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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 染

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
染 rǎn - to dye
- to catch (a disease)
- to acquire (bad habits etc)
- to contaminate
- to add color washes to a painting

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
6 5 3,633 4,718 2,943

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ 氿 木

Radical:

木

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Water 氵 and wine 九 mixed in a wooden 木 bowl

Other Words Containing 染

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
感染 6 7 2,067 1,949 4,850
染 6 5 3,633 4,718 2,943
污染 4 5 4,745 2,014 4,284
传染 5 7 4,982 9,412 8,253
传染病 - 8 11,533 8,503 20,930
染色体 - - 12,873 10,825 36,603
染上 - - 14,522 20,520 23,364
感染力 - 8 15,974 20,486 18,476
染指 - - 18,321 35,480 37,057
传染性 - - 18,404 17,179 41,523
染料 - - 18,512 19,568 39,368
染发 - - 18,781 - -
染色 - - 19,946 7,861 19,993
污染物 - - 21,714 11,085 28,105
感染者 - - 24,873 15,574 27,048
渲染 - - 24,879 12,406 13,877
一尘不染 - - 25,653 43,683 34,757
沾染 - - 28,423 28,103 25,144
染病 - - 31,711 44,958 44,161
染发剂 - - 38,476 - -
耳濡目染 - - 40,405 46,765 50,440
传染源 - - 43,044 - -
水污染 - - 51,201 17,373 51,173
污染区 - - 53,034 - -
印染 - - 59,011 26,883 44,061
熏染 - - 63,768 75,480 65,919
扎染 - - 67,796 72,727 40,595
蜡染 - - 71,099 48,179 54,403
浸染 - - 78,107 49,151 46,833
染毒 - - 97,366 - -
点染 - - 98,665 72,186 51,240