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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
qiāo - to hit
- to strike
- to tap
- to rap
- to knock
- to rip sb off
- to overcharge

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 5 2,528 5,489 4,666

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
4 5 2,528 5,489 4,666
敲门 - 5 4,324 13,641 8,067
敲诈 - 8 6,890 18,181 22,847
敲打 - - 14,262 21,584 18,089
敲响 - - 14,383 16,311 15,596
敲击 - - 16,885 25,428 21,172
敲诈勒索 - - 20,307 24,874 41,042
敲定 - - 28,346 14,905 20,175
推敲 - 9 31,925 24,203 23,089
敲门砖 - - 36,701 54,518 55,724
敲竹杠 - - 50,845 89,192 78,881
敲边鼓 - 9 77,945 - 108,739
零敲碎打 - - 79,373 - -