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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 潦草

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
潦草 liáo cǎo - slipshod; careless; slovenly
- (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible

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
- 9 44,311 52,614 37,561

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
潦 lǎo- flooded
- heavy rain
潦 liáo- used in 潦草[liao2cao3]
- used in 潦倒[liao2dao3]
草 cǎo- grass
- straw
- manuscript
- draft (of a document)
- careless
- rough
- CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
草 cào- variant of 肏[cao4]
草 cǎo- variant of 草[cao3]

Other Words Containing 潦草

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
潦草 - 9 44,311 52,614 37,561