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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
àn - dark
- to turn dark
- secret; hidden
- (literary) confused; ignorant
àn - variant of 暗[an4]
àn - (literary) to close (a door)
- to eclipse
- confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4])
- dark (variant of 暗[an4])

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 4 2,652 2,540 1,870

Character Breakdown:

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Pictophonetic

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Hint:

Sun

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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
黑暗 - 4 1,655 4,781 3,267
4 4 2,652 2,540 1,870
暗示 6 4 2,768 7,072 7,312
暗杀 - 7 5,020 14,920 24,842
暗号 - - 7,864 26,375 13,020
阴暗 - 7 8,248 16,797 10,090
暗中 - 7 9,065 9,391 18,222
暗算 - - 9,948 22,113 22,871
暗语 - - 11,755 59,637 40,375
暗地里 - 8 13,481 27,365 29,435
暗礁 - - 15,287 52,399 52,755
暗处 - - 17,246 29,685 36,582
暗影 - - 17,458 35,625 35,910
暗黑 - - 18,440 26,588 19,478
灰暗 - - 18,753 24,980 15,195
昏暗 - - 18,947 19,500 18,205
阴暗面 - - 19,738 50,637 29,203
暗淡 - - 20,526 22,599 17,893
暗喻 - - 21,551 68,559 48,574
暗藏 - - 22,620 21,544 18,901
黑暗面 - - 24,646 - -
暗自 - - 24,725 12,324 18,302
暗暗 - - 26,279 10,554 21,694
暗箭 - - 28,376 73,890 62,434
暗室 - - 30,856 56,274 55,390
柳暗花明 - - 36,877 44,127 26,141
幽暗 - - 37,155 37,971 28,111
暗渡陈仓 - - 45,512 - -
明争暗斗 - - 45,947 39,066 47,686
暗想 - - 46,675 30,360 53,124
晦暗 - - 46,688 41,702 22,879
暗含 - - 47,021 46,308 53,025
暗潮 - - 48,560 - -
暗访 - - 50,627 - -
暗流 - - 51,483 38,213 37,745
暗箱 - - 56,108 28,983 38,189
暗害 - - 56,292 72,592 98,165
暗盒 - - 65,118 101,577 -
暗笑 - - 88,525 38,606 42,354
暗器 - - 89,358 17,032 35,049
暗堡 - - 89,414 89,550 -
暗娼 - - 89,473 71,868 85,562
暗昧 - - 92,469 - -