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

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

Glossary

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

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