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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 日本

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
日本 rì běn - Japan

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
- - 1,580 359 777

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
- sun
- day
- date, day of the month
běn- (bound form) root; stem
- (bound form) origin; source
- (bound form) one's own; this
- (bound form) this; the current (year etc)
- (bound form) original
- (bound form) inherent
- originally; initially
- capital; principal
- classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Other Words Containing 日本

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
日本 - - 1,580 359 777
日本人 - - 34,815 6,201 4,991
日本海 - - 50,757 46,907 53,960