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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 昔

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
昔 xī - surname Xi
昔 xī - former times
- the past
- Taiwan pr. [xi2]

List Ranking for: 昔

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,093 5,846 6,147

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 廿 日

Radical:

日

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Twenty 廿 days ago 日

Other Words Containing 昔

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 (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
昔 - - 9,093 5,846 6,147
昔日 6 7 15,024 - -
往昔 - - 18,348 26,156 15,931
今非昔比 - - 27,381 39,735 40,749
今昔 - - 95,577 59,734 43,602