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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 天文

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
天文 tiān wén - astronomy

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 5 21,752 15,253 19,877

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
天 tiān- day
- sky
- heaven
文 wén- surname Wen
文 wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67

Other Words Containing 天文

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
天文馆 - - 14,410 32,830 12,697
天文学家 - - 20,276 27,047 37,566
天文学 - - 20,996 30,186 53,565
天文台 - - 21,707 43,098 42,473
天文 6 5 21,752 15,253 19,877