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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 淡

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
淡 dàn - insipid
- diluted
- weak
- mild
- light in color
- tasteless
- indifferent
- (variant of 氮[dan4]) nitrogen

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
5 4 7,420 2,167 774

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 氵 炎

Radical:

氵

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

炎

Semantic:

氵

Hint:

Water

Other Words Containing 淡

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
扯淡 - - 6,929 20,383 7,803
淡 5 4 7,420 2,167 774
冷淡 6 8 11,121 13,604 9,683
平淡 - 8 13,663 6,814 3,259
淡忘 - - 19,760 19,600 9,463
暗淡 - - 20,526 22,599 17,893
淡水 6 - 20,600 15,463 19,732
黯淡 - - 20,882 21,792 19,242
平淡无奇 - - 22,225 29,566 13,851
清淡 5 9 23,020 11,080 7,844
轻描淡写 - - 23,135 25,093 23,885
淡淡 - - 29,077 4,655 3,309
淡出 - - 29,124 19,041 16,195
冲淡 - - 30,355 26,281 15,867
惨淡 - - 30,616 25,671 16,836
淡化 - 9 30,724 11,701 9,429
淡漠 - - 41,733 20,116 12,979
淡季 6 9 41,837 15,413 25,635
淡薄 - - 47,403 20,385 23,348
淡然 - - 47,593 8,109 3,439
淡黄 - - 47,641 - -
淡水鱼 - - 52,640 45,561 59,464
淡水湖 - - 53,082 61,403 41,530
惨淡经营 - - 65,403 60,781 82,028
浓淡 - - 65,426 61,808 46,970
淡妆 - - 68,396 44,518 23,926
粗茶淡饭 - - 89,533 58,720 30,922
淡泊 - - 95,249 21,052 10,288