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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
qiào - variant of 殼|壳[qiao4]
- (coll.) shell (of an egg, nut, crab etc)
- case; casing; housing (of a machine or device)
qiào - (bound form) shell
- Taiwan pr. [ke2]

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
- 8 7,668 4,135 3,640

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A shell discarded 冗 by a soldier 士

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
- 8 7,668 4,135 3,640
弹壳 - - 7,787 - -
甲壳 - - 9,342 29,352 23,658
贝壳 6 8 9,786 23,302 14,205
外壳 - - 12,090 9,258 7,308
空壳 - - 13,826 34,950 33,325
脑壳 - - 19,233 25,340 10,719
躯壳 - - 20,243 36,456 17,791
地壳 - - 20,965 28,595 49,728
卡壳 - - 24,526 56,744 38,291
蛋壳 - - 29,272 26,938 17,974
硬壳 - - 35,755 64,430 51,144
壳牌 - - 39,873 - -
金蝉脱壳 - - 45,177 65,720 52,772
安全壳 - - 50,259 - -
谷壳 - - 72,383 85,714 104,063
蚌壳 - - 75,429 87,655 77,955
屎壳郎 - - 96,274 63,990 26,904