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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 沈从文

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
沈从文 shěn cóng wén - Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist

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
- - - 38,525 36,292

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shěn- surname Shen
chén- variant of 沉[chen2]
shěn- short name for 瀋陽|沈阳[Shen3 yang2]
shěn- (literary) juice
cóng- variant of 從|从[cong2]
cóng- surname Cong
cóng- from; through; via
- (bound form) to follow
- (bound form) to obey
- (bound form) to engage in (an activity)
- (used before a negative) ever
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer; attendant
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate
- (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
wén- surname Wen
wén- language
- culture
- writing
- formal
- literary
- gentle
- (old) classifier for coins
- Kangxi radical 67

Other Words Containing 沈从文

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo