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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 挖

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
挖 wā - to dig
- to excavate
- to scoop out

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
- 6 1,591 3,309 2,406

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 扌 穵

Radical:

扌

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

To dig out 扌 a hollow 穵; 穵 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing 挖

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
挖 - 6 1,591 3,309 2,406
挖掘 6 7 5,503 5,484 8,692
挖苦 - 8 10,831 33,880 25,762
开挖 - - 34,556 16,985 51,258
挖空心思 - - 42,006 40,524 31,147
挖掘机 - - 42,114 23,523 25,854
挖墙脚 - - 58,538 76,246 57,868
挖土机 - - 68,707 64,784 58,327