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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 晦涩

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
晦涩 huì sè - difficult to understand
- cryptic

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
- - 28,209 44,313 36,951

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
晦 huì- (bound form) last day of a lunar month
- (bound form) dark; gloomy
- (literary) night
涩 sè- astringent
- tart
- acerbity
- unsmooth
- rough (surface)
- hard to understand
- obscure
涩 sè- old variant of 澀|涩[se4]

Other Words Containing 晦涩

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
晦涩 - - 28,209 44,313 36,951