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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 灾荒

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
灾荒 zāi huāng - natural disaster
- famine

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
- - 87,742 51,446 75,320

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
灾 zāi- disaster; calamity
灾 zāi- variant of 災|灾[zai1]
灾 zāi- old variant of 災|灾[zai1]
荒 huāng- desolate
- shortage
- scarce
- out of practice
- absurd
- uncultivated
- to neglect

Other Words Containing 灾荒

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
灾荒 - - 87,742 51,446 75,320