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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
zhān - to moisten
- to be infected by
- to receive benefit or advantage through a contact
- to touch
zhān - variant of 沾[zhan1]
- to moisten

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
- 7 3,637 7,480 5,467

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Water

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
- 7 3,637 7,480 5,467
沾满 - - 11,334 26,100 25,467
沾沾自喜 - - 21,425 34,059 26,441
沾边 - - 25,197 40,169 30,065
沾染 - - 28,423 28,103 25,144
沾光 6 9 57,972 59,279 39,729