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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
cǎn - miserable
- wretched
- cruel
- inhuman
- disastrous
- tragic
- dim
- gloomy

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 2,318 4,810 2,115

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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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
- 6 2,318 4,810 2,115
悲惨 6 6 4,046 12,269 8,054
惨剧 - - 12,600 20,406 19,231
惨重 - 8 14,314 13,790 21,823
惨遭 - - 15,239 17,325 19,198
惨叫 - - 16,127 14,753 22,342
惨不忍睹 - - 16,134 21,722 12,744
惨败 - - 16,298 15,410 22,208
惨痛 - 8 17,783 21,757 19,889
惨死 - - 18,199 29,490 25,241
凄惨 - - 18,564 23,657 16,437
惨案 - - 19,378 22,050 24,787
惨烈 - - 20,460 16,237 12,764
惨无人道 - - 26,949 44,544 26,401
惨绝人寰 - - 28,201 46,734 24,881
惨淡 - - 30,616 25,671 16,836
惨状 - - 31,171 38,200 41,940
惨白 - 9 37,165 29,640 39,031
惨祸 - - 54,788 58,434 58,533
惨淡经营 - - 65,403 60,781 82,028
惨变 - - 79,712 - -
惨杀 - - 81,391 100,936 -