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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 南宫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
南宫 nán gōng - two-character surname Nangong
- Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei

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
- - 33,488 11,976 38,205

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
南 nán- surname Nan
南 nā- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- Taiwan pr. [na2]
南 nán- south
宫 gōng- surname Gong
宫 gōng- palace
- temple
- castration (as corporal punishment)
- first note in pentatonic scale

Other Words Containing 南宫

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
南宫 - - 33,488 11,976 38,205