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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 板蓝根

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
板蓝根 bǎn lán gēn - indigo woad root
- root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)

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
- - - 40,344 29,848

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
bǎn- board
- plank
- plate
- shutter
- table tennis bat
- clappers (music)
- CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- accented beat in Chinese music
- hard
- stiff
- to stop smiling or look serious
bǎn- see 老闆|老板, boss
pàn- to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
lán- surname Lan
lán- blue
- indigo plant
gēn- root
- basis
- classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
- radical (chemistry)

Other Words Containing 板蓝根

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