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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
liǎn - (literary) to hold back
- (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
- to collect; to gather
- Taiwan pr. [lian4]
liàn - variant of 殮|殓[lian4]

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
- - 33,307 12,017 10,306

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Strike

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
收敛 - 8 11,921 11,626 9,274
- - 33,307 12,017 10,306
敛财 - - 43,055 28,445 23,423