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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
ā - variant of 啊[a1]
- (bound form) to scold
- to expel breath
- (onom.) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
- interjection of surprise

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 - 4,168 6,299 2,942

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

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
呵呵 - - 3,862 1,833 544
6 - 4,168 6,299 2,942
呵护 - 9 16,965 9,820 5,184
一气呵成 - - 27,433 31,214 25,077
呵欠 - - 35,453 57,543 53,279
呵斥 - - 42,753 31,621 33,324
乐呵呵 - - 45,369 27,425 23,405