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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
liǔ - surname Liu
liǔ - willow
liǔ - old variant of 柳[liu3]
liǔ - old variant of 柳[liu3]

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
- - 9,621 4,945 4,711

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Other Words Containing

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
- - 9,621 4,945 4,711
柳树 - 9 22,320 33,828 37,522
柳条 - - 36,646 55,270 63,366
柳暗花明 - - 36,877 44,127 26,141
柳林 - - 67,256 64,867 74,138
杨柳 - - 79,960 25,443 23,109
垂柳 - - 86,116 51,562 42,626
花柳病 - - 87,780 - -