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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
è - to grip forcefully
- to clutch at
- to guard
- to control
- to hold
è - variant of 扼[e4]

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
- - 39,931 34,568 31,687

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Hand

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
扼杀 - - 11,031 18,504 13,379
扼死 - - 20,964 102,400 123,586
简明扼要 - - 36,337 52,433 44,756
- - 39,931 34,568 31,687
扼要 - - 48,615 52,211 79,609
扼腕 - - 53,065 49,971 46,287
扼制 - - 81,368 53,078 71,882