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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 正文

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
正文 zhèng wén - main text (as opposed to footnotes)
- main body (of a book)

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
- - 43,147 15,029 29,485

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
zhēng- first month of the lunar year
zhèng- straight
- upright
- proper
- main
- principal
- to correct
- to rectify
- exactly
- just (at that time)
- right (in that place)
- (math.) positive
wén- surname Wen
wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67

Other Words Containing 正文

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
正文 - - 43,147 15,029 29,485