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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 怎

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
怎 zěn - how

List Ranking for: 怎

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 1,953 2,714 1,266

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 乍 心

Radical:

心

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

乍

Semantic:

心

Hint:

Heart

Other Words Containing 怎

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
怎么 1 1 55 203 100
怎么样 1 1 197 2,537 1,622
怎样 - 3 370 1,279 744
怎么办 - 3 487 2,359 1,034
怎 - - 1,953 2,714 1,266
不管怎样 - - 2,003 15,700 8,464
怎么着 - - 4,674 21,402 11,685
不怎么 - - 7,764 9,621 5,110
怎么得了 - - 69,457 68,589 39,209