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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 指事

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
指事 zhǐ shì - ideogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
- Chinese character indicating an idea, such as up and down
- also known as self-explanatory character

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
- - 69,094 - -

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
指 zhǐ- finger
- to point at or to
- to indicate or refer to
- to depend on
- to count on
- (of hair) to stand on end
事 shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

Other Words Containing 指事

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
指事 - - 69,094 - -