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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 光年

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
光年 guāng nián - light-year

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
- - 12,300 31,505 16,915

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
光 guāng- light; ray (CL:道[dao4])
- bright; shiny
- only; merely
- used up; finished
- to leave (a part of the body) uncovered
年 nián- surname Nian
年 nián- year
- CL:個|个[ge4]
年 nián- grain
- harvest (old)
- variant of 年[nian2]

Other Words Containing 光年

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
光年 - - 12,300 31,505 16,915