Character Appearance Rankings
Ranked by mentions across all 120 chapters of the standard edition, with aliases merged. Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, and Grandmother Jia lead the list — see “Data sources and reliability” below.
In chapter titles specifically, Jia Baoyu (Baoyu) and Lin Daiyu (Daiyu) also appear most frequently. Note: this leaderboard counts body-text mentions only; chapter titles are excluded (see “Data sources and reliability” below).
Total 227 characters, showing top 20
Ranking list
Jia Baoyu
Heir of Happy Red CourtJia Family
Share 15.3%
Wang Xifeng
Fiery PhoenixWang Family
Share 6.5%
Grand Lady Jia
Grand Lady JiaJia Family
Share 6.5%
Lin Daiyu
Fairy of the Naiad's HouseLin Family
Share 6.0%
Xue Baochai
Lady of Alpinia ParkXue Family
Share 4.2%
Xiren
AromaJia Family
Share 4.2%
Lady Wang
Wang Family
Share 3.9%
Jia Zheng
Master ZhengJia Family
Share 3.4%
Jia Lian
Second Master LianJia Family
Share 3.0%
Ping'er
PatienceJia Family
Share 2.6%
Li Wan
Farmer of Paddy-Sweet CottageJia Family
Share 1.7%
Aunt Xue
Aunt XueXue Family
Share 1.7%
Zijuan
NightingaleJia Family
Share 1.6%
Jia Tanchun
Dweller beneath the PlantainJia Family
Share 1.6%
Shi Xiangyun
Friend of the Rosy CloudsShi Family
Share 1.6%
Jia Zhen
Master ZhenJia Family
Share 1.5%
Yuanyang
FaithfulJia Family
Share 1.5%
Lady You
Lady YouJia Family
Share 1.3%
Qingwen
SkybrightJia Family
Share 1.2%
Lady Xing
Jia Family
Share 1.0%
Data sources and reliability
Overall reliability：Generated
Mention counts are computed from full-text by chapter: names and maintained aliases are merged, then aggregated for the leaderboard and downloadable CSV.
Limitations：Non-body matter (e.g. chapter titles, commentary) is excluded; cleaning and alias rules may differ from other tools.
How to cite：Cite Hong Lou Data Atlas, access date, and URL, and note the count is body text with alias merge.