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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 一脉相承

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
一脉相承 yī mài xiāng chéng - traceable to the same stock (idiom); of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 65,511 32,386 48,259

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
一 yī- one
- single
- a (article)
- as soon as
- entire; whole; all; throughout
- "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
- also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
脉 mài- old variant of 脈|脉[mai4]
脉 mài- arteries and veins
- vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)
脉 mò- see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4]
脉 mài- variant of 脈|脉[mai4]
相 xiāng- surname Xiang
相 xiāng- each other
- one another
- mutually
- fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
相 xiàng- appearance
- portrait
- picture
- government minister
- (physics) phase
- (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features)
- to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
承 chéng- surname Cheng
- Cheng (c. 2000 BC), third of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
承 chéng- to bear
- to carry
- to hold
- to continue
- to undertake
- to take charge
- owing to
- due to
- to receive

Other Words Containing 一脉相承

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
一脉相承 - - 65,511 32,386 48,259