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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 商鞅

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
商鞅 shāng yāng - Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝|秦朝[Qin2 chao2]

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
- - - 57,233 54,747

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shāng- Shang Dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC)
- surname Shang
shāng- commerce
- merchant
- dealer
- to consult
- 2nd note in pentatonic scale
- quotient (as in 智商[zhi4 shang1], intelligence quotient)
yāng- martingale (part of a horse's harness)
- used in 鞅鞅[yang1 yang1]
yàng- wooden yoke for a draft ox

Other Words Containing 商鞅

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo