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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 括号

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
括号 kuò hào - parentheses; brackets

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
- 4 31,189 32,536 23,547

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kuò- (bound form) to tie up; to tighten up
- (bound form) to include; to comprise
- to put (text) in brackets
- Taiwan pr. [gua1]
háo- roar
- cry
- CL:個|个[ge4]
hào- ordinal number
- day of a month
- mark
- sign
- business establishment
- size
- ship suffix
- horn (wind instrument)
- bugle call
- assumed name
- to take a pulse
- classifier used to indicate number of people

Other Words Containing 括号

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
括号 - 4 31,189 32,536 23,547
圆括号 - - 68,170 - -
方括号 - - 69,667 - -