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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 招魂

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
招魂 zhāo hún - to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill
- (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)

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
- - 36,506 44,695 36,444

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
招 zhāo- to recruit
- to provoke
- to beckon
- to incur
- to infect
- contagious
- a move (chess)
- a maneuver
- device
- trick
- to confess
魂 hún- soul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
魂 hún- old variant of 魂[hun2]

Other Words Containing 招魂

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
招魂 - - 36,506 44,695 36,444