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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 火枪

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
火枪 huǒ qiāng - firearms (in historical context)
- flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)

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
- - 22,605 32,198 37,436

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
huǒ- surname Huo
huǒ- fire
- urgent
- ammunition
- fiery or flaming
- internal heat (Chinese medicine)
- hot (popular)
- classifier for military units (old)
- Kangxi radical 86
qiāng- surname Qiang
qiāng- gun
- firearm
- rifle
- spear
- thing with shape or function similar to a gun
- CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3],桿|杆[gan3],條|条[tiao2],枝[zhi1]
- to substitute for another person in a test
- to knock
- classifier for rifle shots
qiāng- variant of 槍|枪[qiang1]
- rifle
- spear

Other Words Containing 火枪

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
火枪 - - 22,605 32,198 37,436