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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
yán - cliff
- rock
yán - variant of 巖|岩[yan2]
yán - variant of 岩[yan2]
yán - variant of 巖|岩[yan2]

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
- - 6,846 3,740 3,416

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

The rocks 石 that make up a mountain 山

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
岩石 6 7 5,119 9,362 18,670
- - 6,846 3,740 3,416
岩浆 - - 10,913 26,119 41,759
熔岩 - - 11,982 41,867 37,812
花岗岩 - - 23,329 22,191 41,484
岩层 - - 29,676 34,679 66,572
片麻岩 - - 37,463 66,022 113,718
砂岩 - - 40,741 29,883 51,570
火成岩 - - 43,212 100,583 -
火山岩 - - 43,981 37,170 67,767
玄武岩 - - 44,593 43,537 84,621
辉长岩 - - 47,833 96,811 -
岩盐 - - 47,843 76,017 72,151
沉积岩 - - 55,550 70,792 -
月岩 - - 56,413 - -
石灰岩 - - 57,260 49,156 75,610
斑岩 - - 57,308 - -
沙岩 - - 57,760 - -
页岩 - - 62,771 42,614 49,072
基岩 - - 64,969 52,521 -
板岩 - - 66,137 76,872 109,178
岩画 - - 98,462 45,711 76,543
变质岩 - - 99,114 68,311 -