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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 火药
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 火药 | huǒ yào | - gunpowder |
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 | 7 | 8,025 | 22,061 | 26,571 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 火 | huǒ | - surname Huo |
| 火 | huǒ | - fire - urgent - ammunition - fiery or flaming - internal heat (Chinese medicine) - hot (popular) - classifier for military units (old) - Kangxi radical 86 |
| 药 | yào | - leaf of the iris - variant of 藥|药[yao4] |
| 药 | yào | - medicine - drug - substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) - CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] - to poison |
Other Words Containing 火药
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.