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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 凶手

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
凶手 xiōng shǒu - murderer
- assassin

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
6 6 770 9,325 10,121

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xiōng- vicious
- fierce
- ominous
- inauspicious
- famine
- variant of 兇|凶[xiong1]
xiōng- terrible
- fearful
shǒu- hand
- (formal) to hold
- person engaged in certain types of work
- person skilled in certain types of work
- personal(ly)
- convenient
- classifier for skill
- CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Other Words Containing 凶手

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
凶手 6 6 770 9,325 10,121