The Most Common Traditional Chinese Characters
Traditional characters ranked 4,901–4,974 by frequency. Continue from where the previous page left off.
- top 100
- 39.0%
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- 89.1%
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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), plus 166 more that our Taiwan word data attests — 4,974 in total, ranked together by real frequency. The same ranking is available as JSON for tutors and apps via the Taiwan Mandarin API.