull
50 1 niú Niu
51 1 niú Kangxi radical 93
52 1 niú Taurus
53 1 niú stubborn
54 1 shì a gentleman; a knight
55 1 shì Kangxi radical 33
56 1 shì a soldier
57 1 shì a social stratum
58 1 shì an unmarried man; a man
59 1 shì somebody trained in a specialized field
60 1 shì a scholar
61 1 shì a respectful term for a person
62 1 shì corporal; sergeant
63 1 shì Shi
64 1 wáng Wang
65 1 wáng a king
66 1 wáng Kangxi radical 96
67 1 wàng to be king; to rule
68 1 wáng a prince; a duke
69 1 wáng grand; great
70 1 wáng to treat with the ceremony due to a king
71 1 wáng a respectufl form of address for a grandfather or grandmother
72 1 wáng the head of a group or gang
73 1 wáng the biggest or best of a group
74 1 yuē to speak; to say
75 1 yuē Kangxi radical 73
76 1 yuē to be called
77 1 yòu Kangxi radical 29
78 1 tiān day
79 1 tiān heaven
80 1 tiān nature
81 1 tiān sky
82 1 tiān weather
83 1 tiān father; husband
84 1 tiān a necessity
85 1 tiān season
86 1 tiān destiny
87 1 tiān very high; sky high [prices]
88 1 bài to bow; to pay respect to
89 1 bài to send greetings; to congratulate
90 1 bài to visit
91 1 bài to appoint; to confer a title
92 1 bài to enter into a relationship
93 1 bài a polite form; please
94 1 bài Bai
95 1 bài to perform a ritual
96 1 bài to bend
97 1 bài byte
98 1 zhǔ owner
99 1 zhǔ principal; main; primary
100 1 zhǔ master
101 1 zhǔ host
102 1 zhǔ to manage; to lead
103 1 zhǔ to decide; to advocate
104 1 zhǔ to have an opinion; to hold a particular view
105 1 zhǔ to signify; to indicate
106 1 zhǔ oneself
107 1 zhǔ a person; a party
108 1 zhǔ God; the Lord
109 1 zhǔ lord; ruler; chief
110 1 zhǔ an ancestral tablet
111 1 zhǔ princess
112 1 zhǔ chairperson
113 1 zhǔ fundamental
114 1 zhǔ Zhu
115 1 zhù to pour
116 1 to enter
117 1 Kangxi radical 11
118 1 radical
119 1 income
120 1 to conform with
121 1 to descend
122 1 the entering tone
123 1 to pay
124 1 to join
125 1 book; volume
126 1 a roll of bamboo slips
127 1 a plan; a scheme
128 1 to confer
129 1 chǎi a book with embroidered covers
130 1 patent of enfeoffment
131 1 father
132 1 Kangxi radical 88
133 1 a male of an older generation
134 1 a polite form of address for an older male
135 1 worker
136 1 nèi inside; interior
137 1 nèi private
138 1 nèi family; domestic
139 1 nèi wife; consort
140 1 nèi an imperial palace
141 1 nèi an internal organ; heart
142 1 nèi female
143 1 nèi to approach
144 1 nèi indoors
145 1 nèi inner heart
146 1 nèi a room
147 1 nèi Nei
148 1 to receive
149 1 tián field; farmland
150 1 tián Kangxi radical 102
151 1 tián an open area of land
152 1 tián Tian
153 1 tián to cultivate a field
154 1 tián an allotment of land
155 1 tián a cinnabar field
156 1 tián to hunt
157 1 sān three
158 1 sān third
159 1 sān more than two
160 1 sān very few
161 1 sān San
162 1 five
163 1 fifth musical note
164 1 Wu
165 1 the five elements
166 1 xíng to walk
167 1 xíng capable; competent
168 1 háng profession
169 1 xíng Kangxi radical 144
170 1 xíng to travel
171 1 xìng actions; conduct
172 1 xíng to do; to act; to practice
173 1 xíng all right; OK; okay
174 1 háng horizontal line
175 1 héng virtuous deeds
176 1 hàng a line of trees
177 1 hàng bold; steadfast
178 1 xíng to move
179 1 xíng to put into effect; to implement
180 1 xíng travel
181 1 xíng to circulate
182 1 xíng running script; running script
183 1 xíng temporary
184 1 háng rank; order
185 1 háng a business; a shop
186 1 xíng to depart; to leave
187 1 xíng to experience
188 1 xíng path; way
189 1 xíng xing; ballad
190 1 xíng Xing
191 1 shí ten
192 1 shí Kangxi radical 24
193 1 shí tenth
194 1 shí complete; perfect
195 1 big; huge; large
196 1 Kangxi radical 37
197 1 great; major; important
198 1 size
199 1 old
200 1 oldest; earliest
201 1 adult
202 1 dài an important person
203 1 senior
204 1 shǐ history
205 1 shǐ Shi
206 1 shǐ a history; a chronicle; annals
207 1 shǐ a historian
208 1 shǐ diverse
209 1 four
210 1 note a musical scale
211 1 fourth
212 1 Si
213 1 èr two
214 1 èr Kangxi radical 7
215 1 èr second
216 1 èr twice; double; di-
217 1 èr more than one kind
218 1 zhèng upright; straight
219 1 zhèng to straighten; to correct
220 1 zhèng main; central; primary
221 1 zhèng fundamental; original
222 1 zhèng precise; exact; accurate
223 1 zhèng at right angles
224 1 zhèng unbiased; impartial
225 1 zhèng true; correct; orthodox
226 1 zhèng unmixed; pure
227 1 zhèng positive (charge)
228 1 zhèng positive (number)
229 1 zhèng standard
230 1 zhèng chief; principal; primary
231 1 zhèng honest
232 1 zhèng to execute; to carry out
233 1 zhèng accepted; conventional
234 1 zhèng to govern
235 1 zhēng first month
236 1 zhēng center of a target
237 1 day of the month; a certain day
238 1 Kangxi radical 72
239 1 a day
240 1 Japan
241 1 sun
242 1 daytime
243 1 sunlight
244 1 everyday
245 1 season
246 1 available time
247 1 in the past
248 1 mi
249 1 wén writing; text
250 1 wén Kangxi radical 67
251 1 wén Wen
252 1 wén lines or grain on an object
253 1 wén culture
254 1 wén refined writings
255 1 wén civil; non-military
256 1 wén to conceal a fault; gloss over
257 1 wén wen
258 1 wén ornamentation; adornment
259 1 wén to ornament; to adorn
260 1 wén beautiful
261 1 wén a text; a manuscript
262 1 wén a group responsible for ritual and music
263 1 wén the text of an imperial order
264 1 wén liberal arts
265 1 wén a rite; a ritual
266 1 wén a tattoo
267 1 wén a classifier for copper coins
268 1 xià bottom
269 1 xià to fall; to drop; to go down; to descend
270 1 xià to announce
271 1 xià to do
272 1 xià to withdraw; to leave; to exit
273 1 xià the lower class; a member of the lower class
274 1 xià inside
275 1 xià an aspect
276 1 xià a certain time
277 1 xià to capture; to take
278 1 xià to put in
279 1 xià to enter
280 1 xià to eliminate; to remove; to get off
281 1 xià to finish work or school
282 1 xià to go
283 1 xià to scorn; to look down on
284 1 xià to modestly decline
285 1 xià to produce
286 1 xià to stay at; to lodge at
287 1 xià to decide
288 1 xià to be less than
289 1 xià humble; lowly
290 1 zǎo early
291 1 zǎo early morning
292 1 zǎo a long time ago
293 1 zǎo previous
294 1 zǎo Zao
295 1 a government official; a magistrate
296 1 Li
297 1 dào way; road; path
298 1 dào principle; a moral; morality
299 1 dào Tao; the Way
300 1 dào to say; to speak; to talk
301 1 dào to think
302 1 dào circuit; a province
303 1 dào a course; a channel
304 1 dào a method; a way of doing something
305 1 dào a doctrine
306 1 dào Taoism; Daoism
307 1 dào a skill
308 1 dào a sect
309 1 dào a line

Frequencies of all Words

Top 369

Rank Frequency Chinese Pinyin English Usage
1 2 kǒu measure word for people, pigs, and kitcheware
2 2 kǒu Kangxi radical 30
3 2 kǒu mouth
4 2 kǒu an opening; a hole
5 2 kǒu eloquence
6 2 kǒu the edge of a blade
7 2 kǒu edge; border
8 2 kǒu verbal; oral
9 2 kǒu taste
10 2 kǒu population; people
11 2 kǒu an entrance; an exit; a pass
12 1 in; at
13 1 in; at
14 1 in; at; to; from
15 1 to go; to
16 1 to rely on; to depend on
17 1 to go to; to arrive at
18 1 from
19 1 give
20 1 oppposing
21 1 and
22 1 compared to
23 1 by
24 1 and; as well as
25 1 for
26 1 Yu
27 1 a crow
28 1 whew; wow
29 1 one
30 1 Kangxi radical 1
31 1 as soon as; all at once
32 1 pure; concentrated
33 1 whole; all
34 1 first
35 1 the same
36 1 each
37 1 certain
38 1 throughout
39 1 used in between a reduplicated verb
40 1 sole; single
41 1 a very small amount
42 1 Yi
43 1 other
44 1 to unify
45 1 accidentally; coincidentally
46 1 abruptly; suddenly
47 1 or
48 1 píng flat; level; smooth
49 1 píng calm; peaceful
50 1 píng Ping
51 1 píng equal
52 1 píng to conquer
53 1 píng to regulate; to control
54 1 píng to tie; to draw
55 1 píng to pacify
56 1 píng to make level
57 1 píng to be at the same level
58 1 píng fair; impartial
59 1 píng to restrain anger
60 1 píng ordinary; common
61 1 píng a level tone
62 1 píng a unit of weight
63 1 píng ordinarily
64 1 rén person; people; a human being
65 1 rén Kangxi radical 9
66 1 rén a kind of person
67 1 rén everybody
68 1 rén adult
69 1 rén somebody; others
70 1 rén an upright person
71 1 niú an ox; a cow; a bull
72 1 niú Niu
73 1 niú Kangxi radical 93
74 1 niú Taurus
75 1 niú stubborn
76 1 shì a gentleman; a knight
77 1 shì Kangxi radical 33
78 1 shì a soldier
79 1 shì a social stratum
80 1 shì an unmarried man; a man
81 1 shì somebody trained in a specialized field
82 1 shì a scholar
83 1 shì a respectful term for a person
84 1 shì corporal; sergeant
85 1 shì Shi
86 1 wáng Wang
87 1 wáng a king
88 1 wáng Kangxi radical 96
89 1 wàng to be king; to rule
90 1 wáng a prince; a duke
91 1 wáng grand; great
92 1 wáng to treat with the ceremony due to a king
93 1 wáng a respectufl form of address for a grandfather or grandmother
94 1 wáng the head of a group or gang
95 1 wáng the biggest or best of a group
96 1 yuē to speak; to say
97 1 yuē Kangxi radical 73
98 1 yuē to be called
99 1 yuē particle without meaning
100 1 yòu again; also
101 1 yòu expresses the existence of simultaneous conditions
102 1 yòu Kangxi radical 29
103 1 yòu and
104 1 yòu furthermore
105 1 yòu in addition
106 1 yòu but
107 1 tiān day
108 1 tiān day
109 1 tiān heaven
110 1 tiān nature
111 1 tiān sky
112 1 tiān weather
113 1 tiān father; husband
114 1 tiān a necessity
115 1 tiān season
116 1 tiān destiny
117 1 tiān very high; sky high [prices]
118 1 tiān very
119 1 bài to bow; to pay respect to
120 1 bài to send greetings; to congratulate
121 1 bài to visit
122 1 bài to appoint; to confer a title
123 1 bài to enter into a relationship
124 1 bài a polite form; please
125 1 bài Bai
126 1 bài to perform a ritual
127 1 bài to bend
128 1 bài byte
129 1 zhǔ owner
130 1 zhǔ principal; main; primary
131 1 zhǔ master
132 1 zhǔ host
133 1 zhǔ to manage; to lead
134 1 zhǔ to decide; to advocate
135 1 zhǔ to have an opinion; to hold a particular view
136 1 zhǔ to signify; to indicate
137 1 zhǔ oneself
138 1 zhǔ a person; a party
139 1 zhǔ God; the Lord
140 1 zhǔ lord; ruler; chief
141 1 zhǔ an ancestral tablet
142 1 zhǔ princess
143 1 zhǔ chairperson
144 1 zhǔ fundamental
145 1 zhǔ Zhu
146 1 zhù to pour
147 1 to enter
148 1 Kangxi radical 11
149 1 radical
150 1 income
151 1 to conform with
152 1 to descend
153 1 the entering tone
154 1 to pay
155 1 to join
156 1 book; volume
157 1 measure word for book like things
158 1 a roll of bamboo slips
159 1 a plan; a scheme
160 1 to confer
161 1 chǎi a book with embroidered covers
162 1 patent of enfeoffment
163 1 father
164 1 Kangxi radical 88
165 1 a male of an older generation
166 1 a polite form of address for an older male
167 1 worker
168 1 nèi inside; interior
169 1 nèi private
170 1 nèi family; domestic
171 1 nèi inside; interior
172 1 nèi wife; consort
173 1 nèi an imperial palace
174 1 nèi an internal organ; heart
175 1 nèi female
176 1 nèi to approach
177 1 nèi indoors
178 1 nèi inner heart
179 1 nèi a room
180 1 nèi Nei
181 1 to receive
182 1 tián field; farmland
183 1 tián Kangxi radical 102
184 1 tián an open area of land
185 1 tián Tian
186 1 tián to cultivate a field
187 1 tián an allotment of land
188 1 tián a cinnabar field
189 1 tián to hunt
190 1 sān three
191 1 sān third
192 1 sān more than two
193 1 sān very few
194 1 sān repeatedly
195 1 sān San
196 1 five
197 1 fifth musical note
198 1 Wu
199 1 the five elements
200 1 xíng to walk
201 1 xíng capable; competent
202 1 háng profession
203 1 háng line; row
204 1 xíng Kangxi radical 144
205 1 xíng to travel
206 1 xìng actions; conduct
207 1 xíng to do; to act; to practice
208 1 xíng all right; OK; okay
209 1 háng horizontal line
210 1 héng virtuous deeds
211 1 hàng a line of trees
212 1 hàng bold; steadfast
213 1 xíng to move
214 1 xíng to put into effect; to implement
215 1 xíng travel
216 1 xíng to circulate
217 1 xíng running script; running script
218 1 xíng temporary
219 1 xíng soon
220 1 háng rank; order
221 1 háng a business; a shop
222 1 xíng to depart; to leave
223 1 xíng to experience
224 1 xíng path; way
225 1 xíng xing; ballad
226 1 xíng a round [of drinks]
227 1 xíng Xing
228 1 xíng moreover; also
229 1 shí ten
230 1 shí Kangxi radical 24
231 1 shí tenth
232 1 shí complete; perfect
233 1 big; huge; large
234 1 Kangxi radical 37
235 1 great; major; important
236 1 size
237 1 old
238 1 greatly; very
239 1 oldest; earliest
240 1 adult
241 1 tài greatest; grand
242 1 dài an important person
243 1 senior
244 1 approximately
245 1 tài greatest; grand
246 1 shǐ history
247 1 shǐ Shi
248 1 shǐ a history; a chronicle; annals
249 1 shǐ a historian
250 1 shǐ diverse
251 1 four
252 1 note a musical scale
253 1 fourth
254 1 Si
255 1 èr two
256 1 èr Kangxi radical 7
257 1 èr second
258 1 èr twice; double; di-
259 1 èr another; the other
260 1 èr more than one kind
261 1 zhèng upright; straight
262 1 zhèng just doing something; just now
263 1 zhèng to straighten; to correct
264 1 zhèng main; central; primary
265 1 zhèng fundamental; original
266 1 zhèng precise; exact; accurate
267 1 zhèng at right angles
268 1 zhèng unbiased; impartial
269 1 zhèng true; correct; orthodox
270 1 zhèng unmixed; pure
271 1 zhèng positive (charge)
272 1 zhèng positive (number)
273 1 zhèng standard
274 1 zhèng chief; principal; primary
275 1 zhèng honest
276 1 zhèng to execute; to carry out
277 1 zhèng precisely
278 1 zhèng accepted; conventional
279 1 zhèng to govern
280 1 zhèng only; just
281 1 zhēng first month
282 1 zhēng center of a target
283 1 day of the month; a certain day
284 1 Kangxi radical 72
285 1 a day
286 1 Japan
287 1 sun
288 1 daytime
289 1 sunlight
290 1 everyday
291 1 season
292 1 available time
293 1 a day
294 1 in the past
295 1 mi
296 1 wén writing; text
297 1 wén Kangxi radical 67
298 1 wén Wen
299 1 wén lines or grain on an object
300 1 wén culture
301 1 wén refined writings
302 1 wén civil; non-military
303 1 wén to conceal a fault; gloss over
304 1 wén wen
305 1 wén ornamentation; adornment
306 1 wén to ornament; to adorn
307 1 wén beautiful
308 1 wén a text; a manuscript
309 1 wén a group responsible for ritual and music
310 1 wén the text of an imperial order
311 1 wén liberal arts
312 1 wén a rite; a ritual
313 1 wén a tattoo
314 1 wén a classifier for copper coins
315 1 xià next
316 1 xià bottom
317 1 xià to fall; to drop; to go down; to descend
318 1 xià measure word for time
319 1 xià expresses completion of an action
320 1 xià to announce
321 1 xià to do
322 1 xià to withdraw; to leave; to exit
323 1 xià under; below
324 1 xià the lower class; a member of the lower class
325 1 xià inside
326 1 xià an aspect
327 1 xià a certain time
328 1 xià a time; an instance
329 1 xià to capture; to take
330 1 xià to put in
331 1 xià to enter
332 1 xià to eliminate; to remove; to get off
333 1 xià to finish work or school
334 1 xià to go
335 1 xià to scorn; to look down on
336 1 xià to modestly decline
337 1 xià to produce
338 1 xià to stay at; to lodge at
339 1 xià to decide
340 1 xià to be less than
341 1 xià humble; lowly
342 1 zǎo early
343 1 zǎo early morning
344 1 zǎo soon
345 1 zǎo a long time ago
346 1 zǎo previous
347 1 zǎo Good morning!
348 1 zǎo Zao
349 1 zǎo already
350 1 a government official; a magistrate
351 1 Li
352 1 dào way; road; path
353 1 dào principle; a moral; morality
354 1 dào Tao; the Way
355 1 dào measure word for long things
356 1 dào to say; to speak; to talk
357 1 dào to think
358 1 dào times
359 1 dào circuit; a province
360 1 dào a course; a channel
361 1 dào a method; a way of doing something
362 1 dào measure word for doors and walls
363 1 dào measure word for courses of a meal
364 1 dào a centimeter
365 1 dào a doctrine
366 1 dào Taoism; Daoism
367 1 dào a skill
368 1 dào a sect
369 1 dào a line

Glossary

Buddhist terminology, except the proper nouns listed above. Number of terms: 0.

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