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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 危

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
危 wēi - surname Wei
危 wēi - danger
- to endanger
- Taiwan pr. [wei2]

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
- - 13,834 6,930 9,018

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 厃 㔾

Radical:

㔾

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A person 㔾 at the edge of a cliff 厃; 厃 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 危

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
危险 4 3 581 1,823 2,583
危机 6 6 2,961 2,778 2,994
危害 5 3 6,619 3,904 7,453
危急 - 8 10,224 14,952 30,813
危及 - 8 11,373 13,653 30,982
安危 - - 13,089 19,934 33,420
危在旦夕 - - 13,126 45,228 46,562
危 - - 13,834 6,930 9,018
岌岌可危 - - 14,179 33,820 40,586
危地马拉 - - 14,512 36,196 64,689
垂危 - - 18,029 29,234 41,837
危难 - - 18,820 22,349 17,886
濒危 - - 24,021 23,471 40,150
危机四伏 - - 26,194 45,827 41,750
病危 - - 27,092 27,827 28,289
高危 - - 29,044 - -
危言耸听 - - 29,864 35,894 33,813
危险品 - - 30,712 30,698 42,929
经济危机 - - 33,701 23,368 18,962
转危为安 - - 36,799 43,311 52,092
危害性 - - 37,935 21,060 47,774
临危 - - 44,391 35,242 41,081
危楼 - - 44,844 69,732 47,386
危重 - - 45,225 22,923 47,827
危地马拉人 - - 46,520 - -
危殆 - - 48,227 - -
危房 - - 59,042 18,789 37,760
危局 - - 59,419 57,026 56,103
乘人之危 - 9 71,536 72,368 56,369
居安思危 - - 88,302 40,859 41,717