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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 昆布

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
昆布 kūn bù - kelp

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
- - 48,067 80,373 51,551

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kūn- descendant
- elder brother
- a style of Chinese poetry
kūn- variant of 崑|昆[kun1]
kūn- used in place names, notably Kunlun Mountains 崑崙|昆仑[Kun1 lun2]
- (also used for transliteration)
- cloth
- to declare
- to announce
- to spread
- to make known
- variant of 布[bu4]
- to announce
- to spread

Other Words Containing 昆布

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
昆布 - - 48,067 80,373 51,551