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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
wǎi - to sprain (one's ankle)
- see 崴子[wai3 zi5]
wēi - high, lofty
- precipitous

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
- - 21,844 28,036 18,232

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
- - 21,844 28,036 18,232
海参崴 - - 33,109 57,371 77,020