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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- to rub; to scratch
- to wipe; to polish
- to apply (lipstick, lotion etc)
- to brush (past)
- to shred (a vegetable 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
4 4 1,790 2,115 705

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
4 4 1,790 2,115 705
擦伤 - - 8,307 31,424 29,647
摩擦 6 5 8,707 7,737 9,718
擦屁股 - - 10,364 51,285 23,424
擦掉 - - 10,558 36,864 21,741
擦肩而过 - - 19,413 11,804 5,036
擦亮 - - 19,669 40,083 24,863
擦拭 - - 20,348 17,446 12,723
擦洗 - - 20,507 23,830 13,429
擦边球 - - 35,612 39,582 45,825
摩拳擦掌 - - 35,645 36,557 37,870
磨擦 - - 36,194 31,002 36,845
橡皮擦 - - 41,450 48,506 21,042
擦澡 - - 49,956 - 69,874
摩擦力 - - 51,572 42,554 48,939
板擦 - - 56,409 74,650 37,860