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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zǎi - to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc)
- (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge
- (bound form) to govern; to rule
- (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)

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 7 3,210 7,855 5,472

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A barracks 宀 where slaves 辛 live

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
6 7 3,210 7,855 5,472
主宰 - 7 7,736 16,115 13,077
屠宰场 - - 16,057 35,107 35,787
屠宰 - - 19,802 16,309 35,918
任人宰割 - 9 28,840 57,375 45,701
宰割 - - 29,089 48,609 33,327
宰杀 - - 29,098 25,699 30,245
宰相 - - 50,234 19,055 26,172