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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 坎肩

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
坎肩 kǎn jiān - sleeveless jacket (usually cotton)
- Chinese waistcoat

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
- - 47,784 64,266 35,504

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
坎 kǎn- pit
- threshold
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water
- ☵
坎 kǎn- old variant of 坎[kan3]
- pit
- hole
肩 jiān- shoulder
- to shoulder (responsibilities etc)

Other Words Containing 坎肩

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
坎肩 - - 47,784 64,266 35,504