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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 声母

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
声母 shēng mǔ - the initial consonant of a Chinese syllable
- the phonetic component of a phono-semantic compound character (e.g. the component 青[qing1] in 清[qing1])

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
- - 97,296 44,756 84,470

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
声 shēng- sound
- voice
- tone
- noise
- reputation
- classifier for sounds
母 mǔ- mother
- elderly female relative
- origin
- source
- (of animals) female

Other Words Containing 声母

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
声母 - - 97,296 44,756 84,470