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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shèn - careful
- cautious
shèn - old variant of 慎[shen4]

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
- - 18,407 10,250 6,852

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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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
谨慎 5 7 4,476 4,490 5,073
慎重 6 8 10,365 8,611 10,633
小心谨慎 - - 14,997 30,617 26,757
- - 18,407 10,250 6,852
不慎 - 9 29,335 11,024 13,799
审慎 - - 36,620 20,005 34,712