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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
diàn - shallow lake
diàn - to form sediment; to precipitate

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
- - 60,329 42,842 41,749

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
淀粉 - 9 24,586 10,076 6,623
沉淀 6 9 33,183 8,499 5,657
沉淀物 - - 47,044 48,268 58,491
淀粉酶 - - 49,132 41,163 54,641
- - 60,329 42,842 41,749
积淀 - 9 65,806 18,161 19,150