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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
xián - bow string
- string of musical instrument
- watchspring
- chord (segment of curve)
- hypotenuse
- CL:根[gen1]

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 8 8,339 9,058 8,910

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Bow

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 8 8,339 9,058 8,910
和弦 - - 20,184 19,697 29,893
管弦乐 - - 21,004 62,660 62,106
弦乐 - - 22,847 48,774 37,826
管弦乐队 - - 23,416 80,689 88,886
心弦 - - 28,727 30,837 18,810
琴弦 - - 29,658 - -
扣人心弦 - 9 31,026 40,087 31,716
正弦 - - 54,438 60,081 78,577
余弦 - - 57,807 79,163 88,108
三弦 - - 66,250 67,571 63,303
上弦 - - 66,637 63,902 51,439
弦乐队 - - 70,723 - -
弦月 - - 73,573 104,702 61,845
弦乐器 - - 81,111 - 104,393
改弦易辙 - - 87,754 85,776 118,714
七弦琴 - - 93,780 - 105,384