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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
qiào - high and steep
- precipitous
- severe or stern
qiào - variant of 峭[qiao4]

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
- - 64,547 29,361 48,702

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mountain

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
峭壁 - - 25,433 31,645 37,205
陡峭 6 - 27,029 29,151 32,815
悬崖峭壁 6 - 45,727 51,582 41,321
- - 64,547 29,361 48,702