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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 嫩

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
嫩 nèn - young and tender
- (of food) tender; lightly cooked
- (of color) light
- (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled
嫩 nèn - old variant of 嫩[nen4]

List Ranking for: 嫩

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 7 7,421 5,615 2,316

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 女 敕

Radical:

女

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

敕

Semantic:

女

Hint:

Woman

Other Words Containing 嫩

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
嫩 5 7 7,421 5,615 2,316
黎巴嫩 - - 16,903 6,037 39,408
娇嫩 - - 35,243 25,956 16,973
嫩芽 - - 35,399 - -
稚嫩 - 7 35,817 20,537 15,362
柔嫩 - - 39,174 38,123 24,149
白嫩 - - 44,707 30,483 14,854
细嫩 - - 50,723 28,716 15,397
嫩叶 - - 52,463 - -
嫩绿 - - 69,844 43,172 27,180