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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
niè - son born of a concubine
- disaster
- sin
- evil
niè - variant of 孽[nie4]

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
- - 16,960 18,823 12,088

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Child

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
罪孽 - - 8,224 40,100 23,481
- - 16,960 18,823 12,088
孽种 - - 34,024 - 66,917
妖孽 - - 40,597 19,614 7,659
造孽 - - 55,889 37,139 15,452
孽障 - - 59,330 80,206 51,535
余孽 - - 63,001 57,148 41,210
冤孽 - - 64,846 90,981 57,625