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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- intense cold
- frigid
- dismal
- grim
- bleak
- sad
- mournful
- also written 淒|凄[qi1]
- variant of 淒|凄[qi1]
- sad
- mournful
- intense cold
- frigid
- dismal
- grim
- bleak
- sad
- mournful

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
- - 29,068 21,125 11,432

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Ice

Other Words Containing

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
凄凉 6 9 17,735 14,459 7,290
凄惨 - - 18,564 23,657 16,437
- - 29,068 21,125 11,432
凄厉 - - 48,661 28,665 45,138
凄美 - - 53,053 - -
凄苦 - - 59,245 57,255 49,935
凄清 - - 73,045 69,771 45,538