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

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

Glossary

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

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