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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 宫

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
宫 gōng - surname Gong
宫 gōng - palace
- temple
- castration (as corporal punishment)
- first note in pentatonic scale

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 3,222 3,083 3,636

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 宀 吕

Radical:

宀

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

吕

Semantic:

宀

Hint:

Roof

Other Words Containing 宫

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
宫 - 6 3,222 3,083 3,636
白宫 - - 3,530 8,366 18,023
子宫 - - 7,275 6,288 11,320
宫殿 6 8 7,505 15,304 19,683
迷宫 - - 8,149 19,071 14,906
皇宫 - 8 10,632 14,311 19,949
宫廷 - 9 16,009 14,092 11,638
宫女 - - 16,465 21,814 25,708
王宫 - - 22,361 24,918 39,304
卢浮宫 - - 23,179 43,052 36,306
后宫 - - 28,483 14,307 6,958
克里姆林宫 - - 30,190 29,577 51,255
南宫 - - 33,488 11,976 38,205
天宫 - - 35,828 21,767 10,247
打入冷宫 - - 41,349 59,055 38,986
宫本 - - 43,615 59,210 81,667
二进宫 - - 44,393 80,014 60,682
行宫 - - 45,070 32,570 37,977
水晶宫 - - 47,312 40,954 47,483
凡尔赛宫 - - 49,884 73,883 59,052
宫城 - - 50,356 46,615 41,024
少年宫 - - 53,186 34,510 33,870
冬宫 - - 59,285 92,936 80,929
宫刑 - - 64,223 92,024 64,799
月宫 - - 65,659 57,749 53,288
剖宫产 - - 68,850 - -
冷宫 - - 85,921 50,840 27,931