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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 沸

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
沸 fèi - to boil

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
- - 43,622 19,785 12,448

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 氵 弗

Radical:

氵

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

弗

Semantic:

氵

Hint:

Water

Other Words Containing 沸

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
沸腾 6 8 9,798 12,429 9,148
沸沸扬扬 - 9 28,736 18,016 27,164
煮沸 - - 30,008 21,205 10,371
沸水 - - 42,908 24,849 11,712
沸 - - 43,622 19,785 12,448
沸点 - - 49,503 36,825 26,643
人声鼎沸 - - 52,785 40,386 46,406