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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 沿

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
沿 yán - along
- to follow (a line, tradition etc)
- to carry on
- to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)
- border
- edge

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
- 6 8,078 1,861 5,217

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Semantic:

Hint:

Water

Other Words Containing 沿

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
沿着 - 6 4,044 - -
沿 - 6 8,078 1,861 5,217
前沿 - 9 19,348 8,526 18,012
沿途 - 9 20,234 10,456 9,208
沿岸 - 9 20,553 13,813 32,414
沿海 6 6 25,777 - -
沿用 - - 34,794 15,371 32,711
边沿 - - 35,620 36,779 48,577
沿线 - 9 37,683 - -
沿袭 - - 55,296 23,099 37,851
床沿 - - 78,204 51,484 56,161
沿海地区 - - 90,145 14,477 39,906