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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shā - to terminate
- to cut short
- to bring to a stop
- to squeeze
- to tighten
- to damage
- variant of 殺|杀[sha1]
shà - fiend
- demon
- very
- (Tw) SARS (loanword)

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
- - 11,154 7,470 7,288

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱⿰

Radical:

Other Words Containing

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
- - 11,154 7,470 7,288
煞车 - - 25,391 79,605 82,939
煞风景 - - 26,745 55,856 31,632
凶神恶煞 - - 33,783 46,273 41,707
煞费苦心 - - 33,795 37,972 47,421
煞笔 - - 38,461 - -
大煞风景 - - 47,842 74,158 63,738
煞白 - - 48,958 45,825 66,674
抹煞 - - 56,623 45,571 65,027
煞住 - - 73,951 89,108 -
煞气 - - 75,549 45,863 50,722