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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 元凶
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 元凶 | yuán xiōng | - chief offender - main culprit |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 17,403 | 31,638 | 25,210 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 元 | yuán | - surname Yuan - Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
| 元 | yuán | - currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) - (bound form) first; original; primary - (bound form) basic; fundamental - (bound form) constituent; part - (prefix) meta- - (math.) argument; variable - era (of a reign) - (Tw) (geology) eon |
| 凶 | xiōng | - vicious - fierce - ominous - inauspicious - famine - variant of 兇|凶[xiong1] |
| 凶 | xiōng | - terrible - fearful |
Other Words Containing 元凶
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 元凶 | - | - | 17,403 | 31,638 | 25,210 |