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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 格致

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
格致 gé zhì - to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1])
- word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

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
- - - 72,920 53,896

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- square
- frame
- rule
- (legal) case
- style
- character
- standard
- pattern
- (grammar) case
- (classical) to obstruct
- to hinder
- (classical) to arrive
- to come
- (classical) to investigate
- to study exhaustively
zhì- (literary) to send; to transmit; to convey
- (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently
zhì- (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite

Other Words Containing 格致

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