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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 咀嚼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
咀嚼 jǔ jué - to chew
- to think over

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 - 13,875 16,611 10,315

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
咀 jǔ- to chew
- to masticate
咀 zuǐ- popular variant of 嘴[zui3]
嚼 jiáo- to chew
- also pr. [jue2]
嚼 jiào- used in 倒嚼[dao3 jiao4]

Other Words Containing 咀嚼

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
咀嚼 6 - 13,875 16,611 10,315