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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
kǒng - afraid
- frightened
- to fear

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
- - 5,145 7,392 6,806

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Heart

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
恐怖 5 7 1,004 2,243 1,423
恐怕 4 3 1,287 3,204 5,990
恐惧 6 7 1,641 5,200 3,750
恐吓 6 7 4,801 15,310 18,323
恐慌 - 7 4,997 10,091 9,218
- - 5,145 7,392 6,806
恐龙 - 7 6,186 11,940 8,674
恐惧症 - - 9,180 23,347 9,473
惊恐 - - 11,303 14,214 14,741
恐怖主义 - - 11,506 12,301 43,973
恐怖片 - - 14,846 - -
惶恐 - - 17,053 21,349 14,103
恐怖症 - - 24,225 85,975 74,875
唯恐 - - 29,835 - -
诚惶诚恐 - - 31,433 49,073 43,642
争先恐后 6 9 31,693 24,143 29,122
惊恐万状 - - 59,527 75,198 89,336
有恃无恐 - - 62,144 32,306 18,257
惟恐 - - 64,558 37,120 52,594