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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 太阳

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
太阳 tài yang - sun
- sunlight; sunshine
- temple (on the side of the human head) (abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tai4yang2xue2])

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
3 2 1,840 2,164 1,232

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
tài- highest
- greatest
- too (much)
- very
- extremely
yáng- positive (electric.)
- sun
- male principle (Taoism)
- Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]

Other Words Containing 太阳

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
太阳 3 2 1,840 2,164 1,232
太阳系 - - 11,424 21,709 28,910
太阳能 - 6 11,562 8,912 10,568
晒太阳 - 8 12,373 13,597 5,744
太阳镜 - - 13,836 31,527 20,996
太阳神 - - 18,999 39,184 35,447
太阳穴 - - 21,979 24,852 13,178
太阳眼镜 - - 26,199 - -
太阳日 - - 95,274 - 122,591
太阳灯 - - 95,708 - -