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Hua Tou

Quality:

Hua Tou - form of Buddhist meditation. Article “Hua Tou” in English Wikipedia has 39.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 21 references and 8 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Hua Tou” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Hua Tou”, its content was written by 23 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 68 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 278 times in English Wikipedia and cited 557 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #166769 in August 2012
  • Global: #121139 in July 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #590392 in June 2025
  • Global: #681830 in June 2025

There are 7 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Hua Tou
39.6988
2German (de)
Hua Tou
34.4891
3French (fr)
Hua tou
26.4574
4Japanese (ja)
看話禅
25.6988
5Polish (pl)
Kanhua chan
25.1566
6Chinese (zh)
話頭禪
22.5015
7Estonian (et)
Huatou
1.9759
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Hua Tou" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Hua Tou
116 563
2Japanese (ja)
看話禅
87 886
3Chinese (zh)
話頭禪
63 301
4Polish (pl)
Kanhua chan
14 336
5French (fr)
Hua tou
3 939
6German (de)
Hua Tou
2 885
7Estonian (et)
Huatou
484
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Hua Tou" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Hua Tou
1 575
2Chinese (zh)
話頭禪
519
3Japanese (ja)
看話禅
236
4Polish (pl)
Kanhua chan
33
5French (fr)
Hua tou
21
6German (de)
Hua Tou
20
7Estonian (et)
Huatou
19
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Hua Tou" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Hua Tou
23
2German (de)
Hua Tou
17
3Japanese (ja)
看話禅
12
4Polish (pl)
Kanhua chan
9
5Chinese (zh)
話頭禪
4
6French (fr)
Hua tou
2
7Estonian (et)
Huatou
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Hua Tou" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Hua Tou
1
2German (de)
Hua Tou
0
3Estonian (et)
Huatou
0
4French (fr)
Hua tou
0
5Japanese (ja)
看話禅
0
6Polish (pl)
Kanhua chan
0
7Chinese (zh)
話頭禪
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Hua Tou" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Hua Tou
278
2Chinese (zh)
話頭禪
119
3Japanese (ja)
看話禅
118
4Polish (pl)
Kanhua chan
34
5Estonian (et)
Huatou
3
6French (fr)
Hua tou
3
7German (de)
Hua Tou
2
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Hua Tou
enEnglish
Hua Tou
etEstonian
Huatou
frFrench
Hua tou
jaJapanese
看話禅
plPolish
Kanhua chan
zhChinese
話頭禪

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#590392
06.2025
Global:
#681830
06.2025

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#166769
08.2012
Global:
#121139
07.2013

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Hua Tou from Wikipedia articles about Kōan, Korean Seon, Rinzai school, Zazen and Shikantaza. Whereas reading the article about Hua Tou people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Mu, Kōan, Shikantaza, Nianfo and Original face.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

et: Huatou

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