The Most Common Traditional Chinese Characters — page 50

Traditional characters ranked 4,901–4,974 by frequency. Continue from where the previous page left off.

top 100: 39.0%
top 1,000: 89.1%
top 2,500: 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zhuǎn·ㄓㄨㄢˇTo sing or chirp like a bird or insect; to warble or twitter.
#4,902櫝dú·ㄉㄨˊA wooden box or case; a casket; a coffin; to seal up or store away.
#4,903鱖guì·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xī·ㄒㄧJoyful; merry; cautious; a surname; a posthumous honorific title.
#4,905鉋bào·ㄅㄠˋA tool with a blade for smoothing surfaces, especially wood; to plane wood; to hoe and level ground.
#4,906繅sāo·ㄙㄠTo reel silk from cocoons; to draw out threads; elegant compositions.
#4,907鬲lì·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qú·ㄑㄩˊTo labor hard; to toil; to be diligent; to endeavor; to exert oneself.
#4,909懍lǐn·ㄌㄧㄣˇTo fear or be in awe of someone or something; to be in a state of dread or apprehension.
#4,910霪yín·ㄧㄣˊContinuous heavy rain; prolonged rainfall.
#4,911夤yín·ㄧㄣˊDeep; remote; late at night; to cling to or seek advancement by association; to respect and fear.
#4,912燧suì·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lǐ·ㄌㄧˇA unit of weight, approximately 0.065 grams; a syllable.
#4,914夔kuí·ㄎㄨㄟˊA one-legged mythical monster; a legendary inventor of music and dance; a rain god; a surname.
#4,915穡sè·ㄙㄜˋTo farm or cultivate crops; to harvest grain; to gather in the harvest; to be stingy or thrifty with resources.
#4,916燐lín·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zú·ㄗㄨˊTo set a dog on; to urge on or incite someone to do something bad; to instigate or prompt.
#4,918遘gòu·ㄍㄡˋTo meet or encounter unexpectedly; to come across; to meet with; to bring about or cause.
#4,919鼇áo·ㄠˊA mythical giant sea turtle; a variant of the character for a mythical sea turtle.
#4,920聱áo·ㄠˊDifficult to pronounce; bent and twisted; too complicated; often used in the term '聱牙' (difficult to understand).
#4,921櫂zhào·ㄓㄠˋA paddle or oar used for rowing a boat; to row a boat; sometimes refers to the boat itself.
#4,922迆yǐ·ㄧˇTo walk obliquely or crookedly; to slant; to lean to one side; winding; meandering.
#4,923琍lì·ㄌㄧˋA phonetic character used in transliterating foreign names; a variant of 璃 (glass, porcelain).
#4,924篁huáng·ㄏㄨㄤˊBamboo; a grove or thicket of bamboo.
#4,925肫zhūn·ㄓㄨㄣThe gizzard of a bird; sincere or earnest, especially when used in the compound 肫肫.
#4,926奩lián·ㄌㄧㄢˊA small box for women's cosmetics and toiletries; a bridal trousseau or dowry of clothing and personal items.
#4,927媼ǎo·ㄠˇAn old woman; a respectful term for a mother or married woman; sometimes refers to a female earth deity.
#4,928蘗bò·ㄅㄛˋA tree yielding a yellow dye; also refers to the dye itself; archaic variant of a character meaning stump or sprout.
#4,929勗xù·ㄒㄩˋTo encourage or urge someone to do something; to stimulate or rouse; to advise or admonish.
#4,930陴pí·ㄆㄧˊA low protective wall along the top of a building or fortification; a parapet on a city wall.
#4,931偺zá·ㄗㄚˊPronoun; we or us; same as 咱; used in some dialects.
#4,932儐bīn·ㄅㄧㄣTo entertain guests; a best man; to guide or receive guests; to arrange or display; to reject or exclude.
#4,933兕sì·ㄙˋAn ancient, ox-like wild animal; sometimes described as a rhinoceros or a female rhinoceros.
#4,934兗yǎn·ㄧㄢˇA place name in Shandong province; historically one of nine ancient Chinese empire divisions.
#4,935卮zhī·ㄓAn ancient wine vessel; a measuring cup; a unit of liquid measure equivalent to one cup.
#4,936呶náo·ㄋㄠˊTo make a loud noise; to clamor; to talk noisily; to pout.
#4,937囌sū·ㄙㄨTo be loquacious or nag; used in the compound 嚕囌 (lu1 su1) meaning tiresome or verbose.
#4,938圬wū·ㄨTo plaster or whitewash walls; a tool for plastering; the act of plastering.
#4,939坼chè·ㄔㄜˋTo split open; to crack or break apart; to chap (skin); to bloom or open (flowers); to divide; to destroy.
#4,940壙kuàng·ㄎㄨㄤˋtomb, grave; open wilderness, prairie; empty; vacant, abandoned
#4,941姒sì·ㄙˋA surname; historically, a wife or senior concubine of an elder brother; also, an elder sister.
#4,942彞yí·ㄧˊAn ancient wine vessel or ritual utensil used in ancestral temples; a constant way or rule; a Chinese ethnic minority group.
#4,943愀jiǔ·ㄐㄧㄡˇTo change one's facial expression; to appear worried or anxious; to be on guard.
#4,944慝tè·ㄊㄜˋEvil or wicked; a hidden evil thought or intention; a bad person; disaster; to change or alter.
#4,945柞zé·ㄗㄜˊOak tree; to cut down trees; narrow; loud; used in place names.
#4,946梃tǐng·ㄊㄧㄥˇA club or cudgel; a stalk or stem; straight or upright; a classifier for long, stick-like objects.
#4,947梱kǔn·ㄎㄨㄣˇdoor sill; threshold; the wooden beam at the bottom of a door frame
#4,948氖nǎi·ㄋㄞˇNeon; a noble gas element (Ne) used in lighting; colorless, odorless, and unreactive.
#4,949湔jiān·ㄐㄧㄢto wash; to cleanse; to redress a wrong; to splash or soil; name of a river
#4,950灤luán·ㄌㄨㄢˊA river in Hebei province; also a county in Hebei province named after the river.
#4,951猓guǒ·ㄍㄨㄛˇA type of monkey; often used in compound words referring to specific monkey species.
#4,952甽quǎn·ㄑㄩㄢˇA small ditch or channel between fields for irrigation or drainage; a furrow.
#4,953疳gān·ㄍㄢA traditional Chinese medicine term for chronic pediatric malnutrition; also refers to localized ulceration and pus formation.
#4,954瘉yù·ㄩˋto heal; to recover from illness; to get better; to surpass; more
#4,955磴dèng·ㄉㄥˋStone step; ledge on a cliff or hill; a step on a mountain path.
#4,956篛ruò·ㄖㄨㄛˋCuticle of a bamboo plant; the leaf of a bamboo plant; also refers to the bamboo plant itself.
#4,957紼fú·ㄈㄨˊA heavy rope; a large rope; specifically, the rope used to pull a coffin or bier into a grave.
#4,958綞duǒ·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zī·ㄗBlack silk; black color; a Buddhist monk; Buddhist clergy; to dye black.
#4,960縑jiān·ㄐㄧㄢFine silk fabric; thick waterproof silk.
#4,961縲léi·ㄌㄟˊA thick rope or chain used to bind prisoners or criminals; a restraint.
#4,962耜sì·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shān·ㄕㄢto cut down grass or weeds; to mow; to eliminate; a scythe
#4,965跼jú·ㄐㄩˊCrouched or bent over; unable to stretch out; confined or restricted in space; cramped.
#4,966輜zī·ㄗA covered wagon or military supply cart; an ancient vehicle with curtains on the front and back.
#4,967轔lín·ㄌㄧㄣˊRumbling sound of wheels or vehicles; threshold of a door.
#4,968逖tì·ㄊㄧˋRemote; far away; distant; to keep at a distance; to move away from.
#4,969鄹zōu·ㄗㄡName of an ancient state in modern Shandong province; also a Chinese surname.
#4,970鏍luó·ㄌㄨㄛˊA type of ancient vessel used for warming things.
#4,971鏑dī·ㄉㄧDysprosium, a chemical element; an arrowhead or the head of an arrow; an old term for an arrow.
#4,972鏜tāng·ㄊㄤA type of percussion instrument, like a small gong; the sound of drums; a machining process for boring holes.
#4,973鏝màn·ㄇㄢˋA trowel used for plastering walls; the blank side of a coin; money or banknote; money.
#4,974鼙pí·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.